Salaried GP

We are recruiting up to 8 sessions at NPC Nelson, North Shields. The successful candidate will be expected to work Fridays. This is an excellent opportunity for a GP who is passionate about delivering high-quality patient care and is keen to play a key role in shaping the future of a thriving practice.

NPC Nelson is a welcoming, community-focused practice serving the population of North Shields and surrounding areas, with a strong commitment to delivering high-quality, patient-centred care. As part of Northumbria Primary Care and the wider NPC North Tyneside neighbourhood, the practice benefits from a diverse multidisciplinary team and a collaborative network across four local sites, providing opportunities for shared learning, peer support, and service resilience. Based at Nelson Health Centre alongside other NHS services, the practice is well connected within the local community and works closely with a range of partner organisations, including women’s refuge services, rehabilitation centres, care homes, children’s services, and OpCourage. Serving a population with significant health inequalities and higher levels of deprivation, Nelson has a particular focus on continuity, preventative care, wellbeing, and proactive long-term condition management.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.

As a GP Practice which is part of Northumbria Primary Care, we work with flexibility and independence to run the surgery based on what is best for our patients and staff, and additionally we have the regular and consistent support of the management team to help us to focus on what is clinically important.

As a Salaried GP the post holder will be a key clinician within the team. A job plan will be agreed with you to provide general medical services and deal with a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting.

NPC is a pioneering partnership with local GPs and now manages several GP practices with around 120,000 registered patients in Northumberland and North Tyneside.

As an NPC GP we can offer some great benefits some of which are:

• Protected time for QI and indirect clinical care.
• 15 minute appointments.
• Opportunities for portfolio working and development of specialist clinical interest roles.
• Access to all benefits of Northumbria healthcare; lease cars; home electronics; health and wellbeing offers.
• Support with education, monthly education timeout sessions as well as a quarterly, NPC practice wide education sessions covering a range of topics dictated by the needs of our clinicians. Free access to Red Whale, mentorship and coaching.
• Support managing medication requests, reviews and document management (coders) to increase efficiency and reduce the admin burden on GPs.

Although part of a larger organisation, NPC, as a GP practice, we work with flexibility and independence to run the surgery based on what is best for our patients and staff, and additionally we have the regular and consistent support of the management team to help us to focus on what is clinically important.

We are a forward-thinking organisation and as part of our culture we are embracing new technologies to improve the services we offer our patients. We understand the importance of listening to our patients and are not afraid to make changes following feedback.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Abi Callender Job title: Head of Operations Email address: ***email_hidden***

Dr Tifton, GP Partner - View email address on uk.workus.org

Karen Zipfell, Practice Manager - View email address on uk.workus.org