Salaried General Partitioner (GP)

Job Summary
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. The role offers a salary of £11,300 per session, with an anticipated start date of April 2027.

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. For someone looking for a supportive practice in which to establish themselves and develop their career, we would be delighted to hear from you.

Main duties of the job
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.

A central part of the role will be looking after a defined patient list within our list-based continuity model. 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.

About us
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.

Key Responsibilities

• Providing face-to-face, telephone and other appropriate forms of clinical consultation.
• Assessing patients presenting with acute, chronic and undifferentiated illness.
• Formulating appropriate management plans in partnership with patients.
• Prescribing safely and appropriately in accordance with national and local guidance.
• Requesting, reviewing and acting upon investigations and test results.
• Making referrals to secondary care and other appropriate services.
• 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.
• Undertaking home visits where clinically appropriate.
• Contributing to safe prescribing, medicines optimisation and clinical governance.
• Working effectively with other members of the practice and wider multidisciplinary team.

Essential Experience

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to provide safe, effective and patient-centred care
• 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
• Ability to manage clinical workload effectively and prioritise competing demands
• Commitment to high professional and clinical standards
• Commitment to clinical governance, patient safety and continuous quality improvement
• Ability to communicate effectively with patients, families and colleagues
• 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
• Willingness to contribute positively to the wider development of the practice

Desirable Experience

• 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 developing a clinical special interest
• Interest in service development and innovation within primary care
• Interest in contributing to the wider development of Eleanor Cross Healthcare
• Ability and willingness to contribute additional skills or expertise to the practice team

Essential Qualifications

• Primary medical qualification (MBBS, MBChB or equivalent)
• Completion of GP specialty training with CCT in General Practice, or equivalent recognised GP qualification
• Full GMC registration with a licence to practise
• Eligible for inclusion on the NHS England Medical Performers List

Desirable Qualifications

• 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

Contact
For questions about the job, contact GP Partner Dr Jamie Green, jamiegreen@nhs.net, 07834810013.

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