GP Partner, 7 sessions (6 clinical and 1 partnership)

NHS; Kendal; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a warm and patient-centred practice in Kendal, where you can make a meaningful impact on community health. This role offers 6 clinical sessions, a supportive environment, and opportunities for career development. You'll work alongside compassionate colleagues in a practice committed to high-quality patient care and continuous improvement. Enjoy a fulfilling career in a semi-rural setting, with a focus on work-life balance and professional growth. If you're a qualified GP looking for an invigorating role, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Well maintained partner-owned buildings

High QOF/QIS achievement

Weekly clinical MDT meetings

Protected daily coffee time

Opportunity to develop special interests

Qualifications

• Must be a qualified GP with GMC registration and a UK driver's licence.
• Experience in a GP practice using EMIS is essential.

Responsibilities

• Consult with patients and complete clinical administration over six sessions per week.
• Lead role in the practice, making autonomous clinical decisions.
• Develop care and treatment plans in consultation with patients.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Time management

Teamwork

Education

Qualified GP with full GMC registration

UK driver's licence

Tools

EMIS

Job description

GP Partner, 7 sessions (6 clinical and 1 partnership)

Come and join our warm and patient-centred practice in the heart of our semi-rural community of Kendal on the edge of the Lake District. Enjoy a fulfilling role with 6 clinical sessions, where you'll be welcomed by a friendly team dedicated to providing exceptional care.

Kendal is a great place to live and work, while making a meaningful impact on the health and well-being of our community. Competitive remuneration and a supportive work environment await you. This position is available from 1st October 2025, but we'd still encourage you to apply if you can't start until a little later.

We can offer you an invigorating and supportive working environment with excellent opportunities for career development, working alongside compassionate colleagues. We are part of an excellent Primary Care Network and are supported with clinical services from a wide range of disciplines.

Main duties of the job

The GP Partner will undertake a variety of duties governed by the GMS contract and objectives of Enhanced services.

You will consult with patients and complete clinical administration over six sessions per week.

One session per week will be protected for partnership work.

About us

We are a 2-site, part-dispensing practice in Kendal with around 17,500 patients, keen to attract caring, motivated, and passionate colleagues. We are a training practice with an active frailty and care home support team. We offer a wide range of enhanced services including minor surgery, women's health and menopause, coil/implant fitting, as well as Dermatology and ENT GPwER clinics.

We strive for a good work/life balance while achieving high-quality patient care and offer a fair allocation of work across all the GP team. We have a Quality Improvement culture and continually develop our systems to respond to the changing environment of primary care, aiming to minimise administration workload and maximise job satisfaction to the benefit of our patients and our team. We can offer:

• Well maintained partner-owned buildings
• High QOF/QIS achievement
• Weekly clinical MDT meetings
• Protected daily coffee time with colleagues
• Opportunity to develop clinical and non-clinical special interests
• Well-functioning Kendal PCN

We are a GP registrar and medical student training practice, an accredited Veteran Friendly practice, and a parkrun practice.

Job responsibilities

• Play a lead role in the practice
• Work with and provide support for other members of the primary health care team
• Make professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting clinical problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation
• Screen patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness
• Cover all the clinical management of the patients in surgery as appropriate including initiating investigations, reviewing results, making referrals to secondary care or to other providers as appropriate
• Develop care and treatment plans in consultation with patients and in line with current Practice disease management protocols as well wider guidance such as that from NICE
• Ensure appropriate follow up of patients
• Record clear and contemporaneous computerised consultation notes to agreed standards
• Participate in clinical audits, and learning event analyses and practice meetings
• Compile and issue computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions avoiding hand-written prescriptions
• Prescribe generically whenever appropriately and in accordance with the Practice prescribing formulary, NICE guidance and Good Prescribing Practice (as defined by British National Formulary guidance)

Person Specification

Qualifications

• The applicant must be a qualified GP with full GMC registration licence to practice, on a performers list and have a UK drivers licence

Experience

• Experience of working in a GP practice using EMIS
• Trained as Educational Supervisor

Personal Qualities

• Adaptable and forward looking with problem solving and a 'solutions focused' approach
• A demonstrable commitment to professional development
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to listen and empathise
• Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Competent time management and organisational skills
• Observance of strict confidentiality
• Enjoys a semi-rural lifestyle

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.