# Salaried GP > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Higham Ferrers Surgery. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/salaried-gp/d30a611e-f6b9-409b-ad99-48e24bb99f52 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/salaried-gp/d30a611e-f6b9-409b-ad99-48e24bb99f52.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Higham Ferrers Surgery - **Location:** Saffron Road, Higham Ferrers, Rushden, Northamptonshire, NN10 8ED, United Kingdom - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** General Practitioner - **Grade:** General practitioner - **Salary:** Negotiable - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part-time - **Closing date:** 2026-12-16T23:59:59.999Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-21T10:01:59.158Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/A2448-26-0004 - **Application URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/application/A2448-26-0004/pre-application-questions-pause?referrer=jobadvert&ref=A2448-26-0004 - **Employer website:** https://www.highamferrerssurgery.co.uk/ ## Job Content ### Job summary Higham Ferrers Surgery is seeking an enthusiastic and compassionate GP to join our friendly, supportive team. This is an excellent opportunity for a clinician who values continuity of care and enjoys working in a smaller practice where strong relationships with patients and colleagues are at the heart of what we do. The successful candidate will provide high-quality clinical care, contribute to the ongoing development of the practice, and play an active role in shaping our future direction. An interest in teaching and mentoring would be highly valued, with opportunities to support and supervise our resident doctors.We welcome applications from GPs, with working hours and sessions negotiable, and an immediate start available. ### Main duties of the job - Routine and sameday consultations - Managing longterm conditions - Supporting the duty doctor rota (shared fairly across the team) - Clinical administration, results, repeat prescriptions and referrals - Working collaboratively with our multidisciplinary team - Supervising GP registrars - Contributing to QOF, IIF and practice development ### About us Higham Ferrers Surgery is a friendly, wellestablished practice located in the heart of a historic Northamptonshire market town. We are a small, supportive team of three GPs, working closely with our excellent nursing, administrative and reception colleagues to provide highquality, patientcentred care. We pride ourselves on being a practice where clinicians feel valued, listened to and able to work in a collaborative environment. Our size means we know our patients well, and our culture encourages continuity, autonomy and teamwork. We are proud to be an established training practice and host GP registrars in various stages of their training. What We Offer - A welcoming, closeknit team with strong clinical support - Protected time for clinical meetings, CPD and supervision - Modern clinical systems utilising total online triage - A practice that values kindness, communication and sustainable working ### Details - Date posted: 21 October 2026 - Pay scheme: Other - Salary: Depending on experience - Contract: Permanent - Working pattern: Part-time - Reference number: A2448-26-0004 - Job locations: Saffron Road, Higham Ferrers, Rushden, Northamptonshire, NN10 8ED, United Kingdom ### Job responsibilities The post-holder will provide comprehensive primary care services and undertake the full range of duties associated with a General Practitioner working within a GMS contract. Key responsibilities will include: - Delivering face-to-face, telephone, and remote consultations, providing high-quality, patient-centred care across a diverse patient population. - Conducting clinical assessments, formulating diagnoses, and implementing appropriate management plans for patients presenting with undifferentiated and complex medical conditions. - Undertaking home visits where clinically appropriate and participating in the practice's on-call and urgent care arrangements. - Reviewing, authorising, and managing repeat prescriptions, pathology results, clinical correspondence, and other patient-related documentation in a timely and safe manner. - Maintaining accurate, comprehensive, and contemporaneous clinical records in accordance with professional, regulatory, and practice standards. - Utilising practice clinical systems, including EMIS Web, ICE, e-Referral Service. Etc - Identifying health promotion opportunities and supporting preventative healthcare through risk assessment, screening, early diagnosis, and evidence-based disease management. - Developing personalised care plans in partnership with patients, promoting self-management and shared decision-making. - Making appropriate referrals to secondary care, community services, and other healthcare providers, ensuring coordinated and seamless patient care. - Contributing to clinical audit, quality improvement initiatives, service evaluation, and the achievement of practice quality objectives. - Prescribing safely, cost-effectively, and in accordance with local and national prescribing guidance and current clinical evidence. - Supporting the delivery of high standards of clinical governance, patient safety, and regulatory compliance within the practice. ### UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). ## Person Specification ### Qualifications **Essential** - -Fully qualified GP with GMC registration and a current licence to practise - -Included on the NHS England GP Performers List - -Demonstrates a commitment to high quality, patient centred care - Able to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team - -Good clinical decision making, communication, and interpersonal skills - -Commitment to professional development, appraisal, and revalidation - -Ability to manage workload safely and effectively within a modern general practice environment - -Shares the practice values of collaboration, respect, and continuous improvement **Desirable** - -Experience of working in UK general practice - -Interest in or experience of quality improvement, audit, or service development - -Familiarity with total triage or digital access systems (e.g. Anima) - -Experience of or interest in teaching, mentoring, or supervision ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.