General Practitioner (Doctor, GP) (Permanent)

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Salaried GP to join our friendly, supportive and forward-thinking team at Eleanor Cross Healthcare in Northampton.

This is a permanent position for 6 sessions per week, and we would consider other sessional commitments and job shares, becoming available following the retirement of our Senior Partner. We offer the opportunity to work in an established training and research practice with a strong multidisciplinary team and a commitment to continuity of care. We value our GPs as individuals and encourage colleagues to develop their own clinical, educational and research interests alongside their core general practice work.

We welcome applications from both experienced and newly qualified GPs. The successful candidate will provide the full range of general medical services expected of a Salaried GP, working as part of our wider clinical team across Eleanor Cross Healthcare.

We believe continuity remains one of the most rewarding aspects of general practice and gives our GPs the opportunity to develop meaningful, long-term relationships with their patients.

The role will include a mixture of routine and urgent clinical care, reviewing investigations and correspondence, prescribing and medicines management, and contributing to the clinical work of the practice.

Our GPs are supported by an experienced multidisciplinary team, including pharmacy, nursing and mental health support, allowing clinical workload to be shared appropriately.

There are also opportunities to become involved in GP training, research, quality improvement and the wider development of the practice according to individual interests.

Eleanor Cross Healthcare is a friendly and forward-thinking GP partnership based across Delapre Medical Centre and Whitefields Surgery in southwest Northampton, caring for over 19,500 patients.

We are an established GMC-accredited training practice, currently supporting 68 GP Registrars and an FY2 doctor, with a strong educational ethos. We are also an NIHR WCS Research Practice, offering opportunities to become involved in primary care research.

We have a broad multidisciplinary team and work hard to make general practice sustainable. Our pharmacy team manages much of the prescribing and medication workload, correspondence is screened and coded before reaching GPs, and our nursing team provides extensive minor illness support alongside dedicated mental health expertise.

We aim to provide a family-friendly, collaborative working environment with fair workload distribution. We welcome new ideas and actively support colleagues to develop clinical, educational, research and leadership interests.

Providing face-to-face, telephone and other appropriate forms of clinical consultation.

Prescribing safely and appropriately in accordance with national and local guidance.

Reviewing clinical correspondence and taking appropriate action where GP input is required.

Maintaining accurate, contemporaneous clinical records.

Supporting disease prevention, health promotion and the management of long-term conditions.

Participating in the appropriate management of urgent and same-day clinical problems.

Contributing to safe prescribing, medicines optimisation and clinical governance.

Commitment to continuity of care and developing long-term therapeutic relationships with patients

Ability to work effectively and collaboratively within a multidisciplinary primary care team

Commitment to clinical governance, patient safety and continuous quality improvement

Commitment to ongoing professional development and reflective practice

A supportive, flexible and team-focused approach to working in general practice

Commitment to equality, diversity and treating patients and colleagues with dignity and respect

Interest in medical education and supporting doctors in training

Interest in developing as a GP Trainer or clinical supervisor

Interest in primary care research

Interest in clinical audit and quality improvement

Interest in service development and innovation within primary care

Interest in contributing to the wider development of Eleanor Cross Healthcare

Primary medical qualification (MBBS, MBChB or equivalent)

Completion of GP specialty training with CCT in General Practice, or equivalent recognised GP qualification

Eligible for inclusion on the NHS England Medical Performers List

Postgraduate qualification relevant to general practice or a clinical special interest

Qualification or recognised training in medical education

GP Trainer qualification or evidence of progress towards becoming a GP Trainer

Current Good Clinical Practice (GCP) training or other research-related qualification

For questions about the job, contact GP Partner Dr Jamie Green, View email address on meeveem.com, View phone number on meeveem.com.

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