Job summary
Railway Medical Group has an exciting opportunity to join our highly regarded Northumberland-based training practice as a salaried GP. 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.
We are offering 5-8 sessions per week, days subject to room availability.
The Benefits
- 6 weeks annual leave plus 1 week study leave
- NHS pension
- Recognition of previous NHS years of service as continuous, for the purposes of maternity and sick pay entitlement
Main duties of the job
Working for Railway, you can expect:
- Your on-site days to involve 12 face-to-face patient contacts plus 2 routine phone calls in the morning and in the afternoon, with a share of home visits.
- Your remote working days to involve e-consult clinics of 24 patients per session
- Reduced admin so you can concentrate on clinical responsibilities. Letters are pre-screened and coded, blood test results are pre-screened and filtered
- Pro rata Saturday surgeries (paid in addition to your normal salary at £385 per session)
- Our medicines management team and strong reception and admin teams to support you
- Our full support to specialise in a subject of interest to you
- Monthly in-house teaching
About us
Railway Medical Group is a key healthcare provider in Blyth, Southeast Northumberland, serving over 27,300 patients across a diverse community. Our broad patient base offers rich opportunities for learning and specialising in various areas of medicine.
Our team is made up of a diverse range of clinical and non-clinical professionals who work together to provide holistic patient care. We are proud to include Paramedics, Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians, CPNs, ANPs, Care Navigators, Social Prescribers, Orthopaedic Practitioners, Practice Nurses, HCAs, and GPs, all supported by a dedicated administrative and management team. Together, we are committed to placing patients at the centre of everything we do.
What We Offer:
- A commitment to education and development as a teaching and learning practice
- A comprehensive Induction Program, offering time in each department to understand our team and workflow
- A competitive salary
- A strong focus on promoting and supporting health and wellbeing within the practice
- A positive workplace culture grounded in core values and supportive behaviours
- Access to the NHS Pension Scheme
Joining Railway Medical Group means becoming part of a team that values growth, collaboration, and compassionate care.
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 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
- Developing care plans for health in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols
- 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
- Collecting data for audit purposes
- Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible)
- 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.
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 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
- Developing care plans for health in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols
- 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
- Collecting data for audit purposes
- Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible)
- 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.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Fully Qualified GP eligible to work in General Practice in the NHS - Full GMC Registration - On Performers List or eligible to apply - Clear DBS report
Desirable
- Experience of working in primary care - Experience of working in a GP Practice
Experience
Essential
- Fully Qualified GP eligible to work in General Practice in the NHS - Full GMC Registration - On Performers List or eligible to apply - Clear DBS report
Desirable
- Experience of working in primary care - Experience of working in a GP Practice
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Fully Qualified GP eligible to work in General Practice in the NHS - Full GMC Registration - On Performers List or eligible to apply - Clear DBS report
Desirable
- Experience of working in primary care - Experience of working in a GP Practice
Experience
Essential
- Fully Qualified GP eligible to work in General Practice in the NHS - Full GMC Registration - On Performers List or eligible to apply - Clear DBS report
Desirable
- Experience of working in primary care - Experience of working in a GP Practice
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).
