General Practitioner

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust; Newcastle-under-Lyme; On-site; GBP 111,000 - 119,000; Full time

Job summary

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust is seeking a General Practitioner to join our Primary Care Directorate clinical team, based primarily at Keele Practice Health Centre. The role requires 6 sessions per week plus CPD, with cross cover across bases in our integrated practice portfolio.

We are a high achieving, patient-centred practice with a model to improve patient experience, offering urgent, priority and routine appointments and strong clinical support from ANPs and UCPs.

Qualifications

• GP training and experience
• Evidence of learning from significant clinical events
• Willing to develop an interest in a specific disease area
• Use of a GP clinical system
• Use of EMIS

Responsibilities

• In accordance with the Job Plan as agreed, the post-holder will make themselves 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 Practice 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.
• Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards using the practice electronic clinical system.
• Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions
• Prescribing in accordance with the Practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate.
• In general the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.

Education

Medical Degree

GMC registered

Registration with a recognised medical defence organisation

On a CCG performers list

MRCGP

Job description

Go back North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust

General Practitioner

The closing date is 28 September 2026

Looking for something different from traditional general practice?

Would you like to become a member of our Primary Care Directorate clinical team providing innovative care to our patient population as part of an outstanding CQC organisation and HSJ Trust of the Year?

We are looking to appoint a highly motivated and committed General Practitioner to join our clinical team. This is a pivotal post in the delivery of quality and innovative primary care services. We are a friendly and well organised team with a forward-thinking approach.

We are looking for a commitment of 6 sessions per week (plus CPD), primarily based at Keele Practice Health Centre, but offering cross cover where needed to support other bases within our integrated practice portfolio.

We are a high achieving, patient centred practice and have implemented a care model to improve patient experience, providing urgent, priority and routine appointments. Standard clinical sessions and the provision of administration time for non-patient facing work within the session is routinely included.

Excellent clinical support from our extended clinical team, including ANPs and UCPs.

Positive promotion of learning and CPD supported by weekly protected learning events along with the benefits of being part of a larger Trust.

Main duties of the job

You 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 temporary patients.

Teamwork is an essential part of the role, working as part of our senior clinical team to provide quality care to our patients as well as supporting the wider practice core clinical workload.

About us

As a Trust we remain bold and ambitious with plans for both service and system collaborative transformation over the coming years to improve the health and wellbeing of our local people through high quality care.

We pride ourselves on ensuring our team has their wellbeing put first and as such provide a range of wellness opportunities including flexible working.

We are committed to the Greener NHS national ambition to becoming the world's first 'carbon net zero' national health system by 2045 (Greener NHS (england.nhs.uk). As part of this, sustainability is embedded in our strategy as one of our four key enablers. In order to deliver on this commitment, we recognise that we need a workforce that is as passionate as we are about achieving these goals, for the benefit of our service users, workforce, local communities and the planet alike.

The Trust is committed to ensuring that a diverse workforce is representative and inclusive at all levels. We would very much welcome applications from all under‑represented groups including women, people with disabilities, people from global majority backgrounds, and those from the lesbian, gay, bi and trans communities.

The Trust is committed to the Step into Health scheme and actively encourages applicants from the Armed Forces Communities to apply.

Job responsibilities

Key Duties/Responsibilities

• In accordance with the Job Plan as agreed, the post-holder will make themselves available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions anddealing 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 Practice 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.
• Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards using the practice electronic clinical system.
• Compiling and issuing computer‑generated acute and repeat prescriptions
• Prescribing in accordance with the Practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate.
• In general the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Medical Degree
• GMC registered
• Registration with a recognised medical defence organisation
• On a CCG performers list
• MRCGP

Experience

• GP training and experience
• Evidence of learning from significant clinical events
• Willing to develop an interest in a specific disease area
• Use of a GP clinical system
• Use of EMIS

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.

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust

£110,564 to £118,759 a yearpro rate per annum