Salaried GP

Salaried GP
The closing date is 09 November 2026

Job summary
The Role

The successful candidate will work closely within the practice team, 4-6 sessions per week, contributing to the delivery of high-quality primary care.

Key Responsibilities

• Undertake telephone and face-to-face consultations with a wide range of patients and health issues (15-minute appointments).
• Manage patient demand, collaborating with colleagues in the Clinical Hub (triage).
• Conduct home visits when clinically necessary.
• Provide safe, effective, and evidence-based care in line with practice policies.
• Prescribe, request, and interpret investigations, and manage referrals as appropriate.
• Dealing with laboratory results, Docman and any other practice administrative tasks that are clinician appropriate.

Why Work for Us?

• Exciting opportunity to join our fantastic team of highly skilled nurses, HCAs, ANPs, physios, pharmacists, and GPs.
• Daily clinical meeting to discuss cases, share ideas, and enhance collaborative working and personal development in a supportive environment.
• Our exceptionally well-organised team of non-clinical staff keep GP paperwork to a minimum.
• Based in a modern community health centre shared with many other services including DNs, HVs, physio, community cardiology, and radiology with on-site parking and modern facilities.
• 6 weeks annual leave (pro rata) + study leave.

Main duties of the job
Job summary:
The post-holder will manage a 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.

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 consultations, telephone 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
• Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards
• 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 and this will include fulfilling on-call duties.

About us
We are a well-established training GP practice serving a patient population of around 15,600. Our team includes 7 Partners supported by a strong multi-disciplinary workforce, delivering a wide range of high-quality services to our local community. We strive to create a supportive, friendly, and progressive environment where innovative ideas are welcomed and professional development is encouraged. As a large practice, we embrace modern ways of working, making best use of technology and people skills to provide safe and effective care. We follow the Modern General Practice Access Model using the PATCHS online consultation tool. We are a member of Brighter Birkenhead and function as Hub for a range of PCN Services.

Details
Date posted: 14 October 2026
Pay scheme: Other
Salary: Depending on experience
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: A3441-26-0007
Job locations: St Catherine's Health Centre, Church Road, Birkenhead, Wirral, CH42 0LQ, United Kingdom

Person Specification
Qualifications

• Essential: Fully qualified GP with GMC registration

Experience

• Essential: Experience of working within Primary Care

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.

Employer details
Employer name: St Catherine's Surgery
Employer's website: https://www.stcatherinessurgery-wirral.nhs.uk/

For questions about the job, contact:
Business Partner, Paul Warren, paul.warren2@nhs.net, 01516436700

Applications are welcome from all backgrounds in line with our equality and diversity commitments.