Salaried GP (Oundle School)

Lakeside Healthcare Group; Oundle; Hybrid; GBP 81,000 - 99,000; Part time

Job summary

Lakeside Healthcare is seeking a General Practitioner to join the School Health Centre in Oundle. The role focuses on providing patient-centred care to pupils, with an emphasis on child and adolescent health within an educational setting.

The position is term-time only (33 weeks per year), 12 hours per week across three morning clinics (Mon, Wed, Fri from 8:30am). There is an option to work additional sessions at Oundle Medical Practice during school holidays to stay clinically active.

Qualifications

• Must be GMC registered and on NHS Performers List.
• Experience providing primary healthcare to children and young adults.
• Experience with boarding communities and MOSA knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a comprehensive clinical service to registered pupils.
• Assess, diagnose and manage acute medical presentations.
• Monitor and manage chronic health conditions in the school population.
• Assess mental health presentations and facilitate appropriate referrals.
• Arrange investigations, follow-up care and liaison with specialists.
• Maintain accurate clinical records and manage administration.
• Collaborate with the School Nursing Team for safe handover and continuity of care.

Skills

Boarding community experience

Pediatric primary care

Mental health assessment

Education

GMC registration

NHS Performers List

Licensed to practise

Job description

We are seeking an enthusiastic and compassionate General Practitioner to provide healthcare services within our School Health Centre. This is an excellent opportunity for a GP who enjoys working with children and young people in a supportive educational environment, delivering patient-centred care and promoting health and wellbeing

The School Health Centre operates during term time (approximately 33 weeks per year). The role offers 12 hours per week across three morning clinics (Monday, Wednesday and Friday), starting at 8:30am.There is also the option to work additional sessions at Oundle Medical Practice during school holidays, providing flexibility, variety in clinical practice, and the opportunity to remain clinically active throughout the year.

The successful candidate will:

• Be fully qualified/registered with the General Medical Council
• Included on the NHS Performers List
• Have excellent clinical assessment and decision-making skills
• Be confident managing acute and long-term conditions
• Provide compassionate, professional care to children, young people and their families
• Possess strong communication and multidisciplinary working skills
• Be committed to maintaining high standards of care and clinical governance
• The ideal candidate will have previous experience working with boarding communities and knowledge of The Medical Officers of Schools Association.
• Experience providing primary healthcare to children and young adults is essential.

Main duties of the job

As the School GP, you will be responsible for delivering a comprehensive clinical service to registered pupils, including:

• Assessing, diagnosing and managing acute medical presentations.
• Monitoring and managing chronic health conditions within the school population.
• Assessing mental health presentations within your scope of practice and facilitating appropriate referrals and liaison with specialist services.
• Requesting and interpreting clinically appropriate investigations, actioning results, and arranging any necessary follow-up care.
• Managing all associated clinical administration, including prescribing, maintaining accurate clinical records, processing results, referrals, and correspondence.
• Working closely with the School Nursing Team to ensure safe and effective communication, handover, and continuity of care.

Please note:

Salary: £90,000 WTE, pro rata, 12 hrs/week, term time only (33 weeks).

Option to work additional sessions at Oundle Medical Practice to remain clinically active

About us

Lakeside Healthcare is a large GPpartnership that provides NHS care for around 170,000 patients acrossCambridgeshire, Peterborough, Northamptonshire and Lincolnshire. We are made ofeight GP practices across 14 sites that are part of their local communities.

We work together as practices toprovide resilience, sharing learning and professional back-office supportservices.

Our most important asset is ourpeople, who provide care for our patients and help run our surgeries smoothly.We employ over 500 clinical and non-clinical staff, and we invest in trainingand developing to ensure that we retain and attract good quality staff who wantto stay with us and be part of our team.

We are proud of what we do andstrive to demonstrate our values of Caring, Respect, Quality and Teamwork ineverything we do.

Oundle is a beautiful historic market town in Northamptonshire, adjacentto Cambridgeshire, and boasts excellent local educational institutions,including Church of England schools and a prominent private boarding and dayschool.

Job responsibilities

The Salaried GP will work closelywith the school health centre staff to deliver medical services to boardingschool pupils.

The ideal candidate will haveworked with boarding communities in the past and be aware of The MedicalOfficers of School Association. (MOSA). Professional experience providingprimary healthcare to children and young adults is essential.

For a full job description please see document attached

Experience

• Previous experience working in school boarding community essential, awareness and engagement with MOSA (Medical Officers of School Association)

Qualifications

• Be fully qualified and registered with the General Medical Council
• Hold a licence to practise and be included on the NHS Performers List.

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.