Job description

Job responsibilities

1. Job Details

Job Title: Salaried General Practitioner (GP) Contract Type: Permanent Sessions: 4-8 sessions per week (full-time or part-time)

Salary: £11,866 -£12,537 per session dependent on experience

Working Days: We aim to be flexible regarding session allocation and working patterns. We are particularly interested in candidates able to work on Mondays and/or Wednesdays. Participation in our extended access service would be welcomed but is not essential.

2. Job Summary

The post-holder will provide high-quality, patient-centred primary care services to the registered population of Aspen Medical Practice in line with the GMS contract, national guidance, and evidence-based practice. Aspen Medical Practice welcomes applications from both UK-based and international candidates. As a UK visa sponsoring practice, we are able to consider applications from eligible doctors requiring sponsorship under the Health and Care Worker visa route.

The successful candidate will:

• Deliver comprehensive general medical services to Aspen patients.
• Manage a varied clinical caseload within a primary care setting.
• Participate in the duty doctor rota within a supportive multidisciplinary team structure, with clear processes in place to ensure safe and manageable workload distribution.
• Contribute to clinical governance, audit, teaching, and practice development activities.
• Receive protected learning time (PLT) in line with the Practice PLT schedule.

3. Person specification

Essential Criteria.

Applicants must:

• Hold a recognised medical qualification (MBBS, MBChB, or equivalent).
• Hold MRCGP qualification.
• Be fully registered with the GMC and licensed to practise in the UK.
• Have the right to work in the UK or be eligible to obtain permission to work in the UK through employer sponsorship under the Health and Care Worker visa route.
• Demonstrate excellent clinical, communication, and organisational skills.
• Be committed to delivering high-quality, patient-centred care within a multidisciplinary primary care team.

Desirable Criteria

Preference may be given to applicants who:

• Are able to offer either evening or Saturday extended access sessions as part of the role.
• Are proficient in the use of SystmOne.
• Have additional clinical skills or specialist areas of interest that would enhance practice services.
• Have qualified as a GP Trainer.

4. Key Responsibilities

Clinical Duties

The post-holder will:

• Provide routine and urgent GP consultations, including telephone consultations and home visits where required.
• Assess, diagnose, treat, and manage a wide range of acute and chronic conditions.
• Develop and implement patient-centred management plans in line with current clinical guidelines.
• Prescribe safely and appropriately in accordance with local prescribing guidance.
• Maintain accurate and contemporaneous clinical records in line with GMC Good Medical Practice.
• Process prescriptions, clinical correspondence, test results, and associated paperwork in a timely manner in line with Practice administration guidelines.
• Refer patients appropriately to secondary care and community services.
• Support preventative healthcare, health promotion, and chronic disease management.
• Participate in care home and nursing home support where required.
• Provide support, advice and supervision where appropriate to members of the multidisciplinary team, including nurses, pharmacists and non-clinical colleagues.
• Participate in on-call duties in accordance with the Salaried GP Job Plan.

Governance and Practice Responsibilities

The post-holder will:

• Participate in clinical audit, quality improvement, and continuing professional development activities.
• Remain up to date with mandatory training requirements.
• Attend practice meetings and protected learning sessions.
• Comply with all practice policies relating to confidentiality, safeguarding, information governance, prescribing, and health and safety.
• Contribute positively to team working and wider practice development.
• Participate in annual appraisal and revalidation requirements.

5. Confidentiality

The post-holder will maintain strict confidentiality regarding patients, staff, and practice business in accordance with practice policies, GDPR, and professional guidance.

6. Health & Safety

The post-holder will:

• Comply with practice health and safety and infection prevention policies.
• Identify and appropriately manage risks within the workplace in line with Practice policies.

7. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

The post-holder will:

• Support equality, diversity, and inclusion in all aspects of the role.
• Treat patients, carers, and colleagues with dignity, respect, and professionalism at all times.

8. General

This job description is intended as a guide to the main responsibilities of the role and may be amended following discussion with the post-holder to meet the needs of the practice.

Person Specification

Other Experience and Skills

Essential

• Demonstrate excellent clinical, communication and organisational skills.
• Be committed to delivering high-quality, patient-centred care within a multidisciplinary primary care team.

Desirable

• Able to offer either evening or Saturday extended access sessions as part of the role.

Experience

Desirable

• Experience of working with TPP SystmOne.
• Additional clinical skills or specialist areas of interest that would enhance practice services.

Qualifications

Essential

• Fully registered with the GMC and licensed to practice in the UK.
• Hold a recognised medical qualification (MBBS, MBChB or equivalent).
• Hold MRCGP or equivalent.
• Have the right to work in the UK or be eligible for sponsorship under the Health and Care Worker visa route.

Desirable

• Qualified GP trainer, educational or clinical supervisor.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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

Aspen Medical Practice

Address

Aspen Centre

Horton Road

Gloucester

GL1 3PX

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.aspenmedicalpractice.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)