• Job Description

  Req#: A0061-25-0005?language=en&page=941&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  Are you a dedicated and passionate GP seeking a fulfilling career and an excellent work/life balance? Look no further join us! Our high-achieving, semi-rural practice is located where Gateshead, County Durham and Northumberland meet, with easy access from the A1.

  We have a vacancy for a 5-8-session salaried GP (including 1 protected admin/development session, pro rata) and are open to the prospect of Partnership.

  Benefits of the post:

  • 6 weeks annual leave plus Bank Holidays and an additional 1-week study leave (pro-rata)
  • Medical Defence Indemnity included
  • Free parking
  • Salary starting from £10,750 per session dependent on experience.
  • Access to NHS Fleet Solutions salary sacrifice car scheme and NHS Home Electronics
  • Nurse Practitioner/prescribers involved in daily telephone & minor ailment clinics
  • Excellent nursing and HCA team with Nurse specialists managing chronic disease
  • Friendly & efficient admin/reception & dispensary teams, headed by an experienced management team
  • Weekly protected time for clinical and educational meetings on a Thursday afternoon & additional protected learning time via the PCN
  • Active involvement with North East and Cumbria, Derwentside Healthcare Federation & Derwentside Primary Care Network

  Join our team and be part of a practice that values quality care and professional growth!

  Main duties of the job

  • To provide general medical services at Oakfields Health Group, providing services for registered patients. 15 patients per session.
  • To provide high quality primary care services to the practice population as required by the Group in line with approved protocols and evidence based medical practice and guidelines.
  • To manage a caseload of named doctor patients, dealing with a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting, always ensuring the highest standards of care for all registered and temporary patients.
  • To undertake all duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.
  • Participate in on call rota and holiday cover.
  • Protected administration time on a Thursday afternoon.

  About us

  About us:

  • We are a happy, cohesive team and provide a supportive and inclusive environment. Our multidisciplinary team delivers excellent care to our 7700 patients from our 2 modern, purpose-built sites.
  • Currently 3 full-time GPs, 3 Nurse Practitioners and 2 Practice Nurses and 2 Health Care Assistants, a GP Assistant and Pharmacy Technician.
  • Growing list size serving circa 7,700 patients.
  • Excellent Dispensing service at Oakfields Health Centre
  • Paper-light SystmOne practice, utilising remote patient consultations, AccuRx tools and ICB-approved Heidi-AI technology

  • High achieving QOF & maximum achievement in local quality scheme (QASI)
  • Minimal home visits
  • Consistently high patient satisfaction
  • We pride ourselves on achieving CQC outstanding rating for providing caring services.
  • Access to Clinical Pharmacist, PCN Mental Health Nurse (adults & CAMHS), First Contact Physio, Social Prescriber, Care Coordinator, First Contact Podiatry. Community Care Home Visiting Service and Weekend Home Visiting/Frailty Service
  • Progressive approach to primary care with a willingness to support development of special interests that dovetail with the practice business plan including but not limited to GP Training, Medical Students, Long-term contraception/gynae, ENT and Palliative Care.

  Details

  Date posted

  11 June 2025

  Pay scheme

  Other

  Salary

  Depending on experience negotiable, starting at £10,750 depending on experience

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time, Part-time

  Reference number

  A0061-25-0005

  Job locations

  Hamsterley Colliery

  Newcastle Upon Tyne

  Tyne & Wear

  NE17 7SB

  
  

  Dipton Surgery

  Front Street

  Dipton

  Stanley

  County Durham

  DH9 9DA

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  JOB DESCRIPTION

  1. Job Details

  Job Title: Salaried General Practitioner

  Reports to: GP Partners

  Status: Permanent

  Hours: Full time/Part Time

  Range: 5-8 sessions

  2. Job Summary

  • To provide general medical services at Oakfields Health Group, providing services for registered patients. 15 patients per session.
  • To provide high quality primary care services to the practice population as required by the Group in line with approved protocols and evidence based medical practice and guidelines.
  • To manage a caseload of named doctor patients, dealing with a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting, always ensuring the highest standards of care for all registered and temporary patients.
  • To undertake all duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.
  • Participate in on call rota and holiday cover.
  • Protected administration time on a Thursday afternoon.

  3. Duties and Responsibilities

  Clinical:

  • Provide a full range of medical services as defined in the core GMS contract and additional and enhanced services where appropriate.
  • Undertake a variety of duties (as agreed) including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with all queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion to ensure patient safety is not compromised.
  • Make professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation.
  • Assess the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems.
  • Screen patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness.
  • Develop care plans for health in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols.
  • Provide counselling and health education where appropriate.
  • Refer patients to other care providers as appropriate.
  • Record clear and contemporaneous consultation notes in line with Good Medical Practice.
  • Supervision of Nurse Practitioners, Medical Students. Option to explore become a GP trainer if applicant wishes.
  • Collect data for audit purposes.
  • Compile and issue computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible).
  • Prescribe in accordance with the local PCN prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate.
  • Undertake all duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.
  • Take responsibility as lead GP on nursing home visits/care.
  • On call duties: due to our named GP system, the on-call duties are relatively light and thus limited to urgent abnormal blood results, urgent acute prescriptions, urgent incoming letters/queries and emergency appointments or visits.

  Managerial/Administration:

  • Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety. Apply practice policies, standards and guidance and discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work.
  • Committed to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice, participation in Thursday afternoon joint clinical meeting with GPs and Nurse Practitioners for educational sessions.
  • Contribute to evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation and to lead on one audit per year.
  • Contribute to the summarising of patient records and read-coding patient data.
  • Administration: process requests for insurance reports and claim forms (private and non -private) in a timely manner within 28 days of receipt.

  Quality:

  • At all times strive to maintain quality within the practice, and will alert other team members to issues of quality and risk.
  • Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision.
  • Participate in an annual appraisal with the GP partners.
  • Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance.
  • Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs.
  • Effectively manage own time, workload and resources.

  Confidentiality:

  • All patients have the right to expect that all practice staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately at all times.
  • In the performance of duties, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential.
  • Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data.

  Communication:

  • The post-holder must recognize the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to communicate effectively with other team members, patients, carers and recognize peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.
  • To attend practice meetings where appropriate: clinical and management.

  4. Additional Responsibilities

  Health & Safety:

  • The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the practice Health & Safety Policy.
  • Use personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines.
  • Identify the risks involved in work activities and undertake such activities in a way that manages those risks.

  It is a condition of your contract that so far as is reasonably practicable, you minimise the risk of infection to yourself, colleagues and patients, and in so doing, you must:

  • Be familiar with, and adhere to practice policies and guidance on infection prevention and control.
  • Attend statutory education programmes in infection prevention and control.
  • Include infection prevention and control as an integral part of your continuous personal/professional development.
  • Take personal responsibility so far as is reasonably practicable, in helping ensure that effective prevention and control of health care acquired infections is embedded into everyday practice and applied consistently by you and your colleagues.
  • Report potential risks identified.

  Equality and Diversity:

  • The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues.
  • At all times act in a way that recognizes the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies, and current legislation.
  • At all times respect the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues.
  • Behave in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  JOB DESCRIPTION

  1. Job Details

  Job Title: Salaried General Practitioner

  Reports to: GP Partners

  Status: Permanent

  Hours: Full time/Part Time

  Range: 5-8 sessions

  2. Job Summary

  • To provide general medical services at Oakfields Health Group, providing services for registered patients. 15 patients per session.
  • To provide high quality primary care services to the practice population as required by the Group in line with approved protocols and evidence based medical practice and guidelines.
  • To manage a caseload of named doctor patients, dealing with a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting, always ensuring the highest standards of care for all registered and temporary patients.
  • To undertake all duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.
  • Participate in on call rota and holiday cover.
  • Protected administration time on a Thursday afternoon.

  3. Duties and Responsibilities

  Clinical:

  • Provide a full range of medical services as defined in the core GMS contract and additional and enhanced services where appropriate.
  • Undertake a variety of duties (as agreed) including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with all queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion to ensure patient safety is not compromised.
  • Make professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation.
  • Assess the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems.
  • Screen patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness.
  • Develop care plans for health in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols.
  • Provide counselling and health education where appropriate.
  • Refer patients to other care providers as appropriate.
  • Record clear and contemporaneous consultation notes in line with Good Medical Practice.
  • Supervision of Nurse Practitioners, Medical Students. Option to explore become a GP trainer if applicant wishes.
  • Collect data for audit purposes.
  • Compile and issue computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible).
  • Prescribe in accordance with the local PCN prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate.
  • Undertake all duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.
  • Take responsibility as lead GP on nursing home visits/care.
  • On call duties: due to our named GP system, the on-call duties are relatively light and thus limited to urgent abnormal blood results, urgent acute prescriptions, urgent incoming letters/queries and emergency appointments or visits.

  Managerial/Administration:

  • Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety. Apply practice policies, standards and guidance and discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work.
  • Committed to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice, participation in Thursday afternoon joint clinical meeting with GPs and Nurse Practitioners for educational sessions.
  • Contribute to evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation and to lead on one audit per year.
  • Contribute to the summarising of patient records and read-coding patient data.
  • Administration: process requests for insurance reports and claim forms (private and non -private) in a timely manner within 28 days of receipt.

  Quality:

  • At all times strive to maintain quality within the practice, and will alert other team members to issues of quality and risk.
  • Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision.
  • Participate in an annual appraisal with the GP partners.
  • Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance.
  • Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs.
  • Effectively manage own time, workload and resources.

  Confidentiality:

  • All patients have the right to expect that all practice staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately at all times.
  • In the performance of duties, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential.
  • Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data.

  Communication:

  • The post-holder must recognize the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to communicate effectively with other team members, patients, carers and recognize peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.
  • To attend practice meetings where appropriate: clinical and management.

  4. Additional Responsibilities

  Health & Safety:

  • The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the practice Health & Safety Policy.
  • Use personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines.
  • Identify the risks involved in work activities and undertake such activities in a way that manages those risks.

  It is a condition of your contract that so far as is reasonably practicable, you minimise the risk of infection to yourself, colleagues and patients, and in so doing, you must:

  • Be familiar with, and adhere to practice policies and guidance on infection prevention and control.
  • Attend statutory education programmes in infection prevention and control.
  • Include infection prevention and control as an integral part of your continuous personal/professional development.
  • Take personal responsibility so far as is reasonably practicable, in helping ensure that effective prevention and control of health care acquired infections is embedded into everyday practice and applied consistently by you and your colleagues.
  • Report potential risks identified.

  Equality and Diversity:

  • The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues.
  • At all times act in a way that recognizes the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies, and current legislation.
  • At all times respect the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues.
  • Behave in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Motivated and enthusiastic team player
  • Ambitious, innovative and keen on driving change
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Will be required to take lead responsibility in agreed areas and will form part of our duty system
  • Committed to maintaining our high standards of documentation and patient care
  • Able to work collaboratively with our multidisciplinary and Integrated neighbourhood teams
  • Fully registered with the GMC
  • CCT or equivalent
  • Included on Medical Performers List
  • Applications are welcomed from both newly qualified and experienced GPs
  • MRCGP MBBS

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Motivated and enthusiastic team player
  • Ambitious, innovative and keen on driving change
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Will be required to take lead responsibility in agreed areas and will form part of our duty system
  • Committed to maintaining our high standards of documentation and patient care
  • Able to work collaboratively with our multidisciplinary and Integrated neighbourhood teams
  • Fully registered with the GMC
  • CCT or equivalent
  • Included on Medical Performers List
  • Applications are welcomed from both newly qualified and experienced GPs
  • MRCGP MBBS

  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

  Oakfields Health Group

  Address

  Hamsterley Colliery

  Newcastle Upon Tyne

  Tyne & Wear

  NE17 7SB

  
  

  Employer's website

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

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Oakfields Health Group

  Address

  Hamsterley Colliery

  Newcastle Upon Tyne

  Tyne & Wear

  NE17 7SB

  
  

  Employer's website

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

• About the company

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