Salaried GP | Northumbria Primary Care

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Hexham; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Hexham is seeking a General Practitioner to manage a busy caseload and provide quality care in a supportive environment. Newly qualified GPs are encouraged to apply, with mentoring available. The practice values education, quality improvement, and collaboration with a multi-disciplinary team. Candidates should be enthusiastic about teaching and contributing to patient care, reflecting the commitment to fostering staff well-being and professional development. This position offers diverse responsibilities and a chance to shape the future of primary care.

Benefits

Training and development opportunities

Access to healthcare benefits and resources

Support with education and mentoring

Qualifications

• Newly qualified GP with support and mentoring available.
• Interest in teaching students and trainees.
• Experience in a primary care setting preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide general medical services to practice population.
• Manage health needs in a primary care setting.
• Participate in operational management of practices.
• Train and supervise GP trainees and medical students.
• Engage in quality improvement and educational initiatives.

Skills

Ability to manage a busy caseload

Teamwork with multi-disciplinary teams

Interest in teaching

Education

MBBS or equivalent medical degree

Job description

A vacancy has arisen in our team at NPC Haydon Bridge and Allendale. Our GP team at Haydon Bridge and Allendale is experienced and welcoming. We work hard to offer high quality care to our rural and semi‑rural community, achieving high scores in patient satisfaction and all areas of QOF. We aim to do this in a supportive way: we all need to discuss cases on occasion (and we do). We would welcome applications from newly qualified GPs, with additional support and mentoring available if needed.

We work hard to keep up to date, with monthly 2 hour in house education meetings, where we all learn from each other. We promote a learning culture and look to learn from new guidance and changes in practice. We also aim to learn when things go wrong, looking for opportunities to reduce the chance of mistakes happening again. All GPs have regular quality improvement and admin time to enable this to happen.

We are a training practice, training GP trainees, year 3 and year 5 medical students and student nurses. All of the GPs in the practice get involved in training and supervision and we all enjoy and learn from it.

General practice is a challenging and interesting place to work. We are doing our best to manage the challenges and to keep the job boundaries and interesting. We think we are doing this pretty well: All of the GPs here enjoy working here, and we think you will too.

As a GP Practice which is part of Northumbria Primary Care Ltd (NPC), we work with flexibility and independently to run the surgery based on what is best for our patients and staff, and additionally we have the regular and consistent support of the management team to help us to focus on what is clinically important.

We work closely with our MDT, with a highly skilled group of practice nurses and a physician's associate working in the practice. We have excellent support from our PCN with pharmacy, community mental health worker support and social prescribing.

Responsibilities

• Provide general medical services and manage a busy caseload for the practice population.
• Deal with a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting.
• Contribute to the operational and strategic management of the practices within Northumbria Primary Care.
• Participate in operational and strategic management of the practices within Northumbria Primary Care and there are opportunities for personal and professional development across a wide range of areas within primary and secondary care.
• Provide training and supervision for GP trainees, medical students and nursing students.
• Engage in quality improvement, education, and support initiatives.

Qualifications

We welcome applications from newly qualified GPs, with additional support and mentoring available if needed. We encourage candidates with an interest in teaching and actively encourage those looking to explore special interests.

Benefits

• Opportunities for portfolio working and development of specialist clinical interest roles.
• Access to all benefits of Northumbria healthcare; lease cars; home electronics; health and wellbeing offers.
• Support with education, monthly education timeout sessions as well as a quarterly NPC practice‑wide education session covering a range of topics dictated by the needs of our clinicians. Free access to Red Whale, mentorship and coaching.
• Clinical Support Unit managing medication requests, reviews and document management (coders) to increase efficiency and reduce the admin burden on GPs.

As a Salaried GP the post holder will be a key clinician within the team. A job plan will be agreed with you to provide general medical services and deal with a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date if a suitable number of applications have been received.

NPC is a pioneering partnership with local GPs and now manages several GP practices with around 120,000 registered patients in Northumberland and North Tyneside.

As part of our culture we are embracing new technologies to improve the services we offer our patients. We understand the importance of listening to our patients and are not afraid to make changes following feedback.

We take great pride in developing our future workforce in primary care. This includes GP registrars, medical students, nursing students and the continued development of all staff. We welcome applications from candidates with an interest in teaching and actively encourage those looking to explore special interests.

Each of our practices have their own unique journey, and we are committed to ongoing quality improvement, enhancing patient care and experience, and fostering staff well‑being. We are looking for a GP who is enthusiastic about joining us on this journey and contributing to our shared vision for excellence in primary care.

This advert closes on Monday 29 Dec 2025.