Salaried General Practitioner (6-8 Sessions)

Heath Lane Medical Centre; Chester; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A progressive medical practice located in Chester is seeking a dedicated Salaried General Practitioner to provide high-quality patient-centered care for 6-8 sessions per week. The successful candidate will join a collaborative multidisciplinary team, managing a structured workload with protected admin time. Responsibilities include consultations, treatment, and participation in clinical meetings. This role offers a chance to contribute to a vibrant practice focused on continuous professional development and a healthy work-life balance.

Benefits

Protected admin time

Supportive team structure

Opportunities for professional development

Qualifications

• Fully qualified GP registered with the GMC.
• Demonstrated experience in primary care.
• Special interest in chronic disease management.

Responsibilities

• Deliver clinical sessions with consultations and administrative tasks.
• Provide comprehensive GP services including diagnosis and treatment.
• Support multidisciplinary teams and attend practice meetings.

Skills

Clinical decision-making

Interpersonal skills

Diagnostic skills

Ability to work autonomously

Education

Fully qualified GP with GMC registration

Tools

EMIS Web

Job description

Salaried General Practitioner (6-8 Sessions)

Heath Lane Medical Centre, located on the suburban outskirts of Chester, is a well-established, forward-thinking practice committed to delivering high-quality, patient-centred care. We pride ourselves on fostering a supportive and collaborative environment where clinical excellence and innovation thrive.

We are seeking a dedicated Salaried GP - 6-8 sessions per week- to join our experienced multidisciplinary team. This is an exciting opportunity to work in a purpose-built and thriving general practice serving a diverse patient population. Our ethos is built on teamwork, continuous professional development, and maintaining a healthy work-life balance for all staff.

The successful candidate will benefit from... A structured and manageable workload with protected admin time. Opportunities to contribute to clinical meetings, QOF achievement, and enhanced services. Access to robust IT systems and strong support from skilled nursing, administrative, and management teams.

If you are passionate about delivering exceptional care and want to be part of a progressive, friendly practice that values your expertise, we would like to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

Clinical Responsibilities

The post-holder will deliver agreed clinical sessions, typically comprising 13 x 15-minute consultations, administrative tasks, and potential home visits.

Duties include... Acting on alerts and reminders e.g., QOF during routine consultations. Providing comprehensive GP services, including history taking, examination, investigation, diagnosis, treatment, and referral where appropriate. Offering preventative health care and advice. Supporting patients referred to the GP by other surgery staff. Prescribing in line with local and national formulary guidelines. Exercising professional autonomy in clinical decision-making. Maintaining accurate, contemporaneous IT-based records. Collecting data for audit purposes. Issuing acute and repeat prescriptions.

In general, the post-holder will undertake all duties expected of a GP within primary care.

Other Responsibilities

Supporting practice staff and responding to requests for advice. Attending MDT, clinical, and practice meetings. Delivering enhanced services to meet patient needs and optimise practice income. Complying with all practice policies and guidelines, including prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety, and annual QOF requirements.

About us

We are a friendly, forward-thinking GP practice serving approximately 7,500 patients in the Boughton Heath area of Chester. Our dedicated clinical team - comprising GPs, Advanced Clinical Practitioners (ACPs), and Practice Nurses - provides high-quality, patient-centred care and consistently achieves excellent QOF results.

As part of the Chester East Primary Care Network (PCN), we work collaboratively with three other practices to enhance services and develop our workforce. Through the PCN, we benefit from a multidisciplinary team including Care Coordinators, Clinical Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians, a Mental Health Practitioner, Social Prescribing Link Workers, and Wellbeing Coordinators all supporting both patients and staff to deliver the best possible care.

We are proud to contribute to the training of future healthcare professionals. Our practice regularly hosts 5th-year medical students and undergraduate nursing trainees, working closely with our PCN partners to provide a supportive learning environment.

Job responsibilities

JOBDESCRIPTION

SALARIEDGENERAL PRACTITIONER

Reporting to

GP Partnersand the Management team on organisational and administrative issues

Accountableto

GP Partners

Hours of work

6 - 8 sessions per week

Days of work

Monday Friday on a set rotabasis to include on-call sessions

Contract type

BMA permanent parttime/ full salaried GP

Role summary

Providegeneral medical services for the practice population to a high standard dealingwith a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting. Comply with thepractices GMS contract, DES and LES contracts and adhereto the principles of good medical practice.

Location

Heath LaneMedical Centre, Chester, CH3 5UJ

Inline with recognised pay scales depending on qualifications and experience

Mainpurpose of the role

Closely supported by the partners and management team, the postholder will act as one of the regular GPs within the practice working alongsidethe practice team. The role will be atthe forefront of delivering an innovative model of primary care.

Heath LaneMedical Centre

Weare a friendly, forward-thinking GP practice serving approximately 7,500patients in the Boughton Heath area of Chester. Our dedicated clinical team - comprisingGPs, Advanced Clinical Practitioners, and Practice Nurses - provideshigh-quality, patient-centred care and consistently achieves excellent QOFresults.

Aspart of the Chester East Primary Care Network, we work collaborativelywith three other practices to enhance services and develop our workforce.Through the PCN, we benefit from a multidisciplinary team including CareCoordinators, Clinical Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians, a Mental HealthPractitioner, Social Prescribing Link Workers, and Wellbeing Coordinators allsupporting both patients and staff to deliver the best possible care.

Weare proud to contribute to the training of future healthcare professionals. Ourpractice regularly hosts 5th-year medical students and undergraduate nursingtrainees, working closely with our PCN partners to provide a supportivelearning environment.

Clinical responsibilities

Inaccordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will beavailable to undertake clinical sessions.A routine clinical session comprises of 13 x 15-minute consultations,clinical admin time and the potential of home visits.

Act upon most alerts e.g. QOF and reminders during a routineconsultation.

Provide all GP services required.

Respond to medical problemspresented by patients, including history taking, examination, investigation, diagnosis, treatment and referral where clinically appropriate.

Provide appropriatepreventative health care and advice.

Provide medical support asrequired to patients referred by nursing staff.

Adhere to the practiceprescribing formulary, as dictated by local and national guidelines.

Make professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presentingproblems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workerswithin the organisation;

Record clear and contemporaneous I.T. based consultation notes toagreed standards;

Collect data for audit purposes

Compile and issue computer-generated acute and repeatprescriptions

Ingeneral the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties andresponsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.

Otherresponsibilities within the Practice

Supporting the practice staffand responding to requests for advice and assistance from the practicereception, secretarial and nursing staff.

Attend MDT, clinical andpractice meetings.

Provide additional enhanced services to the practices that meetthe needs of the practices patient population and maximise the income streamsto the practice

Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practicepolicies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, healthand safety, annual QOF Assessment of the Practice.

Confidentiality

In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, orallow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and othermatters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff willrespect their privacy and act appropriately

In the performance of the duties outlined in this Job Description,the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating topatients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. Theymay also have access to information relating to the Company as a businessorganisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded asstrictly confidential.

Flexibility

This job description is not intended to be exhaustive. Thepost-holder will be expected to adopt a flexible attitude towards the dutiesoutlined which may be subject to amendment at any time in consultation with thepost-holder and in line with the needs of the organisation.

Health and Safety

The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their ownand others health, safety and security as defined in the practice Health and Safety Policy, to include

Using personal security systems within the workplace according topractice guidelines

Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertakingsuch activities in a way that manages those risks

Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills

Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining workareas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards

Equality and Diversity

Thepost-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carersand colleagues, to include

Acting in a way that recognises the importance of peoples rights,interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures andpolicies, and current legislation

Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients,carers and colleagues

Personal and Professional Development

Inaddition to maintaining continued education through attendance at any coursesand or study days necessary to ensure that professional developmentrequirements are met, the post-holder will participate in any trainingprogramme implemented by the practice as part of this employment, such trainingto include

Participation in an annual individual performance review atpractice level and an external annual NHS GP Appraisal includingtaking responsibility for maintaining a record of their own personal and/orprofessional development

Communication

The post-holder should recognise theimportance of effective communication within the team and will strive to

Communicate effectively with other team members

Communicate effectively with patients and carers

Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods of communicationand respond accordingly.

Contribution to the planning and implementation of services

Thepost-holder will

Apply practice policies, standards and guidance

Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standardsand guidelines will affect own work

Work with the Partners and Management to achieve standards ofquality, performance standards, budgets and targets without compromising levelsof patient healthcare.

Contribute towards the development and implementation of newstandards, policies and procedures that are/will be required of GP Practicesnow and in the future as directed by NHS, DoH, SHA, PCT, new legislation etc.

Please visit our website www.heathlanemedicalcentre.co.uk for further information about the practice.

Interviews to be held early 2026.

For any queries, or an informal visit, pleasecontact [e-mail].

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Qualifications:
• Fully qualified GP with current GMC registration and license to practice.
• Inclusion on the NHS Performers List.
• Competence in managing a wide range of acute and chronic conditions.
• Clinical Interests & Additional Skills:
• Special interest in areas such as minor surgery, dermatology, or chronic disease management (e.g., diabetes, respiratory care).
• Ability to deliver enhanced services and contribute to service development.

Experience

• Experience:
• Demonstrated experience in primary care or equivalent clinical setting.
• Competence in managing a wide range of acute and chronic conditions.
• Skills & Knowledge:
• Strong clinical decision-making and diagnostic skills.
• Ability to work autonomously and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proficient in using clinical IT systems and maintaining accurate records.
• Knowledge of QOF, clinical governance, and safeguarding requirements.
• Personal Attributes:
• Commitment to high-quality, patient-centred care.
• Professional, adaptable, and proactive approach.
• Ability to manage workload effectively and maintain confidentiality.
• Clinical Interests & Additional Skills:
• Special interest in areas such as minor surgery, dermatology, or chronic disease management (e.g., diabetes, respiratory care).
• Ability to deliver enhanced services and contribute to service development.
• Professional Development:
• Interest in teaching, training, or mentoring medical students, GP trainees, or other healthcare professionals.
• Engagement in research, audit, or quality improvement projects.
• Willingness to take on clinical leadership roles within the practice or PCN.
• Experience in implementing new initiatives or improving patient pathways.
• Familiarity with EMIS Web and similar clinical systems.
• Community & Collaboration:
• Experience working within a Primary Care Network or multi-agency setting.
• Commitment to population health and reducing health inequalities.

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.

Depending on experienceIn line with recognised pay scales depending on experience