Salaried GP

Job summary

Salaried GP for 6 sessions

We are currently looking for an enthusiastic, dynamic, forward-thinking individual to join our lovely team. The post-holder will manage a caseload and deal with a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting.

Our GP Day consists of an AM and PM session with a mixture of 10 and 15 minute face-to-face and telephone consultations for minor and emergency problems.

You will be supported by an excellent clinical team which comprises of 5 x GP Partners, 5 x salaried GPs, a nursing team who manage chronic diseases and includes GPA's, HCA's and Phlebotomists, a Pharmacy team and other PCN-based teams including Social Prescribing, Physios, a Mental Health Practitioner and Frailty Nurses.

Our GP Partners here aim to be as flexible as they possibly can and support you.

We are ideally seeking a GP to work regular Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays with a weekly alternating duty commitment on the Wednesday.

Main duties of the job

Job Summary:

The post-holder will manage a caseload and deal with a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting, ensuring the highest standards of care for all registered and non-registered patients.

About us

We are a well-established and innovative training GMS practice with 2 sites on Cheltenham Road and at Highnam. We have a patient list size of 12,000. Our CQC rating is good.

Our administrative team is led by the Practice Manager and includes an Assistant Practice Manager, a Finance Manager, an IT Manager, a Reception Lead, Care Co-ordinators (who assist with palliative patients and safeguarding issues) and a Coding Team who help to manage GP workflow to reduce the administrative burden on our GP's.

We also have a dispensary at our Highnam site who dispense prescriptions for our patients registered who live rurally.

Details

• Date posted: 28 August 2026
• Pay scheme: Other
• Salary: Depending on experience
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Part-time
• Reference number: A0226-26-0005
• Job locations: 16 Cheltenham Road, Gloucester, GL2 0LS, United Kingdom, Highnam Surgery, Lassington Lane, Highnam, Gloucester, GL2 8DH, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

Job responsibilities

Clinical Responsibilities:

• 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 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 and in keeping with guidelines.
• 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 prescribing formulary and guidelines and with NHS Gloucestershire guidelines whenever this is clinically appropriate.
• Participate in the training and supervision of other clinicians (within the post-holders areas of competency)
• In general the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.

Other Responsibilities within the Organisation:

• Awareness of and compliance with all relevant 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
• 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 surgery or other agencies, where appropriate.

UK Registration

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