General Practitioner - Newhaven

NHS; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 12,000; Full time

Job summary

A local healthcare practice is seeking GPs to join their team in Newhaven, offering a flexible working environment and up to £11,730 per session. Responsibilities include delivering primary medical services and ensuring high standards of patient care, while collaborating with a multidisciplinary team. The role is ideal for medical practitioners registered with the General Practitioner Register, with support for professional development. This opportunity encourages participation in a patient-centered approach and addresses health inequalities.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Professional development opportunities

Pension scheme

Generous holiday entitlement

Qualifications

• Medical qualification to practice as a GP in the UK.
• Experience working as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Continuous professional development evidence.

Responsibilities

• Provide primary medical services to registered patients.
• Ensure smooth running of the practice.
• Develop care plans according to patient needs.

Skills

Good communication skills

Ability to work flexibly

Computer literacy

Team collaboration

Organizational skills

Education

Membership in the Royal College of General Practitioners (MRCGP)

Medical practitioner registered with the General Practitioner Register

Job description

Job Summary

Are you looking for a flexible salaried position to improve your work/life balance?

We are currently seeking GPs to join the Chapel Street Surgery team, part of Sussex Primary Care, a larger network that provides support, collaboration, and development opportunities.

We offer up to £11,730 per session, per annum, flexible working hours and a range of benefits, including professional development opportunities, pension scheme and generous holiday entitlement. You will also have the chance to work alongside a diverse and experienced team of healthcare professionals, including nurses, pharmacists and other specialists, to provide a truly integrated approach to patient care.

Applications extended to overseas Tier 2 workers seeking sponsorship with relevant skills and qualifications

Main Duties

As a GP in our practice, you will be responsible for providing primary medical services to the registered patients of the practice, ensuring the highest standards of care for all, undertaken in line with the relevant national primary care contractual regulations and guidelines. Provide care for both on‑the‑day care for patients and pre‑booked patients with long‑term conditions and be responsible for maintaining the smooth running of the practice.

About Us

Chapel Street Surgery is situated in Newhaven a port town in East Sussex, and we have approximately 5,000 patients. We provide a wide range of services including well woman clinics, contraception, maternity and midwifery, asthma / COPD and diabetes clinics, hypertension clinics, childhood immunisations, and minor surgery. We have a multi‑disciplinary team including GPs, Paramedic Practitioner, Physiotherapist, Pharmacy Team, Women’s Health Nurse, and Advanced Nurse Practitioners.

Chapel Street Surgery is a part of Sussex Primary Care (SPC), a primary care Federation that came about in response to a need from GP Partners in local practices who were seeking a different future. In 2019 we took on our first two practices and now have seven practices reflecting a combined list of over 50,000 patients.

We are a learning organisation that listens to our team of staff, patients and partners to guide our future. At the heart of our vision are our patients and their needs.

Our team benefits from working alongside a large NHS trust and the agility and pace of change you would expect from a small business.

Job Details

Date posted: 29 December 2025

Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade: Doctor – other

Salary: Depending on experience up to £11,730 per session

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full‑time, Part‑time, Flexible working, Home or remote working

Reference number: U0087‑25‑0039

Job locations: The Chapel Street Surgery Chapel Street Newhaven East Sussex BN9 9PW

Job Responsibilities

• Surgery consultations and emergencies, telephone consultations and queries, triaging, visiting patients at home, checking and authorising repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, patient test results, patient medical reports and examinations on behalf of the Practice as well as referral letters and other paperwork and correspondence in a timely manner.
• Provide health promotion and advice, signposting patients to appropriate services to maximise their health and social functioning and their ability to self‑manage their care.
• Be constantly mindful of the need for the provision of personalised care and population health, including reducing health inequalities and ensuring that these are reflected in daily practice.
• Make professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting patients, whether self‑referenced or referred from other health‑care workers within the organisation or external organisations.
• Assess the health needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems taking appropriate action as necessary.
• Screen patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness taking appropriate action as necessary.
• Consult with patients and in line with current disease‑management protocols and care pathways, develop care plans for health‑related illnesses and share these in line with patient need and good information governance.
• Record clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards using IT systems.
• Compile and issue computer‑generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand‑written prescriptions whenever possible) including EPS.
• Prescribe in accordance with locally agreed or nationally agreed prescribing formulary.
• Work in accordance with all relevant clinical guidelines, pathways and protocols.
• Responsible for tasks delegated to them, appropriate to their level of competence and expected to delegate tasks or responsibilities to other staff, as appropriate.
• In‑hours duty doctor sessions; to be agreed.
• All General Practitioners are expected to participate in continuing professional development, annual GP appraisal, Revalidation and appropriate peer supervision and to remain up to date on professional developments as required by their professional body. GPs are actively encouraged to take their study leave entitlement in order to support the development needs identified in their PDP and appraisal. Undertake all requirements to remain on the Medical Performers List.
• Ensure that he/she remains up to date with and implements all relevant good clinical practice guidance (e.g. NICE guidance).
• Active engagement with professional development lead, to promote patient safety and quality of service.
• Participation in a range of clinical governance activities, including clinical audit and such quality improvement activities deemed necessary by either Sussex Primary Care or external accrediting bodies.
• Ensure that the requirements of the Care Quality Commission are reflected in his/her day‑to‑day practice and will maintain and develop the practices active management of CQC requirements.

Person Specification – Qualifications

• A medical practitioner whose name is included in the General Practitioner Register under article 10 of the General and Specialist Medical Practice Order 2003.
• Accredited as a member of the Royal College of General Practitioners (MRCGP) or have 5 years experience as a full‑time GP with a demonstrable commitment to quality practice.
• Currently on a performers list and not suspended from that list or from the medical register.
• Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check.
• Evidence of continued professional development.

Experience

• Commitment to and experience of working as part of a multi‑disciplinary and skill‑mixed team environment.
• Experience of working to achieve standards within the Quality and Outcome Framework (QOF).
• Clinical Governance.
• Primary care prevention and screening services.
• Self‑audit and reflection.
• Organised and efficient in record keeping and completion of paperwork.
• Time management, being able to prioritise work and work under pressure.
• Computer literacy.
• Adaptability to change.

Skills & Knowledge

• Willingness to share and collaborate across the entire primary health team.
• Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with multidisciplinary and multi‑agency teams.
• Ability to work flexibly.
• Ability to recognise own limitations and act upon them appropriately.
• Willingness to learn new skills and to problem‑solve on a daily basis.
• Understanding, acceptance and adherence to the need for strict confidentiality.
• Ability to work within the changing structures of the NHS and work to the requirements of other regulatory bodies.
• Excellent communicator.
• Work in line with practice systems and processes.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

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

Employer Details

Sussex Primary Care

The Chapel Street Surgery

Chapel Street

Newhaven

East Sussex

BN9 9PW

Website: http://www.sussexprimarycare.co.uk/