Salaried GP - maternity leave cover

Job summary

Salaried GP - 6 months Maternity Cover

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and flexible salaried GP to provide maternity cover 4 sessions Thursday and Friday each week for 6 months, ideally commencing November but dates can be flexible

The practice is based over 3 sites all close to each other. Our supportive team are well established, friendly, hardworking and dedicated to providing a good experience for the patient and a pleasant working environment. The opportunity is available to both newly qualified and experienced GPs who want to work in a forward thinking training practice. We are continuously looking to improve what we do and value innovative and new ways of working.

Main duties of the job

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make themselves 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
• Developing care plans for health in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols
• 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
• Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible)
• 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.

About us

West Leeds Family Practice is a forward thinking professional organisation, we have an opportunity for the right candidate to join our outstanding GP Practice. We are a high achieving QOF Practice.

We have 21,000 patients and a large team of GP's Nurses HCA and administration.

We are a Training Practice for both GP Registrars and Leeds University Medical Students.

We have the following in house services for our patients:

1. Family planning service providers for both Implants and Coil devices

2. Minor surgery including joint injections

3. Paramedic home visiting team support

4. Pharmacy Team including PCN Pharmacist support

5. Social Prescribers and Occupational Therapists

6. Physio First service

7. Ultrasound scanning

8. Community Matron support and Frailty Nurse support

Details

• Date posted: 25 August 2026
• Pay scheme: Other
• Salary: Depending on experience
• Contract: Fixed term
• Duration: 2 days
• Working pattern: Part-time
• Reference number: A3434-26-0018
• Job locations: West Lodge Surgery, New Street, Farsley, Pudsey, West Yorkshire, LS28 5DL, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

• In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make themselves 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
• Developing care plans for health in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols
• 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 computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible)
• 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.
• Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety
• 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

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).