NHS

Newly Qualified GP


PayCompetitive
LocationNorthampton/England
Employment typePart-Time

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  • Job Description

      Req#: A0653-25-0003?language=en&page=1020&sort=publicationDateDesc

      Job summary

      We are looking for a newly qualified GP who is eligible to be employed under the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS). This stipulates that the GP must be within two years of completion of GP training and not have held a substantive post in a GP Practice. This role is for five sessions per week.

      We are offering a competitive salary, 6 weeks holiday, plus 2 weeks study leave and NHS Pension Scheme.

      Informal visits would be very welcome. For further details please submit your CV by email to sarah.berry17@nhs.net.

      Main duties of the job

      Key Responsibilities:

      Patient Consultations: Manage both routine and urgent appointments via face-to-face and telephone consultations, ensuring safe, evidence-based, and individualised care.

      Clinical Examinations & Care Plans: Perform comprehensive clinical assessments, addressing both physiological and psychological needs. Develop personalised care plans with timely referrals in line with practice, PCN, and local guidelines.

      Independent Prescribing: Prescribe independently within your scope of practice, adhering to local or national prescribing guidelines, and promote health strategies that encourage patients to adopt healthier lifestyles.

      Home Visits: Manage routine and emergency home visits as required.

      Administrative Responsibilities: Handle routine administrative tasks such as responding to queries, managing repeat prescriptions, reviewing patient test results, and preparing referral letters or correspondence in a timely manner.

      Clinical Management: Oversee patient care, initiate investigations, review results, and make appropriate referrals to secondary care or other providers, developing treatment plans that align with disease management protocols and NICE guidelines.

      Collaboration: Work alongside other health and social care providers to ensure integrated care and maintain accurate, up-to-date patient records.

      Team Support: Support both clinical and administrative staff in maintaining high standards and meeting practice targets.

      About us

      Saxon Spires Practice is a large dual site General Practice with surgeries in the villages of Guilsborough and Brixworth in rural Northamptonshire. We provide general medical care and a wide range of additional services to 16,500 registered patients. We have dispensaries at both sites and a pharmacy in Guilsborough. We have a committed team of health professionals including GPs, Nurses, Health Care Assistants, Clinical Pharmacists, Physiotherapists, Podiatrist and a Social Prescriber.

      We are a training practice, supporting GP trainees, Foundation Doctors, Medical students as well as trainee Nurses, Nurse Associates and student Paramedics.

      Our Practice uses Emis Web and has excellent support from our dedicated admin team. GPs typically have 12-15 minute consultations per session and do home visits if needed. Our patients have good access to appointments and are able to book ahead for routine matters or on the day for urgent problems. We have high levels of patient satisfaction with 93% of patients rating their overall experience as very good or fairly good in the 2024 GP Patient survey. We have weekly team meetings and excellent opportunities for career development with onsite minor surgery, family planning, cryotherapy, joint injections and other procedures.

      Details

      Date posted

      09 April 2025

      Pay scheme

      Other

      Salary

      Depending on experience

      Contract

      Permanent

      Working pattern

      Part-time

      Reference number

      A0653-25-0003

      Job locations

      West Haddon Road

      Guilsborough

      Northampton

      NN6 8QE


      Brixworth Surgery

      Northampton Road, Brixworth

      Northampton

      NN6 9WU


      Job description

      Job responsibilities

      This is an exciting opportunity for a newly qualified GP (within the last two years without a substantive post). As an ARRS GP you will contribute fully to the clinical workload of the surgery providing consultations, undertaking patient-related administration and providing clinical advice and support to medical and nursing colleagues /staff.

      Job description

      Job responsibilities

      This is an exciting opportunity for a newly qualified GP (within the last two years without a substantive post). As an ARRS GP you will contribute fully to the clinical workload of the surgery providing consultations, undertaking patient-related administration and providing clinical advice and support to medical and nursing colleagues /staff.

      Person Specification

      Qualifications

      Essential

      • Candidate must be qualified (within the last two years, without a substantive post) as a General Practitioner with GMC Registration and Registered on the National Performers List.
      • MRCGP
      • Vocational Training Certificate
      • Eligibility to practice in the UK independently
      • Appropriate defence indemnity (MPS/MDU)

      Desirable

      • Experience of medicines management.
      • Experience of working in a dispensing practice.
      Person Specification

      Qualifications

      Essential

      • Candidate must be qualified (within the last two years, without a substantive post) as a General Practitioner with GMC Registration and Registered on the National Performers List.
      • MRCGP
      • Vocational Training Certificate
      • Eligibility to practice in the UK independently
      • Appropriate defence indemnity (MPS/MDU)

      Desirable

      • Experience of medicines management.
      • Experience of working in a dispensing practice.

      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.

      UK Registration

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

      Additional information

      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.

      UK Registration

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

      Employer details

      Employer name

      The Saxon Spires Practice

      Address

      West Haddon Road

      Guilsborough

      Northampton

      NN6 8QE


      Employer's website

      https://www.saxonspires.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

      Employer details

      Employer name

      The Saxon Spires Practice

      Address

      West Haddon Road

      Guilsborough

      Northampton

      NN6 8QE


      Employer's website

      https://www.saxonspires.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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