General Practitioner Salaried Role

NHS; Leeds; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Leeds is seeking a General Practitioner to join their team, providing care across their practices. The role involves working regular 8-hour shifts with dedicated admin time and requires strong communication and organisational skills. Candidates must hold an MBBS or equivalent and be registered with the GMC. This position offers the opportunity to work within a multidisciplinary team committed to improving patient access and satisfaction.

Qualifications

• Clear communication in English, written and verbal.
• Strong organisational skills under pressure.
• IT competence relevant to general practice.

Responsibilities

• Deliver tier-based care supporting the MDT.
• Administer prescriptions and manage paperwork.
• Participate in team huddles and clinical meetings.
• Provide various consultations as per practice timetable.

Skills

Clear and effective communication in English

Strong organisational and time-management skills

IT competence relevant to general practice

Commitment to quality and patient satisfaction

Openness to alternative working practices

Education

MBBS or equivalent medical degree

Full registration with the GMC

Certification of Completion of Training

Job description

Job Summary

Are you a GP looking to work regular 8‑hour shifts including dedicated admin time? We are expanding our GP service and seeking clinicians to work across our two practices at East Park Medical Centre and its branch surgery in Halton. The role involves 4‑6 sessions a week, a mixture of 8‑4 or 10‑6pm shifts, with one day of work on Friday.

About Us

Our multidisciplinary team comprises Advanced Nurse Practitioners, a Mental Health Nurse, care navigators, ANPs, ACPs, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, nurses, HCAs and a management team of medical secretaries, prescribing clerks and receptionists. We are a training practice for medical students, work towards GP registrars, and are involved in research projects. We embrace new IT technologies and are committed to reducing health inequalities and developing services to maximise patient access.

Clinical Responsibilities

• Deliver tier‑based care across Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 patient groups, supporting the MDT and escalating concerns to the Clinical Lead as needed.
• Administer prescriptions, check pathology results, manage paperwork and correspondence during dedicated appointment time.
• Participate in daily team huddles, group consultations and clinical meetings covering governance, safeguarding, palliative care and complex presentations.
• Provide a variety of consultations (surgery, telephone, video, home and care home) in accordance with the practice timetable.
• Compile and issue computer‑generated acute and repeat prescriptions; sign repeat prescriptions and handle queries promptly.
• Prescribe in line with the practice formulary or generically where appropriate.
• Make autonomous clinical decisions for self‑referred or referred patients.
• Assess patients’ health needs, screen for disease risk factors and early signs of illness, develop care plans and provide health education and counselling.
• Record clear, contemporaneous notes to agreed standards and collect audit data, completing QOF requirements.
• Deliver enhanced services such as home visits for Tier 3 complex patients when remote consults are not suitable.

Person Specification – Personal Skills and Qualities

Essential

• Clear and effective communication in English, written and verbal.
• Strong organisational and time‑management skills, able to work under pressure and independently.
• IT competence (word processing, database work) relevant to general practice.
• Commitment to quality, patient satisfaction, equal opportunities and multidisciplinary teamwork.
• Openness to alternative working practices.

Qualifications

Essential

• MBBS or equivalent medical degree.
• Full registration with the GMC.
• Certification of Completion of Training (MRCGP, JCPTGP or PMETB).
• Inclusion on the NHS Performance listed practitioners.
• Evidence of ongoing professional development.

Desirable

• GP trainer.

Experience

Essential

• Experience providing primary care in and out of hours.

Desirable

• Experience in a primary care setting with significant health problems.
• Development of clinical expertise in specific areas.
• Experience of audit and quality improvement initiatives.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post requires a Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) check as per the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975.

UK Registration

Applicants must hold current UK professional registration. For further information please see the NHS Careers website.

Employer Details

• East Park Medical Centre
• 5‑7 East Park Road, Leeds, LS9 9JD
• Website: https://www.eastparkmedicalcentre.com/