General Practitioner with Extended Role (GPwER) in ENT

Transformation Unit; Ellesmere Port; Hybrid; GBP 79,000 - 119,000; Full time

Job summary

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a General Practitioner with Extended Role (GPwER) in ENT to deliver outpatient ENT services within a community setting. The post supports improved access to specialist ENT care and the development of integrated care pathways.

The role includes triage of referrals, advice and guidance to primary care, and educational support for GPs and wider teams.

Qualifications

• Qualified GP with CCT and UK registration.
• Experience in ENT and outpatient care.
• Evidence of audit, teaching, and clinical leadership.

Responsibilities

• Provide assessment, diagnosis, and follow-up of ENT-related conditions.
• Triage referrals and provide Advice & Guidance to primary care clinicians.
• Perform ENT procedures such as micro-suction and flexible nasal endoscopy as appropriate.
• Coordinate investigations including imaging and labs; liaise with secondary care.
• Lead teaching and support junior staff and medical students.

Skills

Triage referrals

Advice & Guidance

ENT clinical expertise

Teaching & training

Education

GP with CCT

GMC registration

Enhanced DBS with Barred List

Job description

Employer Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FoundationTrust Employer type NHS Site Custom House Town Ellesmere Port Salary £78,699 - £118,759 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 29/10/2026 23:59

General Practitioner with Extended Role (GPwER) in ENT

NHS Medical & Dental: Salaried GP

Job overview

The post-holder will work as a General Practitioner with Extended Role (GPwER) in Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT), playing a pivotal role in the delivery of high-quality outpatient ENT services within a community or integrated care setting. The role supports improved access to specialist ENT care, enhances primary care capability, and contributes to the development of integrated care pathways.

T he GPwER in ENT will:

• Triage referrals and provide Advice & Guidance to primary care collegues.
• Offer educational support and training for general practitioners and wider healthcare teams.

Actively contribute to service development and innovation.

This post is 6 sessions per week.

Main duties of the job

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Clinical Duties:

• Provide assessment, diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of patients referred with ENT-related conditions.
• Undertake triage of referrals from primary and secondary care, and offer timely Advice & Guidance to primary care clinicians.
• Perform clinical interventions such as micro-suction and flexible nasal endoscopy as appropriate.
• Request and action, where indicated further investigations including imaging, blood tests and microbiology samples
• Collaborate with specialist services to ensure holistic care and onward referral of patients requiring hospital care
• Duties reasonably expected of a GP working within primary care.

Education, Training and Liaison:

• Provide clinical support and education to GPs and other primary care professionals in the management of ENT conditions.
• Maintain effective communication with secondary care consultants to ensure continuity and shared care arrangements.
• Assisting with teaching and training of junior staff and medical students.
• Participate in and support quality review activities including MDT meetings, audit, case reviews and quality investigations when required.

Working for our organisation

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) provides health and care services for a population of over one million people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care, as well as the provision of three GP surgeries in Cheshire.

We employ around 4,500 staff across 73 sites and have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton, Liverpool and Stockport.

Our aim is to help improve the lives of everyone in our communities, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We are rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission, with a Good rating overall.

As a Disability Confident Employer, Rainbow Badge Scheme member, Veteran Aware organisation and proud holder of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award, CWP is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible and developing a culture that values differences, and welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.

All new starters will commence in post on one fixed start date each month, in line with our Prepare to Care (P2C) induction programme date. P2C offers up to 3 weeks training to support you to meet the induction / initial training requirements of the role.

Whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your existing skills and experience in a new role, you’ll find something to suit you at CWP.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please download a copy of the job description (see ‘documents to download’ section below) for full details of the main responsibilities for this role.

At CWP, our recruitment selection processes are based on both competence (see person specification for details) and values.

CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust’s Values in their everyday life and we use a values-based approach in our interviews, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.

If you have a disability that meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010, and you can show that you meet the ‘essential’ criteria described in the person specification for an available position, please answer ‘YES’ to the question: ‘Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?’

Please inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes.

The trust offers a Guaranteed Interview Scheme to any armed forces community applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post and encourages applications from armed forces reservists or cadet force adult volunteers.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

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.
• Not subject to suspension under section 41A of the Medical Act 1983
• Qualified General Practitioner (completed certificate of Completion of Training- CCT).
• Currently on an NHSE performers list and not suspended from that list or from the medical register
• Enhanced DBS with Barred List Check clearance.
• GMC revalidation and annual NHS appraisal
• Evidence of further postgraduate educational activities in relevant field.
• Specialist registration for ENT (or within 6 months of being admitted to the register for trainees, if currently in a training programme in the UK)

Knowledge and Expertise

• Knowledge of NHS systems and processes
• Understanding of working within outpatient setting
• Must be able to demonstrate a high level of clinical experience and competence in all aspects of the ENT specialty
• Knowledge of Audit principles and evidence of participation in and completion of audit projects
• Shows ability to work with and lead others across professions
• Experience of and enthusiasm for clinical teaching of postgraduate doctors and non-medical staff.

Experience

• Recent experience of independent working in general practice in the UK.
• Commitment to and experience of working as part of a multi disciplinary and skill mixed team environment.
• Experience of supporting service change/medical management
• Teaching of GP eg/F2/Medical students/Nursing students
• Evidence of participation in Audit

Trust Values

• Demonstrate alignment with Trust Values (6 C’s: Commitment, Communication, Care, Courage, Compassion, Competency)

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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