Salaried General Practitioner


Location
Blackburn, England
Salary
£78,699 - £118,759 Per annum
Profession
Medical doctor
Grade
General practitioner
Deadline
21 Oct 2026
Contract Type
Permanent
Posted Date
30 Sep 2026
Medical Protection — the side of locally employed doctors from £83

Job requirements

Essential

25 listed

Requirements the employer expects applicants to meet.

  • Personal

    Commitment to ongoing personal development / education and training

  • Personal

    Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English. This includes written and verbal communications

  • Personal

    Strong interpersonal skills

  • Personal

    Good organizational skills

  • Personal

    Strong leadership skills

  • Personal

    Excellent record keeping skills

  • Personal

    Provision of enhanced services - i.e. minor surgery

  • Personal

    Ability to work under pressure and on own initiative

  • Personal

    Ability to support and mentor GP Registrars, Medical Students and other Health Professionals

  • Experience

    In practice as a GP or Locum

  • Experience

    Experience of and commitment to working as part of a multidisciplinary team

  • Experience

    Experience of working to achieve standards within Quality and Outcome Framework (QOF)

  • Experience

    Experience of working in a Primary Care environment in areas with significant health problems

  • Experience

    Development of areas of clinical expertise

  • Experience

    Experience of audit and improving care for patients

  • Qualifications

    A medical practitioner on the General Practice Register under Article 10 of the Specialist Medical Practice Order 2003

  • Qualifications

    Not the subject of suspension under section 41A if the Medical Act 1983

  • Qualifications

    Qualified General Practitioner(completed certificate of Completion of Training

  • Qualifications

    Currently on a performers list and not suspended from the list or the medical register

  • Qualifications

    Accredited as a member of the Royal College of General Practitioners (MRCGP) MBBS or equivalent degree

  • Knowlwdge and Skills

    Understanding the roles of medical services in a wider public health agenda

  • Knowlwdge and Skills

    Knowledge of the demographic characteristics that affect health and health care in the area

  • Knowlwdge and Skills

    Undertanding current NHS policy

  • Knowlwdge and Skills

    Understanding health and social needs of a practice population

  • Knowlwdge and Skills

    Understand the issues and challenges facing primary care

Desirable

1 listed

Additional qualities the employer would prefer.

  • Experience

    Experience of using EMIS

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our busy General Practice as a Salaried GP.

ELHT Primary Care is a group of East Lancashire General Practices sitting within East Lancashire Hospitals Trust. Being a part of ELHT enables more collaborative working between Primary and Secondary Care and a great interface with the Community Services that ELHT host.

The practices have excellent multidisciplinary teams and supportive clinical leadership. We strive to continuously drive improvements in the development of high quality, patient centred care.

As a salaried GP you will undertake a wide variety of clinical work including routine and complex consultations with patients, rotational on call duty, home visits and workflow and admin tasks.

We are keen to develop any special interests you may have to further enhance the services we offer and wherever possible will support you to pursue this.

This is a part time position covering 4 sessions per week.

Main duties of the job

Practice based consultations - telephone and face to face

Home based consultations

Participation in the GP on call rotation

Triaging requests for appointments and ensuring patients are seen by the most appropriate member of the team.

Make professional and autonomous decisions

Health screening and developing and managing care plans

Chronic disease management

Prescription management

Other duties commensurate with role

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

A detailed job description and person specification is attached and we welcome calls and pre arranged visits

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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This advert is for Salaried General Practitioner with East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust in Blackburn, England. It is listed as a General practitioner Medical doctor General Practitioner role. The advertised salary is £78,699 - £118,759 Per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 21 Oct 2026.

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