Salaried General Practitioner (GP)

East Parade Surgery; Harrogate; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Part time

Job summary

A local healthcare provider in Harrogate is looking for a GP to cover 3 to 4 sessions per week. The practice offers a dynamic work environment with a strong focus on staff wellbeing. Responsibilities include conducting surgery and telephone consultations, making professional decisions on patient care, and collaborating with a supportive team. Candidates must hold an MBBS or equivalent medical degree, be GMC registered, and possess an MRCGP. Flexibility and strong communication skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Sound knowledge of clinical governance and service improvement activities.
• Eligibility for Medical Indemnity Membership.
• Evidence of continued role development.

Responsibilities

• Undertake various duties, including surgery and telephone consultations.
• Make autonomous decisions regarding patient care.
• Assess healthcare needs of patients.

Skills

Broad range of IT skills

Effective communication

Practical problem-solving skills

Ability to lead a team

Empathy

Education

MBBS or equivalent medical degree

GMC registration

MRCGP

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a GP to join our team tocover 3 to 4 sessions per week in a friendly, dynamic, and forward-thinking,single-site surgery in Harrogate. We have an outstanding clinical and nursingteam, situated in modern, purpose-built premises in the heart of this historicSpa town.

Strayside Health is a recently formed practice (following the successfulmerger of East Parade and Park Parade Surgeries in April 2025). Before themerger, both practices worked closely together for a number of years, sharingour Nurse Team and back-office staff (medical secretaries, data quality andadministration teams).

Our newly merged practice is progressive and keen to embracechange whilst maintaining the traditional values of patient centred generalpractice.

We have a great team ethos in our workforce, withstrong staff retention.

We are friendly and supportive with a focus on staff wellbeing andfor many years have continued the tradition of our valuable daily GP coffee meeting.

Routineclinics compromise of a mix of telephone and 15-minute face-to-faceconsultation appointments, including 25% of routine surgery time being protectedfor clinical admin and a defined number of appointments per routine session.

We are looking for enthusiastic individuals who share our valuesand are ready to embrace the challenges of the future with our team. We can beflexible about start dates and informal enquiries are welcome.

Main duties of the job

In accordancewith the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make themselvesavailable to undertake a variety of duties, including surgery consultations,telephone consultations, eConsultations, visiting patients at home, checkingand signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork andcorrespondence in a timely fashion.

Actioning a shareof blood results and incoming clinical documents, both paper and electronic

Makingprofessional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whetherself-referred or referred from other health care workers

Assessing thehealth care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems

Screeningpatients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness

Developing careplans for health in consultation with patients and in line with currentpractice disease management protocols

Referring toother care providers as appropriate

Recording clearand contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards

Prescribing inaccordance with the CCG or practice prescribing formulary whenever this isclinically appropriate

In general, the post-holder will be expected toundertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GPworking within primary care.

About us

Situated in thebeautiful spa town of Harrogate close to the Yorkshire Dales, we serve an urbanand suburban population of just under 16,000 patients.

We are committedto providing high quality primary care. There are six GP Partners and nine SalariedGPs with a range of skills and interests.

We have developedinnovative systems to manage our workload. This includes having a shared ClinicalAdministration Team, Data Quality Team and Medical Secretary Service. Theseteams are shared amongst both practices at Mowbray Square Medical Centre,giving us a strong infrastructure to support GPs and safely reduceadministrative workload.

Our highly skilledand experienced Nurse Team consists of a Practice Nurse, Nurse Associate andtwo Healthcare Assistants, who are led by our Lead Nurse.

We have formalresponsibility for three care homes for the elderly and two learning disabilitycare homes. Named GPs offer a fixed regular commitment to these homes under alocal ICB scheme.

Nominated GP leads for safeguarding, QOF, finance, patient services,womens health, prescribing, palliative care, diabetes and nursing care ensuresa structured supportive system across the practice.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification attached to this job advert.

Informal visits are welcomed to the practice. Please contact Emma Keating (Practice Manager) to arrange this should you wish.

Person Specification

Aptitude and Abilities

• 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

Personal Qualities

• 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
• 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

Experience

• Sound knowledge of clinical governance, including audit and service improvement activities
• Eligibility for Medical Indemnity Membership

Qualifications

• MBBS or equivalent medical degree
• GMC registration
• MRCGP
• Evidence of continued role development
• Teaching qualification

Other Requirements

• Flexibility to work outside of core office hours
• Occupational Health Clearance

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.