Associate (Salaried) GP at Lavender Hill Group Practice in London
About the role
Job summary
We've been part of Battersea and Clapham for over sixty years - a large, friendly, forward-thinking teaching practice.
We're looking for one Associate GP to join us on a permanent basis, working 47 sessions a week (days by agreement) Main duties of the job General Practice duties supported by a well established admin and multi-disciplinary team. Clinics will be a mixture of morning, afternoon and evening schedules and on-call duties
Benefits
Salary as per our Pay Tier structure - reflecting your role and
responsibilities
6 weeks' annual leave plus 1 week study leave (pro-rata) - BMA Model contract Indemnity cover supported by the Practice
About us
We are a thriving 15,000-patient PMS practice at the heart of Battersea: Six GP Partners, eight Associate GPs, three Practice Nurses and two Health Care Assistants A strong in-house team - Paramedics, First Contact Physiotherapists, Pharmacists, Social Prescribers, Health & Wellbeing Coaches and Care Coordinators, based on site A Training Practice, supervising GP Registrars and teaching medical students EMIS Web, high QOF and IIF achievement, and a CQC rating of Good across every domain Strong, active links with Battersea PCN and the ICB, and with GP leadership locally, regionally and nationally Every day the whole clinical team stops for a proper lunchtime meeting - time to talk through the cases that are weighing on someone, get a second opinion, and decompress with colleagues.
Our GPs hold leadership roles beyond the practice too - within Battersea PCN, across South West London's cancer and system-level work, and nationally with organisations. We have exceptional Google reviews (4.6 stars) and 95.7% of our patients would recommend us!
(based on NHS Friends & Family test results of 2025/2026 with 2,263 responses).
Job description
Job
responsibilities
Session planning for each GP session will follow the Practice schedule, which will include their regular on-call and extended hours duties. GP contract follows the BMA model, with it admin time and CPD entitlement. We also provide mentoring to each Associate GP who will have a designated mentor who will meet regularly.
As a teaching practice, Associate GPs will be encouraged to participate in medical student teaching and supervision of registrars. There are specialist roles within the Practice with additional responsibilities which are linked to different tiers in the Practice pay structure.
As you take on more responsibility, our Tier structure moves your sessional rate up to reflect this Tier 1 Triage / on-call sessions and extended hours; medical student teaching and Registrar supervision £11,407.89 Tier 2 Practice chronic condition area lead or quality initiative area lead £12,092.36 Tier 3 Named clinical lead for a significant area of responsibility, or a significant management role £12,764.61 Tier 2 and Tier 3 responsibilities - leading on QOF and quality, or a named clinical lead role - are exactly the kind of experiences that tend to lead towards partnership here.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential GMC and Performers list inclusion Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
