Salaried GP

Integrated Care System; Tottenham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Tottenham is seeking a Salaried GP to manage patient caseloads and ensure high standards of care. The ideal candidate should have a Medical Degree and MRCGP certification, with experience in primary care and a team-oriented mindset. This role involves conducting consultations, developing care plans, and contributing to practice development while maintaining patient confidentiality.

Qualifications

• A broad range of clinical experience in primary or secondary care.
• Exposure to management practices.
• Experience in maintaining high standards of clinical care.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload and deal with a wide range of health needs.
• Make professional, autonomous decisions in patient care.
• Develop care plans for health in consultation with patients.

Skills

Team player

Good sense of humour

Ability to interpret and embrace imposed change

Education

Medical Degree

MRCGP

Job description

Go back Somerset Gardens Family Health Care Centre

Salaried GP

The closing date is 15 August 2025

Tottenham Health Centre (THC) has an exciting future ahead.

Somerset Gardens Family Health Centre partners are joining THC.

We are looking for dynamic indivduals to help us on this exciting journey.

Thepost-holder will manage a caseload and deal with a wide range of health needsin a primary care setting, ensuring the highest standards of care for all registeredand temporary patients.

Main duties of the job

Clinical Responsibilities:

• In accordance with the Practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make him/her-self available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion
• Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation.
• Assessing the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems
• Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness
• In consultation with patients and in line with current Practice disease management protocols, developing care plans for health
• Providing counselling and health education
• Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards
• Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions
• Prescribing in accordance with the Practice prescribing formulary (or generically) 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.
• To contribute to the development of the practice moving forward in a dynamic way.

About us

Tottenham Heath Centre is in a converted building.

There is approved plans for a brand new Health Centre as part of the Tottenham High Road regeneration.

It will be a purpose built modern Primary Care Centrein East Haringey.

The practicephilosophy is to give attention to patients needs and see them asindividuals. The partners are keen to provide a high quality of care to their patients,while maintaining a good work life balance for all. The partners along with the salaried GPs plan to workwithin a well-functioning practice, where they are supportive of one anotherand sensitive to each others needs.

You will be key to the changes and your ideas will be valued.

The practice provides general medicalservices through a PMS contract with NCL ICB to around 5500 patients inthe surrounding area. The patient profile includes a significantlyhigh ethnic mix with patients coming from a variety of cultural backgrounds. Aproportion of the patients have settled locally and have remained with thepractice for years, whereas others are transient with a high turnover. The practice uses the EMIS clinical computer system.

Job responsibilities

SALARIED GP

JOB TITLE: SALARIED GENERAL PRACTITIONER

REPORTS TO: THE PARTNERS (Clinically)

THE MANAGING PARTNER (Administratively)

HOURS: 4 to 8 Sessions

Job Summary:

The post-holder will manage a caseload and deal with a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting, ensuring the highest standards of care for all registered and temporary patients.

Clinical Responsibilities:

• In accordance with the Practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make him/her-self available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion
• Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation
• Assessing the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems
• Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness
• In consultation with patients and in line with current Practice disease management protocols, developing care plans for health
• Providing counselling and health education
• Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards
• Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions
• Prescribing in accordance with the Practice prescribing formulary (or generically) 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.

Other Responsibilities within the Organisation:

• Awareness of and compliance with all relevant Practice policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, 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
• Contributing to the summarising of patient records and Read-Coding patient data
• Attending training and events organised by the Practice or other agencies, where appropriate.

Confidentiality:

• In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect 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 to patients and their carers, Practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the Practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential
• Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the Practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the Practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data.

Health & Safety:

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

• Using personal security systems within the workplace according to Practice guidelines
• Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks
• Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills
• Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards

Probationary Period:

There will be a one year period of mutual assessment, during which time the period of notice will be one week on either side.

Notice Period:

Once the probationary period has been completed, there will be a three-month period of notice on either side to terminate the employment.

Person Specification

Personal Qualities

• Team player
• Interest in bigger picture of General Practice e.g. PCT and PBC
• Good sense of humour

Qualifications

• Medical Degree
• MRCGP

Experience

• A broad range of clinical experience in primary or secondary care
• Exposure to management practices
• Experience of managing and maintaining high standards of clinical care
• Additional years of clinical experience
• Minor Surgery

Skills & Knowledge

• Familiarity with non-clinical areas e.g. QOF and Enhanced Services
• IT literate
• Ability to interpret and embrace imposed change in a positive way
• Experience of change management and process improvement

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.

Somerset Gardens Family Health Care Centre