Longrigg Medical Centre are looking for a new salaried GPfor 4 sessions per week (Monday and Tuesday), to start from July/August 2026, with the option of futurepartnership. We are an extremely friendly and welcoming practicecurrently consisting of 4 partners (3 of whom are former Longrigg GP trainees),4 salaried GPs and a Nurse Practitioner. Main duties of the job
The majority of our administrative work is done in a largecommunal space complete with workstations, kitchen and comfortable seatingarea. We have a culture of working and problem solving as a team. Discussionsaround clinical and organisational issues are strongly encouraged, both on anad-hoc basis and in our weekly practice meeting. You will always find someonein the communal room available for support, or just a chat and a coffee (and ahomemade cake if youre lucky!). Supporting each other to maintain positivewell-being and a healthy work-life balance are important aspects of ourpractice ethos. We regularly socialise together outside of work too. Mostrecently this has included bowling, BBQ's and a rather muddy country walk! About us
We are committed to training and teaching with three GPtrainers currently. We also teach medical students from Newcastle University ata variety of stages and all staff are encouraged to be involved with teaching. We have strong links within our East Gateshead PCN and lookforward to further collaboration in future. We already have a large team ofCommunity Link Workers, 4 Pharmacists, 2 Pharmacy Technicians, a First contactPhysio, Primary Care Mental Health Worker and a paramedic. We are keen to support colleagues with development ofadditional clinical interests and would love to hear what skills or servicesyou would like to bring to the practice in the future. GMS practice with just over 10000 patients Total Triage system since August 2023 15 minute appointments PCN Paramedic home visiting service EMIS web supported by Accurx/Mjog/Ardens High QOF achieving CQC rating GOOD BMA standard agreement would apply including time-tabledpaid weekly personal learning time and time off for appraisals. We strongly encourage visits to look around and meet theteam! Job responsibilities
Thepost-holder will manage a caseload and deal with a wide range of health needsin a primary care setting, ensuring the highest standards of care for allregistered and temporary patients. ClinicalResponsibilities: Inaccordance with the Practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder willmake him/her-self available to undertake a variety of duties includingsurgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visitingpatients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealingwith queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion Makingprofessional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems,whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers withinthe organisation Assessingthe health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosedproblems Screeningpatients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness Inconsultation with patients and in line with current Practice diseasemanagement protocols, developing care plans for health Providingcounselling and health education Admittingor discharging patients to and from the caseload and referring to othercare providers as appropriate Recordingclear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards Collectingdata for audit purposes Compilingand issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoidinghand-written prescriptions whenever possible) Prescribingin accordance with the Practice prescribing formulary (or generically)whenever this is clinically appropriate Ingeneral the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normalduties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primarycare. Other Responsibilitieswithin the Organisation: Awarenessof and compliance with all relevant Practice policies/guidelines, e.g.prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety Acommitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based bestpractice Contributingto evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation Contributingto the development of computer-based patient records Contributingto the summarising of patient records and Read-Coding patient data Attendingtraining and events organised by the Practice or other agencies, whereappropriate. Beinvolved in supervising/teaching medical students/GP registrars within thepractice. Confidentiality: In the course of seeking treatment,patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information inrelation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have theright to expect that staff will respect their privacy and actappropriately In the performance of the duties outlinedin this Job Description, the post-holder may have access to confidentialinformation relating to patients and their carers, Practice staff andother healthcare workers. They mayalso have access to information relating to the Practice as a businessorganisation. All such information from any source is to be regardedas strictly confidential Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, otherhealthcare workers or the business of the Practice may only be divulged toauthorised persons in accordance with the Practice policies and proceduresrelating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitivedata. Health & Safety: The post-holder willassist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety andsecurity as defined in the Practice Health & Safety Policy, to include: Using personal security systems within theworkplace according to Practice guidelines Identifying the risks involved in workactivities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages thoserisks Making effective use of training to updateknowledge and skills Using appropriate infection controlprocedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free fromhazards Equality and Diversity: The post-holder will support the equality, diversity andrights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include: Actingin a way that recognizes the importance of peoples rights, interpretingthem in a way that is consistent with Practice procedures and policies,and current legislation Respectingthe privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues Behavingin a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmentaland respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights. Personal/ProfessionalDevelopment: Inaddition to maintaining continued education through attendance at any coursesand/or study days necessary to ensure that professional developmentrequirements for PREP are met, the post-holder will participate in any trainingprogramme implemented by the Practice as part of this employment, such trainingto include: Participationin an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibilityfor maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development Takingresponsibility for own development, learning and performance anddemonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similarwork. Quality: Thepost-holder will strive to maintain quality within the Practice, and will: Alertother team members to issues of quality and risk Assessown performance and take accountability for own actions, either directlyor under supervision Contributeto the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activitiesand making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teamsperformance Workeffectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs Effectivelymanage own time, workload and resources. Communication: Thepost-holder should recognize the importance of effective communication withinthe team and will strive to: Communicateeffectively with other team members Communicateeffectively with patients and carers Recognizepeoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respondaccordingly. Contribution to theImplementation of Services: Thepost-holder will: Apply Practicepolicies, standards and guidance Discusswith other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelineswill affect own work Participatein audit where appropriate. Person Specification
Experience
Clinical Experience Have worked in general practice/community medicine Experience of multidiscipline team working IT Experience Experience of GP clinical system EMIS Web Experience of Microsoft office Teaching - be involved in the teaching/supervising of medical students and GP registrars in the practice Experience of delivering QOF Qualifications
Fully Qualified GP MRCGP GMC full registration Member of defence union (MPS/MDU) Currently on a performers list Full driving licence Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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