Salaried GP - Fairhill Medical Practice

NHS; Kingston upon Thames; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Kingston upon Thames is seeking an experienced Salaried GP to join a supportive team. The role involves delivering quality care to a diverse patient population, with 8 clinical sessions weekly, competitive salary, and strong support for professional development and work-life balance.

Benefits

Competitive salary dependent on experience

Workload in line with BMA Safer Working Guidance

Flexible working options

Generous annual and study leave

Supportive administrative team

Development and management opportunities

Qualifications

• Completion of Vocational GP Training scheme required.
• Evidence of continuous professional development essential.
• Academic excellence and MRCGP diplomas relevant to primary care preferred.

Responsibilities

• Deliver appropriate medical care to patients in a primary care setting.
• Prescribe medications adhering to local and national guidelines.
• Maintain accurate clinical records and contribute to quality initiatives.

Skills

Clinical decision-making

Patient assessment

Prescribing

Communication

Education

Full GMC Registration

Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in General Practice

Job description

Kingston GP Chambers (the GP Federation) is supporting Fairhill Medical Practice in Kingston Upon Thames who are seeking an experienced Salaried GP to join its caring and supportive team. We require 8 clinical sessions per week, starting September 2025.

Fairhill are a 3 Partner University Practice based across three sites in the leafy suburb of Kingston Upon Thames. The practice has a list size of over 23,000 patients and includes a branch at Kingston University.

If you are looking for the security and benefits of being salaried and would like to join our team. Please get in touch and we would welcome a conversation about the role and our practices.

Some of the excellent benefits include (but are not limited to) the following:-

• Competitive salary dependent on experience
• Workload in line with BMA Safer Working Guidance including capped admin, prescriptions and appointments
• Optional own private work with all fees passed to Doctor
• Secretarial and administrative team to manage referrals, and other admin tasks
• Excellent development and management opportunities
• Low local visiting
• Open to flexible working and job share considered
• Generous annual leave and study leave

Main duties of the job

• The delivery of appropriate medical care to patients
• Prescribing adhering to local and national guidance
• Maintaining accurate clinical records in conjunction with good practice, policy and guidance
• Working collaboratively, accepting an equal share of the workload
• Adhering to best practice recommended through clinical guidelines and the audit process
• Contribution to the successful implementation of continuous improvement and quality initiatives
• Attending and contributing effectively to service/practice meetings as required
• Ensuring personal compliance with the appraisal process
• Preparing for and completing the revalidation process
• Commitment to self-learning and contributing to an ethos of continuing professional development across the service/practice team

About us

Kingston GP Chambers is a Federation of all NHS General Practices within the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames. It was founded in 2008 as a limited company whose shareholders are all 20 GP Practices within Kingston. The company is led by a Board of Directors who are also GP Partners in their own Practices within Kingston.

Kingston GP Chambers has worked collaboratively with both secondary care and the private sector. At present we provide community clinics for Dermatology, Urology, Neurology, Dementia and Diabetes.

In addition, Kingston GP Chambers are at the forefront of improving patient access to primary care. We deliver a comprehensive extended hours service offering GP appointments across three hubs in the evenings Monday to Friday, over the weekend and on Bank Holidays.Kingston GP Chambers has the ability to respond rapidly, and we have continued to demonstrate the capability to provide high-quality, innovative and timely solutions to improving patient care and experience.

We work closely alongside the other GP Federations in Southwest London to continue the government's five-year forward plan and deliver patient services in the community. We aim to continue to grow as we are increasingly recognised as the provider of choice for extended, enhanced and urgent GP services.

We also expect an increasing role as we support, reinforce and develop the position of general practice as the core building block for an increasing range of jointly-provided services.

Job responsibilities

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 rota 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
• Admitting or discharging patients to and from the caseload and referring to other care providers as appropriate
• Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards
• Engaging with and complying with the collection of data for QOF and enhanced services in consultations
• Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible)
• Prescribing in accordance with the locality 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

Person Specification

Experience

• Completion of a Vocational GP Training scheme
• Certificate in post graduate clinical training

Qualifications

• Full GMC Registration with a license to practice and entry on the GP
• Register Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in General Practice /
• Certificate Confirming Eligibility for General Practice Registration (CEGPR), or equivalent Included on a Medical Performers List or eligible.
• Evidence of continuous professional development
• Academic excellence (prizes, merits, distinctions etc.) MRCGP Diplomas relevant to primary care

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.