Salaried GP

Job summary

Thirsk Doctors Surgery is offering a fantastic opportunity for a newly qualified or experienced salaried GP to join our well-organised and friendly practice. We are expanding our GP team due to a growing list size and looking for 4-6 sessions cover per week.

Our practice offers a well-managed workload and competitive salary. We have a great reputation for our patient care and provide a supportive working environment for all GPs and staff.

Key Benefits for our Salaried GPs

3 monthly clinical audit meetings and in-house teaching. Monthly multidisciplinary practice meeting & learning event reviews, joint palliative care meetings, 3 annual area wide PLT educational meetings with protected surgery cover and regular supervision and support from GP partners. Opportunities for mentoring in house, develop special interests enhancing clinical skills and undertaking project work in study time.

Membership of the NHS pension scheme

NHS laptop available for individual use

Full Indemnity Cover

Salary is dependent on skills and experience, 10k to 11k per session

Holidays are 30 days plus 8 bank holidays pro-rata.Up to 4 weeks of leave within North Yorkshire Council School holidays if required.

Study leave entitlement is 1 week per year pro rata

Thirsk is a beautiful market town and easily commutable from much of North Yorkshire and Teesside. Flexible start date.

Informal visits welcome, please contact Wendy Hunter, Practice Manager

Email: wendy.hunter2@nhs.net Telephone: 01845440462

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.

Please view further details in the Job Description.

About us

We currently have 8100 registered patients, have 15 minute appointments and a low home-visit rate. We dispense to approximately 1/3rd of patients.

We are committed to developing our team and achieving a sustainable work-life balance. We are dedicated to training future generations of healthcare professionals with established links to the Harrogate GP Training Scheme and Hull-York Medical School. We are a SystmOne Practice and part of the Primary Care Research Network. We were proud to have been awarded Gold in the Greener Practice Accreditation

Our medical team is currently made up of 5 Partners, 1 Salaried GP, 1 Physician Associate, 1 ANP and 4 GP Registrars. We have 3 Practice nurses, a nurse associate and 2 HCAs. We are supported by PCN Pharmacists and Care-Coordinators. We have a large administration, reception and dispensary team to offer support to GPs where required.

We offer a range of dedicated clinics including for chronic disease- diabetes, Asthma/COPD, Heart Failure clinics. We offer a full range of Minor Ops and Implant/Coil Fitting and have Ring Pessary Clinics.

We hold monthly practice meetings, partners meetings, Vulnerable Adult, Safeguarding and GSF Meetings. We have a 3 monthly audit meetings and every 4 months we hold our own in-house staff training afternoon.

We put lots of emphasis on nurturing the team and there is an active social diary with some favourite events including a practice Scavenger Hunt and going to do the Bake off experience in Leeds.

Date posted

01 May 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

A0933-25-0002

Job locations

Chapel Street

Thirsk

YO7 1LG

Job description Job responsibilities

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 local or practice prescribing formulary whenever this is clinically appropriate.

Pro-rata share of on-call.

Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines, e.g., prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, significant reviews and health and safety.

A commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice.

Contributing to evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation.

Contributing to the development of computer-based patient records.

Attending training and events organised by the practice or other agencies, where appropriate

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

A good attitude and positive action towards ED&I creates an environment where all individuals are able to achieve their full potential. Creating such an environment is important for three reasons: it improves operational effectiveness, it is morally the right thing to do, and it is required by law.

Patients and their families have the right to be treated fairly and be routinely involved in decisions about their treatment and care. They can expect to be treated with dignity and respect and will not be discriminated against on any grounds including age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. Patients have a responsibility to treat other patients and our staff with dignity and respect.

Staff have the right to be treated fairly in recruitment and career progression. Staff can expect to work in an environment where diversity is valued, and equality of opportunity is promoted. Staff will not be discriminated against on any grounds including age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. Staff have a responsibility to ensure that you treat our patients and their colleagues with dignity and respect.

Safety, Health, Environment and Fire (SHEF)

This practice is committed to supporting and promoting opportunities to for staff to maintain their health, well-being, and safety. You have a duty to takereasonable care of health and safety at work for you, your team, and others, and to cooperate with employers to ensure compliance with health and safety requirements. All personnel are to comply with the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, Environmental Protection Act 1990, Environment Act 1995, Fire Precautions (workplace) Regulations 1999 and other statutory legislation.

Confidentiality

This practice is committed to maintaining an outstanding confidential service. Patients entrust and permit us to collect and retain sensitive information relating to their health and other matters, pertaining to their care. They do so in confidence and have a right to expect all staff will respect their privacy and always maintain confidentiality. It is essential that if, the legal requirements are to be met and the trust of our patients is to be retained that all staff protect patient information and provide a confidential service.

Quality & Continuous Improvement

To preserve and improve the quality of our output, all personnel are required to think not only of what they do, but how they achieve it. By continually re-examining our processes, we will be able to develop and improve the overall effectiveness of the way we work. The responsibility for this rests with everyone working within the practice to look for opportunities to improve quality and share good practice.

This practice continually strives to improve work processes which deliver health care with improved results across all areas of our service provision. We promote a culture of continuous improvement, where everyone counts, and staff are permitted to make suggestions and contributions to improve our service delivery and enhance patient care.

Learning and Development

The effective use of training and development is fundamental in ensuring that all staff are equipped with the appropriate skills, knowledge, attitude, and competences to perform their role. All staff will be required to partake and complete mandatory training as directed by the Practice Management Team, as well as participating in the practice training programme. Staff will also be permitted (subject to approval) to undertake external training courses which will enhance their knowledge and skills, progress their career and ultimately, enable them to improve processes and service delivery.

Collaborative Working

All staff are to recognise the significance of collaborative working. Teamwork is essential in multidisciplinary environments. Effective communication is essential, and all staff must ensure they communicate in a manner which enables the sharing of information in an appropriate manner.

Service Delivery

Staff at Thirsk Doctors Surgery must adhere to the information contained with practice policies and regional directives, ensuring protocols are always adhered to. Staff will be given detailed information during the induction process regarding policy and procedure.

Security

The security of the practice is the responsibility of all personnel. Staff must ensure they always remain vigilant and report any suspicious activity immediately to their line manager. Under no circumstances are staff to share the codes for the door locks to anyone and are to ensure that restricted areas remain effectively secured.

Professional Conduct

At Thirsk Doctors Surgery, staff are required to dress appropriately for their role. Administrative and Nursing staff will be provided with a uniform whilst staff on the GP timetable must dress in accordance with their role. This can be uniform, non-uniform or scrubs, as preferred.

Safeguarding

Complies with safeguarding training requirements as set out by employment terms and any relevant professional and national bodies

Takes prompt and timely action when there are any welfare or safeguarding concerns

Forms appropriate relationships with those they care for and maintains professional boundaries in their work.

Works within organisational policies, procedures and guidance.

Is committed to demonstrating the organisations values and behaviours in their work

This document may be amended following consultation with the post holder, to facilitate the development of the role, the practice, and the individual. All personnel should be prepared to accept additional, or surrender existing duties, to enable the efficient running of the practice.

Job description Job responsibilities

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 local or practice prescribing formulary whenever this is clinically appropriate.

Pro-rata share of on-call.

Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines, e.g., prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, significant reviews and health and safety.

A commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice.

Contributing to evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation.

Contributing to the development of computer-based patient records.

Attending training and events organised by the practice or other agencies, where appropriate

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

A good attitude and positive action towards ED&I creates an environment where all individuals are able to achieve their full potential. Creating such an environment is important for three reasons: it improves operational effectiveness, it is morally the right thing to do, and it is required by law.

Patients and their families have the right to be treated fairly and be routinely involved in decisions about their treatment and care. They can expect to be treated with dignity and respect and will not be discriminated against on any grounds including age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. Patients have a responsibility to treat other patients and our staff with dignity and respect.

Staff have the right to be treated fairly in recruitment and career progression. Staff can expect to work in an environment where diversity is valued, and equality of opportunity is promoted. Staff will not be discriminated against on any grounds including age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. Staff have a responsibility to ensure that you treat our patients and their colleagues with dignity and respect.

Safety, Health, Environment and Fire (SHEF)

This practice is committed to supporting and promoting opportunities to for staff to maintain their health, well-being, and safety. You have a duty to takereasonable care of health and safety at work for you, your team, and others, and to cooperate with employers to ensure compliance with health and safety requirements. All personnel are to comply with the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, Environmental Protection Act 1990, Environment Act 1995, Fire Precautions (workplace) Regulations 1999 and other statutory legislation.

Confidentiality

This practice is committed to maintaining an outstanding confidential service. Patients entrust and permit us to collect and retain sensitive information relating to their health and other matters, pertaining to their care. They do so in confidence and have a right to expect all staff will respect their privacy and always maintain confidentiality. It is essential that if, the legal requirements are to be met and the trust of our patients is to be retained that all staff protect patient information and provide a confidential service.

Quality & Continuous Improvement

To preserve and improve the quality of our output, all personnel are required to think not only of what they do, but how they achieve it. By continually re-examining our processes, we will be able to develop and improve the overall effectiveness of the way we work. The responsibility for this rests with everyone working within the practice to look for opportunities to improve quality and share good practice.

This practice continually strives to improve work processes which deliver health care with improved results across all areas of our service provision. We promote a culture of continuous improvement, where everyone counts, and staff are permitted to make suggestions and contributions to improve our service delivery and enhance patient care.

Learning and Development

The effective use of training and development is fundamental in ensuring that all staff are equipped with the appropriate skills, knowledge, attitude, and competences to perform their role. All staff will be required to partake and complete mandatory training as directed by the Practice Management Team, as well as participating in the practice training programme. Staff will also be permitted (subject to approval) to undertake external training courses which will enhance their knowledge and skills, progress their career and ultimately, enable them to improve processes and service delivery.

Collaborative Working

All staff are to recognise the significance of collaborative working. Teamwork is essential in multidisciplinary environments. Effective communication is essential, and all staff must ensure they communicate in a manner which enables the sharing of information in an appropriate manner.

Service Delivery

Staff at Thirsk Doctors Surgery must adhere to the information contained with practice policies and regional directives, ensuring protocols are always adhered to. Staff will be given detailed information during the induction process regarding policy and procedure.

Security

The security of the practice is the responsibility of all personnel. Staff must ensure they always remain vigilant and report any suspicious activity immediately to their line manager. Under no circumstances are staff to share the codes for the door locks to anyone and are to ensure that restricted areas remain effectively secured.

Professional Conduct

At Thirsk Doctors Surgery, staff are required to dress appropriately for their role. Administrative and Nursing staff will be provided with a uniform whilst staff on the GP timetable must dress in accordance with their role. This can be uniform, non-uniform or scrubs, as preferred.

Safeguarding

Complies with safeguarding training requirements as set out by employment terms and any relevant professional and national bodies

Takes prompt and timely action when there are any welfare or safeguarding concerns

Forms appropriate relationships with those they care for and maintains professional boundaries in their work.

Works within organisational policies, procedures and guidance.

Is committed to demonstrating the organisations values and behaviours in their work

This document may be amended following consultation with the post holder, to facilitate the development of the role, the practice, and the individual. All personnel should be prepared to accept additional, or surrender existing duties, to enable the efficient running of the practice.

Person Specification Experience Essential

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

Aptitude and Abilities Essential

• 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 Essential

• 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

Qualifications Essential

• MBBS or equivalent medical degree
• GMC registration

Desirable

• MRCGP
• Evidence of continued role development
• Teaching qualification

Person Specification Experience Essential

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

Aptitude and Abilities Essential

• 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 Essential

• 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

Qualifications Essential

• MBBS or equivalent medical degree
• GMC registration

Desirable

• MRCGP
• Evidence of continued role development
• Teaching qualification

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information 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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details Employer name

Thirsk Doctors Surgery

Address

Chapel Street

Thirsk

YO7 1LG

Employer's website

https://www.thirskdoctorssurgery.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details Employer name

Thirsk Doctors Surgery

Address

Chapel Street

Thirsk

YO7 1LG

Employer's website

https://www.thirskdoctorssurgery.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)