Salaried GP

Job summary

We are looking to recruit Salaried GPs to join our friendly, highly supportive inner-city GP training practice. We have designed these roles around sustainable general practice and giving clinicians the time and support to provide excellent patient care.

Clinical sessions are capped at 15 consultations, with 12-minute appointments for both face-to-face and telephone consultations. There is no duty doctor requirement, home visit requests are significantly reduced by our commissioned visiting service, and every Salaried GP has their own dedicated consulting room with no hot desking.

Salary is £10,500 to £11,500 per session per annum, depending on experience. Senior experienced GPs are available in person every day.

Our Partners hold senior and portfolio roles across NHS England, forensic medicine, MFT and GMMH, providing excellent opportunities for mentoring, professional development and support with wider career interests. Skilled Worker visa sponsorship may be considered for suitable candidates, subject to eligibility and sponsorship requirements.

Whether newly qualified or experienced, if you are looking for a supportive and sustainable GP role where excellent patient care remains the priority, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job The successful candidates will provide high-quality patient-centred general medical care to our diverse inner-city population, managing acute presentations, long-term conditions and ongoing health needs. Clinical sessions are capped at 15 consultations.

Both face-to-face and telephone appointments are 12 minutes, with 20-minute appointments where an interpreter is required. We actively encourage continuity of care and give GPs the opportunity to manage and follow up their own patients. There is no duty doctor requirement.

Our commissioned home visiting service significantly reduces GP home visit requests, although occasional visits may be required where clinically appropriate, particularly for palliative care patients. Medicine management and Docman correspondence workloads are capped.

Our three full-time in-house pharmacists provide medication reconciliation, medication reviews and ongoing medicines support for patients and clinicians. We also use Docman AI and Lexacom Echo to support efficient administration.

Senior GPs are available in person every day for clinical advice, case discussion and mentoring, with coffee time debrief after every morning session.

About us

We are an established GP training practice caring for approximately 14,000 patients in a highly multicultural inner-city community within one of the most deprived areas nationally. We are proud of combining high-quality patient care with a genuinely supportive working culture.

Our team includes three full-time GP Partners, five Salaried GPs, six GP trainees, three full-time in-house pharmacists, an Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Physician Associate, Practice Nurse, Nursing Associate and Mental Health Practitioner. Our Partners hold senior and portfolio roles across NHS England, forensic medicine, MFT and GMMH.

Mentoring and professional development are central to our ethos, whether you are newly qualified, developing a special interest or building a portfolio career. Every Salaried GP has their own dedicated consulting room with no hot desking.

Senior GPs are present daily, and clinicians meet after morning surgery for coffee, debriefing, case discussion, peer support and the occasional game of table tennis. We offer pro rata study leave, dedicated learning opportunities and a culture where colleagues know and support one another.

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Salaried General Practitioner

About the role

We are looking to recruit enthusiastic patient-centred Salaried GPs to join our established inner city GP training practice We are flexible regarding working patterns and are happy to discuss individual preferences with suitable candidates Salary is ten thousand five hundred pounds to eleven thousand five hundred pounds per session per annum depending on experience We have deliberately structured our Salaried GP roles around sustainable general practice with longer consultations capped clinical workload strong multidisciplinary support and ready access to experienced GPs Clinical sessions and workload Each clinical session is capped at fifteen patient consultations Both face to face and telephone appointments are twelve minutes Twenty minute appointments are provided where an interpreter is required There is no duty doctor requirement for Salaried GPs We encourage continuity of care and provide opportunities for GPs to manage and follow up their own patients where appropriate The post holder will assess diagnose and manage patients presenting with acute and chronic health problems The role includes safe prescribing reviewing investigation results arranging appropriate follow up and referring patients to secondary care and community services where clinically appropriate The post holder will provide preventative care health promotion and management of long term conditions Accurate and contemporaneous clinical records must be maintained Continuity of care We believe continuity remains an important part of good general practice Our Salaried GPs are encouraged to manage and follow up their own patients where appropriate allowing meaningful ongoing clinical relationships to develop This provides professional autonomy while ensuring senior advice remains readily available whenever required Home visits The practice has a commissioned home visiting service which significantly reduces home visit requests for our GPs Home visits for Salaried GPs are therefore uncommon Occasional visits may still be required where clinically appropriate particularly for patients receiving palliative or end of life care No duty doctor There is no requirement for Salaried GPs to undertake the duty doctor role Our aim is to allow clinicians to focus on their booked patients continuity of care and safe management of their own clinical workload Dedicated consulting room Every Salaried GP has their own dedicated consulting room There is no hot desking We believe having your own clinical space is an important part of feeling established and valued within the practice and supports continuity efficient working and a positive working environment Medicines and pharmacy support We have three full time pharmacists working in house as an integral part of the practice team Our pharmacists undertake medication reconciliation medication reviews and provide ongoing medicines support for patients They are readily available to support clinicians with medication related queries and contribute significantly to reducing medicines related GP workload Medicine management workload for Salaried GPs is capped to support safe and sustainable working Correspondence and administrative support Docman correspondence workload is capped for Salaried GPs The practice uses Docman AI to support the management and workflow of clinical correspondence We also use Lexacom Echo digital dictation to support efficient preparation of referrals and clinical correspondence These systems are supported by an experienced administrative team and our in house pharmacy team Clinical support and mentoring Senior experienced GPs are available in person every working day for clinical advice support and case discussion Our GP Partners hold senior and portfolio roles across NHS England forensic medicine MFT and GMMH This breadth of experience provides excellent opportunities for mentoring career advice and support for GPs wishing to develop clinical educational leadership management or portfolio interests Mentoring is an important part of our practice ethos We welcome both newly qualified and experienced GPs and support will be tailored to the needs interests and career stage of each individual Our clinicians meet after morning surgery every day for coffee informal debriefing discussion of difficult or interesting cases and peer support For those who wish there is also the opportunity for a game of table tennis Multidisciplinary working Our clinical team includes three full time GP Partners, five Salaried GPs and six GP trainees The wider clinical team includes three full time in house pharmacists an Advanced Nurse Practitioner a Physician Associate a Practice Nurse a Nursing Associate and a Mental Health Practitioner Our multidisciplinary model enables patients to access the most appropriate clinician and gives GPs ready access to colleagues with a range of professional expertise Education and professional development We are an established GP training practice and learning is part of our everyday culture The post holder will be encouraged to participate in practice learning opportunities clinical discussions and continuing professional development Pro rata study leave is provided There are regular opportunities for informal case discussion peer learning and learning alongside GP trainees and the wider clinical team Our Partners are keen to mentor colleagues who wish to develop additional clinical interests teaching leadership management or portfolio careers Our patient population We care for approximately fourteen thousand patients from a highly multicultural inner city community Our population experiences significant health inequalities and the practice serves one of the most deprived communities nationally The role offers exposure to the full breadth of modern general practice including complex clinical and social presentations We frequently care for patients for whom English is not their first language We recognise that effective communication requires appropriate time and therefore provide twenty minute appointments where an interpreter is required Practice culture We are a busy practice but nobody should feel they are working in isolation We place considerable importance on teamwork kindness professionalism and supporting one another We want our GPs to enjoy coming to work and feel valued as individuals rather than simply filling clinical sessions Senior colleagues are visible accessible and available in person every day We encourage professional autonomy while ensuring experienced support is always close at hand Skilled Worker sponsorship Skilled Worker visa sponsorship formerly known as Tier Two sponsorship may be considered for suitable candidates Any sponsorship would be subject to the candidate meeting eligibility requirements and the practice holding the appropriate sponsor licence and meeting Home Office requirements at the time of appointment

What we offer

Salary of ten thousand five hundred pounds to eleven thousand five hundred pounds per session per annum depending on experience Flexible working patterns considered Twelve minute face to face consultations Twelve minute telephone consultations Twenty minute consultations where an interpreter is required Maximum of fifteen consultations per clinical session No duty doctor requirement Dedicated consulting room for every Salaried GP No hot desking Commissioned home visiting service significantly reducing GP home visit requests Capped medicine management workload Capped Docman correspondence workload Three full time in house pharmacists Docman AI Lexacom Echo digital dictation Senior experienced GPs available in person every day Mentoring from Partners with senior and portfolio roles across NHS England forensic medicine MFT and GMMH Opportunities to maintain continuity and manage your own patients Pro rata study leave Dedicated learning and professional development opportunities Daily coffee debriefing case discussion and informal peer support after morning surgery Established GP training practice environment Support for newly qualified and experienced GPs Skilled Worker visa sponsorship may be considered for suitable candidates Above all we are looking for GPs who place patient care at the heart of their work and want to become valued members of a team where colleague