Salaried GP - 4 sessions

Job summary Vacancy for 4 session Salaried GP An exciting opportunity has arisen for a 4- session salaried GP with excellent communication and interpersonal skills to join our busy, but friendly, family Practice. You would join an existing clinical team of 4 GP Partners, 2 Salaried GPs, Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Practice Nurse, Nurse Associate and GP Assistant serving 7,200 patients in Preston's City Centre. We seek someone who is flexible, dedicated, motivated and shares our values on rigid-prescribing, mutual pastoral support and effective clinical practice. We are looking for someone to offer us 4 sessions per week. We are flexible with the working pattern to be agreed with the successful candidate. The role is initially to be a fixed term contract up to 31 March 2027, but with a view to extension by mutual agreement and continuing funding. Excellent remuneration on offer, dependent on previous experience. We can be flexible on sessions for the right candidate. Additional sessions available for covering holiday absence. We are based in Geoffrey Street Health Centre, with excellent transport connections and on-site parking. Interviews to be held on the morning of Tuesday 7 July with a GP Partner and Practice Manager. We are a Tier 2 Visa sponsoring Practice. Main duties of the job Provide GMS services in the form of face to face, telephone and home visits. Participate in telephone triage / On-call Doctor role as part of the weekly rota. Participate in repeat prescriptions checking as part of the weekly rota. Maintain accurate, concise clinical records and coding. Enthusiasm to work collaboratively across our clinical and non-clinical team. Support the Partners & Management team in achieving practice aims, recommending and developing as necessary. About us The New Hall Lane Practice is a long-established, 4 partner, family practice with a list size of around 7,200 patients, centrally located in the heart of Preston. We are a multi-cultural, dynamic and friendly team who work hard to provide quality care and clinical excellence, backed by high QOF & IIF achievements. We take pride in being a long-standing training practice for ST2 & 3 doctors and Medical Students from Lancaster University. We use the EMIS Web clinical system. We are an active member of our 9 practice PCN - Greater Preston PCN and part of Lancashire & South Cumbria ICB. CQC rating Good. https://www.thenewhalllanepractice.co.uk/ Details Date posted 11 June 2026 Pay scheme Other Salary Depending on experience Contract Fixed term Duration 9 months Working pattern Part-time Reference number A0074-26-0000 Job locations Geoffrey Street Health Centre Geoffrey Street Preston PR1 5NE United Kingdom Job description Job responsibilities 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 •In consultation with patients and in line with current Practice disease management protocols, developing care plans for health •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 EPS acute and repeat prescriptions •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, including:-taking part in the day-time on-call rota ; taking a usual share of repeat prescriptions and prescription queries ; telephone triage and home visits as needed Other Responsibilities within the Organisation: •Awareness of and compliance with all relevant Practice policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, healthand safety, infection control •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 •Negotiating holidays with the partners so as to avoid gaps in patient care Confidentiality: •In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately •In the performance of the duties outlined in this Job Description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, Practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the Practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential •Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the Practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the Practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data. Safeguarding •The practice is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults, but also service users and visitors to our services. All staff have a responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and adults. The post-holder in conjunction with the management will be responsible for ensuring they undertake the appropriate level of training relevant to their individual role and responsibilities and that they are aware of and work within the relevant safeguarding policies and procedures. •The post-holder is expected to treat patients, and carers, care and compassion at all times, treating each person as an individual by offering a personalised service. The practice staff will adopt, behaviours and attitudes which promote, support and respect, privacy and dignity. Staff are expected to challenge poor practice in relation to dignity and treat each other with respect. •The practice is committed to providing consistently excellent and safe patient-centred care for all those who access our services, through highly skilled, committed and compassionate staff working together. The practice does this by putting our patients at the centre of all that we do and providing the best quality care with passion and pride. All staff are required to advocate, champion, and demonstrate the practices vision and values. Health & Safety: The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others’ health, safety,and security as defined in the Practice Health & Safety Policy, to include: •Using personal security systems within the workplace according to Practice guidelines •Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks •Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills •Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards •Reporting potential risks identi