Peterborough
Job summaryGP Partner - 2-3 days (4-6 sessions) per weekDue to the senior partner retiring, we are looking to appoint a GP Partner to join our well-established practice team Situated in the village of Sawtry, in semi-rural Cambridgeshire with excellent road links Modern, purpose built premises Traditional, high quality patient care List size approximately 7900 High QOF Achievers CQC Rating - Good EMIS Web Opportunity to be involved in research Supportive of other interests Regular protected time sessions for CPD purposes Excellent administrative and nursing support Start date TBC Initial 6 month period salaried for mutual assessmentMain duties of the jobTo provide high quality GP care to our registered patients, working alongside our practice and PCN teams. Face to face and telephone consultations, some home visits required. Standard GP administrative tasks to include repeat prescriptions, results, referrals, etc. Half day on call sessions. Protected administration sessions provided.About usWellside Surgery ProfileThe village of Sawtry is situated in rural Cambridgeshire on the A1M (Junction 15) allowing easy access to main routes north and south. The village is midway between the historic market town of Huntingdon and the cathedral city of Peterborough.The practice serves the residents of Sawtry, plus a number of villages within the locality. Historically, patients have been indigenous to the area however, over more recent years, improved transportation links have led to increased numbers of people moving into the locality from other areas. Currently we have around 8200 patients on our list.An experienced and dedicated practice team provide a high level of clinical and administrative support to the GP team. The practice is research active, participating in a number of studies each year, and we are affiliated with our local clinical research network. We are part of the A1 Primary Care Network and have a number of ARRS roles embedded within the practice which includes Clinical Pharmacist, Pharmacy Technician, Social Prescriber, First Contact Physiotherapist, Health and Wellbeing Coach and Care Coordinator.DetailsDate posted15 September 2026Pay schemeOtherSalary Depending on experience ContractPermanentWorking pattern Full-time, Part-time Reference numberA1680-26-0004Job locations45 High StreetSawtryHuntingdonCambridgeshirePE28 5SUUnited KingdomJob descriptionJob responsibilitiesJob 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 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 fashionMaking professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisationAssessing the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problemsScreening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illnessDeveloping care plans for health in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocolsProviding counselling and health educationAdmitting or discharging patients to and from the caseload and referring to other care providers as appropriateRecording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standardsCollecting data for audit purposesCompiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible)Prescribing in accordance with the ICB prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriateProviding a share of duty doctor sessions each week 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 safetyA commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practiceContributing to evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the organisationContributing to the upkeep of detailed computer-based patient records by ensuring contemporaneous entries are written as appropriate.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 appropriatelyIn 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 confidentialInformation 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 uphold required standards pertinent to the health and safety of themselves and others as defined in the practice health & safety policy, the practice health & safety manual, and the practice infection control policy and published procedures. This will include (but will not be limited to):Using personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelinesAwareness of national standards of infection control and cleanliness and regulatory / contractual / professional requirements, and good practice guidelinesCorrect and safe management of the specimens process, including collection, labelling, handling, use of correct and clean containers, storage and transport arrangementsCorrect personal use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Implementation of infection control procedures in both routine and extraordinary circumstances (e.g. pandemic or individual infectious circumstances) Maintaining hand hygiene standardsIdentifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks across clinical and patient processMaking effective use of training to update knowledge and skillsSafe management of personal sharps use, storage and disposalMaintenance of own clean working environmentUsing appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy, clean and sterile and safe way, free from hazards. Initiation of remedial / corrective action where needed or escalation to responsible managementActively identifying, reporting, and correcting health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognisedKeeping own work areas and general/patient areas generally clean, sterile, identifying issues and hazards/risks in relation to other work areas within the business, and assuming responsibility in the maintenance of general standards of cleanliness across the business in consultation (where appropriate) with responsible managers Undertaking periodic infection control trainingCorrect waste and instrument management, including handling, segregation, and container useMaintenance of sterile environmentsEquality and diversity:The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:Acting in a way that recognises the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies, and current legislationRespecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleaguesBehaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.Personal/professional development:In addition to maintaining continued education through attendance at any courses and/or study days necessary to ensure that professional development requirements are met, the post-holder will participate in any training implemented by the practice as part of this employment, with such training to include:All mandatory trainingRole specific ad hoc training eventsQuality:The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice, and will:Alert other team members to issues of quality and riskAssess own performance and take accountability for own actionsContribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performanceWork effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needsEffectively manage own time, workload and resources.Communication:The post-holder should recognise the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:Communicate effectively with other team membersCommunicate effectively with patients and carersRecognise peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.Contribution to the implementation of services:The post-holder will:Apply practice policies, standards and guidanceDiscuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own workParticipate in audit where appropriate.If the GP role is taken on a Partnership basis then a share of GP Partner responsibilities will also be included. Job description Job responsibilitiesJob 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 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 fashionMaking professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisationAssessing the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problemsScreening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illnessDeveloping care plans for health in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocolsProviding counselling and health educationAdmitting or discharging patients to and from the caseload and referring to other care providers as appropriateRecording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standardsCollecting data for audit purposesCompiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible)Prescribing in accordance with the ICB prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriateProviding a share of duty doctor sessions each week 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 safetyA commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practiceContributing to evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the organisationContributing to the upkeep of detailed computer-based patient records by ensuring contemporaneous entries are written as appropriate.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 appropriatelyIn 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 confidentialInformation 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 uphold required standards pertinent to the health and safety of themselves and others as defined in the practice health & safety policy, the practice health & safety manual, and the practice infection control policy and published procedures. This will include (but will not be limited to):Using personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelinesAwareness of national standards of infection control and cleanliness and regulatory / contractual / professional requirements, and good practice guidelinesCorrect and safe management of the specimens process, including collection, labelling, handling, use of correct and clean containers, storage and transport arrangementsCorrect personal use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Implementation of infection control procedures in both routine and extraordinary circumstances (e.g. pandemic or individual infectious circumstances) Maintaining hand hygiene standardsIdentifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks across clinical and patient processMaking effective use of training to update knowledge and skillsSafe management of personal sharps use, storage and disposalMaintenance of own clean working environmentUsing appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy, clean and sterile and safe way, free from hazards. Initiation of remedial / corrective action where needed or escalation to responsible managementActively identifying, reporting, and correcting health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognisedKeeping own work areas and general/patient areas generally clean, sterile, identifying issues and hazards/risks in relation to other work areas within the business, and assuming responsibility in the maintenance of general standards of cleanliness across the business in consultation (where appropriate) with responsible managers Undertaking periodic infection control trainingCorrect waste and instrument management, including handling, segregation, and container useMaintenance of sterile environmentsEquality and diversity:The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:Acting in a way that recognises the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies, and current legislationRespecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleaguesBehaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.Personal/professional development:In addition to maintaining continued education through attendance at any courses and/or study days necessary to ensure that professional development requirements are met, the post-holder will participate in any training implemented by the practice as part of this employment, with such training to include:All mandatory trainingRole specific ad hoc training eventsQuality:The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice, and will:Alert other team members to issues of quality and riskAssess own performance and take accountability for own actionsContribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performanceWork effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needsEffectively manage own time, workload and resources.Communication:The post-holder should recognise the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:Communicate effectively with other team membersCommunicate effectively with patients and carersRecognise peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.Contribution to the implementation of services:The post-holder will:Apply practice policies, standards and guidanceDiscuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own workParticipate in audit where appropriate.If the GP role is taken on a Partnership basis then a share of GP Partner responsibilities will also be included.Person Specification Experience EssentialPrevious General Practice Experience Skills and Attributes EssentialAbility to work within a teamGood Communication SkillsGood Interpersonal SkillsTime Management SkillsFlexibleReliableEnthusiasticSelf-motivatedFull Driving Licence / Car ownerDesirableIT / Audit SkillsEMIS Web clinical system Qualifications EssentialMB ChB or equivalentGMC CertificateJCPTGP Certificate or CCSTDefence Organisation MembershipInclusion on Performers List Person Specification Experience EssentialPrevious General Practice Experience Skills and Attributes EssentialAbility to work within a teamGood Communication SkillsGood Interpersonal SkillsTime Management SkillsFlexibleReliableEnthusiasticSelf-motivatedFull Driving Licence / Car ownerDesirableIT / Audit SkillsEMIS Web clinical system Qualifications EssentialMB ChB or equivalentGMC CertificateJCPTGP Certificate or CCSTDefence Organisation MembershipInclusion on Performers ListDisclosure and Barring Service CheckThis 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 CheckThis 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).Employer detailsEmployer nameWellside SurgeryAddress45 High StreetSawtryHuntingdonCambridgeshirePE28 5SUUnited KingdomEmployer's websiteEmployer detailsEmployer nameWellside SurgeryAddress45 High StreetSawtryHuntingdonCambridgeshirePE28 5SUUnited KingdomEmployer's website
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