Job summary
The Vale Medical Practice is looking for an enthusiastic salaried GP to join our friendly and forward-thinking team. This GP role is designed to let you focus on patients.It is an excellent opportunity to work in a digitally advanced, low-admin environment with a strong focus on work-life balance, team support and career development.
Key information:
- 4 sessions per week (flexible and negotiable)
- Competitive salary: £10,500 £11,250 per session (depending on experience)
- Permanent position (long-term locum also considered)
- Optional extended access sessions: Mon/Wed 58pm £100/hour (ltd company)
Main duties of the job
We offer:
- Paper-light, digital-first practice with streamlined and efficient systems
- Minimal administrative burden for GPs, with excellent clinical and admin support
- Streamlined total triage system with pre-consultation work-up and prioritisation, enabling timely access, reduced pressure in clinics, and more meaningful consultations
- Protected time for follow-ups and continuity of care
- Expanding portfolio of onsite outpatient clinics, supporting closer collaboration with secondary care and developing opportunities in teaching and service design
- Opportunity to undertake Extended Access sessions for additional flexibility and income
- Supportive team culture with regular team-building and social events
- Weekly clinical meetings for shared learning and peer support
- Free onsite parking at both sites and excellent accessibility
- Growing, relatively affluent patient population with fewer language barriers
- Training practice with GP trainees and medical students
- Research-active (NIHR-aligned) with opportunities to get involved
- Encouragement of portfolio careers and development of special interests
We are committed to helping our GPs thrive and build fulfilling careers:
- Individualised coaching and career development
- Support to develop clinical interests (e.g. womens health, teaching, research)
- Opportunities to become a GP trainer
- Access to Training Hub programmes, including: New to Practice Fellowship Programme Peer support networks and CPD
- Health & wellbeing support (including ShinyMind app)
About us
The Vale Medical Practice is a forward thinking and innovative practice looking to recruit a salaried GP to join our dynamic team. We embrace new ways of working and welcome ideas to change the way our clinicians work to bring more variety into their days. We work closely with our local commissioners and enjoy taking part in pilot projects and we would support any applicants to take part in these depending on their area of interest. We pride ourselves on having good patient access figures and our two sites have very different patient demographics and levels of deprivation which leads to an interesting clinical challenge.
If you would like more information or just an initial discussion, please don't hesitate to contact Richie Short (Business Manager) at: richard.short@nhs.net or on +44 (0) 1234 762500.
Details
- Date posted: 20 July 2026
- Pay scheme: Other
- Salary: £10,500 to £11,250 a session
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Part-time
- Reference number: 29733-1
- Job locations: Fields Road, Wootton, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK43 9JJ, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities
If you would like to find out more information about this role, please see the attached job specification.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Fully qualified GP with GMC registration
- Annual appraisal and revalidation (when appropriate)
- Be on the NHSE medical performers list
All applicants should have skills including:
Essential
- Good understanding and experience of chronic disease management, and primary prevention and screening services;
- Ability to take responsibility for your own career development, learning and performance and are responsible for ensuring that all your mandatory training is in date;
- Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies and guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety;
- Commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice;
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills in a confidential manner.
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