Salaried GP

Job summary
As a Salaried GP in general practice, you will play a vital role in delivering high-quality, holistic care to a diverse patient population. You will be responsible for managing a range of acute, chronic, and preventative health issues, working both independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team. The role involves conducting face-to-face, telephone, and online consultations, managing patient lists, and contributing to clinical decision-making and service development

Youll work closely with other GPs, nurses, healthcare professionals, and administrative staff to ensure continuity of care and to support the health and wellbeing of your local community. There are also opportunities to develop clinical interests, engage in quality improvement, and contribute to teaching or leadership, depending on your aspirations

We are committed to investing in our team and in return for your commitment, we can offer:

• A competitive salary
• Recognised continuous NHS service
• Enrolment in the NHS Pension scheme
• Opportunities for continued professional development

If you are passionate about working within a kind, caring team and are ready to take on a role where you can truly make a difference, we would love to hear from you!

Please note that we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK at the time of application.

Main duties of the job
This role involves delivering safe, effective, and compassionate general medical services to our diverse patient population. Working as part of the wider clinical team at Tower Family Healthcare, the post-holder will carry out a full range of GP duties including face-to-face and telephone consultations, home visits, reviewing test results, managing repeat prescriptions, and handling clinical correspondence. You will assess and manage undifferentiated and diagnosed conditions, screen for disease risk factors, and develop evidence-based care plans. The role also includes health education, referrals, prescribing in line with formulary guidance, maintaining accurate records, contributing to audits, and supporting service development. Flexibility to work across our four branch sites is essential to help meet patient demand.

About us
We are a forward thinking large multi-site General Practice with a very experienced and highly skilled team is kind, caring and family focused, providing services to patients across four sites in Bury, Greater Manchester.

We are committed to delivering innovative primary care at scale to provide our patients the best possible high-quality care and experience.

We are looking for a dedicated and compassionate Salaried GP to join our friendly and supportive GP practice. This is an excellent opportunity to become part of a forward-thinking team committed to delivering high-quality, patient-centred care in a well-established practice. You'll benefit from a positive working environment, manageable workloads, and opportunities for professional development.

Job responsibilities

• To provide caring, safe and effective general medical services to our patient population
• To contribute to the design & development of services within Tower Family Healthcare
• In accordance with the Tower Family Healthcare rota, as agreed, you will make yourself available to undertake a variety of duties, including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions, review and follow-up of blood test results 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
• Developing care plans for health in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols
• 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 purposes
• 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, you will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care
• Providing cover across each of our 4 branches for other members of our clinical team in order to meet patient demand
• 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.
• Take part in significant events analysis / meetings

Person Specification

Skills & Abilities
Essential

• Excellent communication skills
• Evidence of computer literacy and keyboard skills
• Ability to work flexibly across multiple sites, services and professional boundaries
• Ability to challenge traditional models of working and to implement and sustain positive change

Desirable

• Familiarity with EMIS clinical system

Qualifications
Essential

• Fully trained GP with CCT Certificate within the past 2 years only
• Up to date CPR training
• Appraisal / Revalidation up-to-date

Desirable

• Higher post graduate membership, for example, MRCGP, MRCP, DRCOG, DCH
• Family Planning to include LoCSDI-IR, LoCSDI-IO, LoCSDI-RO, LoCIUT

Experience
Essential

• Currently working/training in General Practice or other form of community medicine or urgent care
• Evidence of consolidation of professional training, for example, able to demonstrate particular areas of clinical interest or further study
• Experience of multi-disciplinary team working
• Knowledge of national and local agendas in respect of primary care commissioning, intermediate and urgent care agendas

Desirable

• Experience of delivering QOF
• Understanding of Primary Care Networks

Behavioural attributes & Competencies
Essential

• Excellent team player who is able to support, value and respect other members of the team

Desirable

• Ability to lead a multidisciplinary team

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.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).