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Reference: 2308336
Job summary
We are looking to
recruit an enthusiastic salaried GP to join our friendly, high-achieving and
forward thinking practice in Gamston. We
are a total triage practice and are looking to recruit for 5 sessions.
Gamston Medical Centre has a well-established and
experienced team. The practice team consists of GPs, Nurses, Clinical
Pharmacists, and an HCA. Our clinical team is supported by our excellent
administrative, secretarial & reception teams.
Main duties of the job
As a practice, we deliver a high standard of clinical
care for our patients. As an organisation we keep pace with primary care
development and deliver a good experience for patients and our staff. We are a
GP training practice.
It is taken as essential, that you will have very
good clinical knowledge and skills and also be committed to continual personal
and practice quality improvement.
About us
For
more information on this post, please contact our Practice Manager:
Debra
Kerrison
Email:
Closing
date 15/09/2026
Informal
visits are invited please email [email protected] to
arrange
Details
Date posted
28 August 2026
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
Depending on experience
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
A0045-26-0083
Job locations
The Gamston Medical Centre
Gamston District Centre
Gamston
Nottingham
NG2 6PS
United Kingdom
Job description
Job responsibilities
JOB DESCRIPTION
PostSalaried
GP
Reporting toNominated
Partner/PCN lead
Accountable toPCN Clinical Director
PURPOSE OF THE
ROLE
The post-holder will manage a clinical caseload and deal
with a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting, ensuring the
highest standards of care for all registered and temporary patients.
Responsibilities will reflect requirements of the NHS GP Contracts, and as such
may be subject to change as services adapt.
Clinical Responsibilities:
In
accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make
him/her-self available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery to face, telephone and online consultations
and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat
prescriptions and dealing with queries paperwork and correspondence in a timely
fashion
Making
professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether
self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the
organisation
Assessing
the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed
problems
Screening
patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness
In consultation with patients and in line with current
practice disease management protocols, developing care plans for health
Providing
counselling and health education
Admitting
or discharging patients to and from the caseload and referring to other care
providers as appropriate
Recording
clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards
Collecting
data for audit purpose
Compiling
and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written
prescriptions whenever possible)
Prescribing
in accordance with the practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever
this is clinically appropriate
In
general the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and
responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.
Completion
of medical reports (including NHS and private services as required)
Awareness
of and compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines,
e.g.prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety
A
commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best
practice
Contributing
to evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation
Contributing
to the development of computer-based patient records
Contributing
to the summarising of patient records and read-coding patient data
Attending
training and events organised by the practice or other agencies, where appropriate.
Confidentiality
While
seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather sensitive
information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence
and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately
In
the performance of the duties outlined in this job description, the post-holder
may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their
carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access
to information relating to the practice as a business organisation. All such
information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential
Information
relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business
of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with
the practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection
of personal and sensitive data.
Health & Safety
The post-holder will implement and lead on a full range of
promotion and management their own and others health and safety and infection
control as defined in the practice health & safety policy, the practice
health & safety manual, and the practice infection control policy and
published procedures. This will include (but will not be limited to):
Using
personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines
Awareness
of national standards of infection control and cleanliness and regulatory /contractual
/ professional requirements, and good practice guidelines
Providing
advice on the correct and safe management of the specimens process including
collection, labelling, handling, use of correct and clean containers, storage and
transport arrangements
Correct
personal use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and ensuring correct use of
PPE by others, advising on appropriate circumstances for use by clinicians, staff and patients.
Management of the full range of infection control
procedures in both routine and extraordinary circumstances (e.g. pandemic or
individual infectious circumstances)
Hand
hygiene standards for self and others
Managing
directly all incidents of accidental exposure
Management
and advice relating to infection control and clinically based patient care
protocols, and implementation of those protocols across the practice
Active
observation of current working practices across the practice in relation to infection
control, cleanliness and related activities, ensuring that procedures are followed
and weaknesses / training needs are identified, escalating issues as appropriate
to the responsible person
Identifying
the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in away
that manages those risks across clinical and patient process
Making
effective use of training to update knowledge and skills, and initiate and manage
the training of others across the full range of infection control and patient processes
Monitoring
practice facilities and equipment in relation to infection control, ensuring
that proper use is made of hand cleansing facilities, wipes etc, and that these
are sufficient to ensure a good clinical working environment. Lack of
facilities to be escalated as appropriate to the responsible manager
Safe
management of sharps use, storage and disposal
Maintenance
of own clean working environment
Using
appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy, clean
and sterile, and safe way, free from hazards. Initiation of remedial /
corrective action where needed or escalation to responsible management
Actively
identifying, reporting, and correction of health and safety hazards and infection
hazards immediately when recognised
Keeping
own work areas and general / patient areas generally clean, sterile,
identifying issues and hazards / risks in relation to other work areas within
the business, and assuming responsibility in the maintenance of general
standards of cleanliness across the business in consultation (where
appropriate) with responsible managers
Undertaking
periodic infection control training (minimum twice annually)
Correct
waste and instrument management including handling, segregation, and container
use
Maintenance
of sterile environments
Equality and diversity
The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and
rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:
Acting
in a way that recognizes the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in
a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies, and current legislation
Respecting
the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues
Behaving
in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and
respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.
Personal/professional development
In addition to maintaining continued education through
attendance at any courses and/or study days necessary to ensure that
professional development requirements for PREP are met, the post-holder will
participate in any training programme implemented by the practice as part of
this employment, such training to include:
Participation
in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for
maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development
Taking
responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating
skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work.
Quality
The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the
practice, and will:
Alert
other team members to issues of quality and risk
Assess
own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or
under supervision
Contribute
to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and
making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance
Work
effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs
Effectively
manage own time, workload and resources.
Communication
The post-holder should recognize the importance of
effective communication within the team and will strive to:
Communicate
effectively with other team members
Communicate
effectively with patients and carers
Recognize
peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond
accordingly.
Job description
Job responsibilities
JOB DESCRIPTION
PostSalaried
GP
Reporting toNominated
Partner/PCN lead
Accountable toPCN Clinical Director
PURPOSE OF THE
ROLE
The post-holder will manage a clinical caseload and deal
with a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting, ensuring the
highest standards of care for all registered and temporary patients.
Responsibilities will reflect requirements of the NHS GP Contracts, and as such
may be subject to change as services adapt.
Clinical Responsibilities:
In
accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make
him/her-self available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery to face, telephone and online consultations
and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat
prescriptions and dealing with queries paperwork and correspondence in a timely
fashion
Making
professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether
self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the
organisation
Assessing
the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed
problems
Screening
patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness
In consultation with patients and in line with current
practice disease management protocols, developing care plans for health
Providing
counselling and health education
Admitting
or discharging patients to and from the caseload and referring to other care
providers as appropriate
Recording
clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards
Collecting
data for audit purpose
Compiling
and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written
prescriptions whenever possible)
Prescribing
in accordance with the practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever
this is clinically appropriate
In
general the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and
responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.
Completion
of medical reports (including NHS and private services as required)
Awareness
of and compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines,
e.g.prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety
A
commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best
practice
Contributing
to evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation
Contributing
to the development of computer-based patient records
Contributing
to the summarising of patient records and read-coding patient data
Attending
training and events organised by the practice or other agencies, where appropriate.
Confidentiality
While
seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather sensitive
information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence
and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately
In
the performance of the duties outlined in this job description, the post-holder
may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their
carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access
to information relating to the practice as a business organisation. All such
information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential
Information
relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business
of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with
the practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection
of personal and sensitive data.
Health & Safety
The post-holder will implement and lead on a full range of
promotion and management their own and others health and safety and infection
control as defined in the practice health & safety policy, the practice
health & safety manual, and the practice infection control policy and
published procedures. This will include (but will not be limited to):
Using
personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines
Awareness
of national standards of infection control and cleanliness and regulatory /contractual
/ professional requirements, and good practice guidelines
Providing
advice on the correct and safe management of the specimens process including
collection, labelling, handling, use of correct and clean containers, storage and
transport arrangements
Correct
personal use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and ensuring correct use of
PPE by others, advising on appropriate circumstances for use by clinicians, staff and patients.
Management of the full range of infection control
procedures in both routine and extraordinary circumstances (e.g. pandemic or
individual infectious circumstances)
Hand
hygiene standards for self and others
Managing
directly all incidents of accidental exposure
Management
and advice relating to infection control and clinically based patient care
protocols, and implementation of those protocols across the practice
Active
observation of current working practices across the practice in relation to infection
control, cleanliness and related activities, ensuring that procedures are followed
and weaknesses / training needs are identified, escalating issues as appropriate
to the responsible person
Identifying
the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in away
that manages those risks across clinical and patient process
Making
effective use of training to update knowledge and skills, and initiate and manage
the training of others across the full range of infection control and patient processes
Monitoring
practice facilities and equipment in relation to infection control, ensuring
that proper use is made of hand cleansing facilities, wipes etc, and that these
are sufficient to ensure a good clinical working environment. Lack of
facilities to be escalated as appropriate to the responsible manager
Safe
management of sharps use, storage and disposal
Maintenance
of own clean working environment
Using
appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy, clean
and sterile, and safe way, free from hazards. Initiation of remedial /
corrective action where needed or escalation to responsible management
Actively
identifying, reporting, and correction of health and safety hazards and infection
hazards immediately when recognised
Keeping
own work areas and general / patient areas generally clean, sterile,
identifying issues and hazards / risks in relation to other work areas within
the business, and assuming responsibility in the maintenance of general
standards of cleanliness across the business in consultation (where
appropriate) with responsible managers
Undertaking
periodic infection control training (minimum twice annually)
Correct
waste and instrument management including handling, segregation, and container
use
Maintenance
of sterile environments
Equality and diversity
The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and
rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:
Acting
in a way that recognizes the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in
a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies, and current legislation
Respecting
the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues
Behaving
in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and
respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.
Personal/professional development
In addition to maintaining continued education through
attendance at any courses and/or study days necessary to ensure that
professional development requirements for PREP are met, the post-holder will
participate in any training programme implemented by the practice as part of
this employment, such training to include:
Participation
in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for
maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development
Taking
responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating
skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work.
Quality
The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the
practice, and will:
Alert
other team members to issues of quality and risk
Assess
own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or
under supervision
Contribute
to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and
making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance
Work
effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs
Effectively
manage own time, workload and resources.
Communication
The post-holder should recognize the importance of
effective communication within the team and will strive to:
Communicate
effectively with other team members
Communicate
effectively with patients and carers
Recognize
peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond
accordingly.
Person Specification
Circumstances
Essential
- Car owner/driver, with exclusive access to a vehicle
- Able to participate in on-call advice and support service
- Ability to autonomously in the primary care setting
Qualifications
Essential
- GMC Registered, not subject to suspension;
- Qualified General Practitioner
- Currently on a CCG performers list
- Clear enhanced DBS check
- Evidence of CPD
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
Essential
- Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team and across organisational boundaries in a UK General Practice
- Understanding of NHS systems
- Understanding of challenges and context within primary care
- Evidence of excellent organisational and planning skills
- Ability to manage and prioritise workload.
- Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service.
- Excellent communication skills written and verbal
- Pro-active approach to change management
- Good understanding of the national strategic context of the NHS
- Ability to make clinical decisions based on latest evidence and local/national policies and guidelines
- Able to professionally and appropriately challenge differing opinions as a patient advocate.
- Able to give appropriate telephone advice
- Basic IT skills in word processing, excel and e-mail.
- Experience in using I.T. based patient documentation systems.
- Able to maintain accurate records
- Understanding of Confidentiality and the Data protection Act
- Understanding of clinical governance and its significance and impact upon practice.
- Ability to participate in audit and standard setting
- Awareness of equality and valuing diversity principles
- Evidence of experience / competency in the form of a professional portfolio.
- Able to work on own initiative, but knows limitations of own competencies
Person Specification
Circumstances
Essential
- Car owner/driver, with exclusive access to a vehicle
- Able to participate in on-call advice and support service
- Ability to autonomously in the primary care setting
Qualifications
Essential
- GMC Registered, not subject to suspension;
- Qualified General Practitioner
- Currently on a CCG performers list
- Clear enhanced DBS check
- Evidence of CPD
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
Essential
- Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team and across organisational boundaries in a UK General Practice
- Understanding of NHS systems
- Understanding of challenges and context within primary care
- Evidence of excellent organisational and planning skills
- Ability to manage and prioritise workload.
- Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service.
- Excellent communication skills written and verbal
- Pro-active approach to change management
- Good understanding of the national strategic context of the NHS
- Ability to make clinical decisions based on latest evidence and local/national policies and guidelines
- Able to professionally and appropriately challenge differing opinions as a patient advocate.
- Able to give appropriate telephone advice
- Basic IT skills in word processing, excel and e-mail.
- Experience in using I.T. based patient documentation systems.
- Able to maintain accurate records
- Understanding of Confidentiality and the Data protection Act
- Understanding of clinical governance and its significance and impact upon practice.
- Ability to participate in audit and standard setting
- Awareness of equality and valuing diversity principles
- Evidence of experience / competency in the form of a professional portfolio.
- Able to work on own initiative, but knows limitations of own competencies
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
PartnersHealth
Address
The Gamston Medical Centre
Gamston District Centre
Gamston
Nottingham
NG2 6PS
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.partnershealth.co.uk (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
PartnersHealth
Address
The Gamston Medical Centre
Gamston District Centre
Gamston
Nottingham
NG2 6PS
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.partnershealth.co.uk (Opens in a new tab)