Salaried General Practitioner (GP)

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board; Harrogate; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Supportive team environment

Flexible start dates

Job summary

Strayside Health in Harrogate seeks a GP to cover 5–7 sessions weekly at a modern, single-site surgery. The post involves mixed 15‑minute face-to-face and telephone clinics, plus home visits and admin time for prescriptions and paperwork.

You will join an established clinical team with strong nursing and back-office support, aiming to deliver patient-centered care in a forward-thinking practice.

Qualifications

• MBBS or equivalent medical degree; GMC registration and MRCGP are required.
• Eligibility for Medical Indemnity Membership.
• GMC registration and MRCGP indicate competence for general practice.
• Teaching qualification and flexible hours support ongoing professional development.
• DBS check and occupational health clearance are typical prerequisites.

Responsibilities

• Conduct GP consultations (surgery/telephone/eConsultations) and home visits.
• Check and sign repeat prescriptions; handle queries and paperwork promptly.
• Process blood results and incoming clinical documents; manage clinical information.
• Make autonomous decisions on presenting problems; refer appropriately.
• Assess health needs, screen for disease risks, and provide preventative advice.
• Develop care plans in line with current practice protocols.
• Document notes clearly and contemporaneously; contribute to audits.

Skills

Broad range of IT skills

Able to use own initiative

Lead a team and the service

Communicate effectively

Problem-solving

Motivate and inspire

Accurate written and verbal comms

Empathy for patients

Prioritise workload

Ask sensitively for information

Retrieve/consolidate information

Work under pressure

Demonstrate leadership

Multi-disciplinary teamwork

Confidentiality and governance

Calm and objective

Confident and approachable

Recognise own limitations

Enthusiasm

Non-judgemental

Equality and rights awareness

Identify/mitigate health & safety risk

Clinical governance knowledge

Education

MBBS or equivalent medical degree

GMC registration

MRCGP

Teaching qualification

DBS check

Occupational Health Clearance

Evidence of continued role development

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a GP to join our team to cover 5 to 7 sessions per week in a friendly, dynamic, and forward-thinking, single-site surgery in Harrogate. We have an outstanding clinical and nursing team, situated in modern, purpose-built premises in the heart of this historic Spa town. Strayside Health is a recently formed practice (following the successful merger of East Parade and Park Parade Surgeries in April 2025). Before the merger, both practices worked closely together for a number of years, sharing our Nurse Team and back-office staff (medical secretaries, data quality and administration teams). Our newly merged practice is progressive and keen to embrace change whilst maintaining the traditional values of patient centred general practice. We have a great team ethos in our workforce, with strong staff retention. We are friendly and supportive with a focus on staff wellbeing and for many years have continued the tradition of our valuable daily GP coffee meeting. Routine clinics compromise of a mix of telephone and 15-minute face-to-face consultation appointments, including 25% of routine surgery time being protected for clinical admin and a defined number of appointments per routine session. We are looking for enthusiastic individuals who share our values and are ready to embrace the challenges of the future with our team. We can be flexible about start dates and informal enquiries are welcome.Main duties of the job In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make themselves available to undertake a variety of duties, including surgery consultations, telephone consultations, eConsultations, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion. Actioning a share of blood results and incoming clinical documents, both paper and electronic Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers Assessing the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness Offering preventative advice Developing care plans for health in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols Referring to other care providers as appropriate Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards Collecting data for audit purposes Prescribing in accordance with the ICB or practice prescribing formulary whenever this is clinically appropriate In general, the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care., Informal visits are welcomed to the practice. Please contact Emma Keating (Practice Manager) to arrange this should you wish.

• Broad range of IT skills
• Able to use own initiative and work without supervision
• Able to effectively co‑lead a team and the service
• Able to cope with and effectively organise the workload
• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and non‑verbally daily
• Practical problem‑solving skills
• Ability to motivate and inspire self and others
• Accurate written and verbal communication of information
• Ability to show empathy and understand the difficulties faced by people affected by adverse life events
• Ability to prioritise own workload
• Ability to ask sensitively about information needs
• Ability to retrieve and consolidate information from a wide range of sources and in different formats
• Ability to work effectively under pressure and meet tight deadlines
• Ability to show evidence of leadership
• Ability to work in a multi‑disciplinary team, Ability to deal with complex and difficult emotional situations
• Familiarity with issues of service organisation, transformation and development
• Adhere to policies around confidentiality, health & safety, equality & diversity
• Calm and objective
• Confident, yet approachable
• Recognition of own limitations
• Demonstrates enthusiasm
• Non‑judgemental, respectful of others privacy, needs & beliefs
• Ability to work in a multi‑disciplinary team
• Ability to address and work to overcome any equality, diversity and rights of service users
• Identify and mitigate potential risks to health, safety and policy, Sound knowledge of clinical governance, including audit and service improvement activities
• Eligibility for Medical Indemnity Membership, MBBS or equivalent medical degree
• GMC registration, MRCGP
• Evidence of continued role development
• Teaching qualification, Flexibility to work outside of core office hours
• Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check
• Occupational Health Clearance
  Situated in the beautiful spa town of Harrogate close to the Yorkshire Dales, we serve an urban and suburban population of just under 16,000 patients.