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Salaried GP

East Durham Medical Group

Wingate, TS285PZView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Salary

Negotiable

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Not specified

Closing date

21 October 2026

23 days left

Job description

East Durham Medical Group is seeking to recruit either one Salaried GP or two Part-Time GPs, providing a combined total of 8 GP sessions per week. We ...

We are an established GP training practice, supporting GP Registrars alongside Foundation Doctors, Medical Students and a range of ARRS roles. Our multidisciplinary team includes Physician Associates, Pharmacists, First Contact Physiotherapists and other clinicians and developing roles, providing a collaborative environment with excellent opportunities for learning, professional development and career progression.

We offer

  • 10 - 20 minute appointments, depending on clinical complexity, supporting safe, thorough consultations and continuity of care.
  • A strong emphasis on continuity of care and patient-centred medicine.
  • The majority of home visits undertaken by our dedicated home visiting team of ANPs and Physician Associates, helping to support GP workload and improve patient care.
  • An equitable approach to workload, with responsibilities shared fairly across the GP team.
  • On-call days supported by trainees and other developing clinical roles.
  • Weekly professional group meetings, including clinical and multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings, promoting communication, learning and collaborative decision-making.
  • Dedicated GP-only and wider clinician WhatsApp groups, facilitating effective communication, peer support and clinical discussion.
  • A supportive and well-integrated community nursing team.

In general the post holder will be expected

to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP

working within primary care including

Making professionally autonomous decisions

in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred

internally within the practice

Receive patients with undifferentiated and

undiagnosed problems and make assessments of their health care needs

Consult with patients in the surgery, at

home visits and via telephone or on line consultations as agreed internally

between the practice GPs

Undertakes triage calls, triage visits,

checking and signing of repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries,

paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion as required.

Screen patients for disease risk factors

and early signs of illness

In consultation with patients and in line

with current practice disease management protocols, develops care plans for

health

Provide counselling and health education as

necessary

Admit or discharge patients to and from

caseload and refer them to other care providers internally and externally as

appropriate and in line with practice protocols.

Comply with all relevant clinical

Governance and Practice policies and protocols.

Assist in the establishment of appropriate

systems to manage common chronic medical conditions.

Complete clinically related administrative

and non-clinical duties required for the delivery of the service.

Record clear and contemporaneous

consultation notes to agreed standards.

Demonstrate commitment to lifelong

learning, and audit and effectiveness to ensure evidence based best practice.

Provide active input to the wider Primary

healthcare team in the process of health needs research/ base line data

collection/clinical audit.

Compile and issue computer generated acute

and repeat prescriptions, prescribing in accordance with practice/DDES CCG

prescribing formulary whenever this is clinically appropriate.

Network with other agencies (both statutory

and voluntary) and develop appropriate links to further the work of the

practice with the CCG and Federation

Meet professional learning and CPD

Develop effective relationships with

clinical supervisor/mentors and other colleagues.

Contribute to the evaluation/ audit and

clinical standard setting with colleagues.

Record data in patient records systems

promptly and accurately and to agreed standards.

Ensure appropriate use of read codes.

Participate in the collection and collation

of statistics towards the preparation of practice reports, performance

monitoring and audits.

Participate in the auditing of practice

activity as required.

Contribute to the strategic management and

development of the practice.

Provide reports to both NHS and non-NHS

agencies as required.

Responsible for health and safety of

themselves and others and for reporting and actively co-operating in Alliance

and Practice Health and Safety Policies and procedures.

Process and action incoming patient and

hospital correspondence.

Attend in house meetings, significant event

audit meetings and other meeting as deemed necessary.

Ensure that the practice complaints system

is adhered to at all times.

Awareness and compliance with all relevant

guidelines e.g. data protection, confidentiality, and health and safety.

Maintain current CPR and anaphylaxis

certification and child/adult safeguarding training in line with local

policies.

Maintain mandatory training and

revalidation certification

The above is not an

exhaustive list and in addition to the above duties, you may be required to

perform other duties as the needs of our business change. We reserve the right

to amend the above duties as deemed necessary for the needs of the business

We are committed to providing ongoing investment in our staff and supporting professional development. We aim to create a natural and sustainable career pathway for clinicians, with opportunities to develop skills, take on areas of interest and progress within the practice.

Our supportive learning environment includes supervision and mentoring opportunities for Foundation Doctors, Medical Students, GP Registrars and colleagues working across our ARRS and wider multidisciplinary teams.

We value our staff and believe that a positive, supportive team culture is fundamental to delivering excellent patient care. We therefore invest in opportunities for the whole practice team to come together and celebrate achievements, including funded team events, birthday celebrations, celebratory lunches and recognition of significant milestones and accomplishments.

With an Outstanding CQC rating, our ethos is centred on delivering high-quality, person-centred medical care through a comprehensive, highly skilled and collaborative team.

We welcome applications from GPs who are looking to join a supportive, forward-thinking practice where clinical excellence, professional development, teamwork and continuity of care are valued.

Qualifications

Essential: - MBBS MRCGP

How to apply

Applications are handled entirely by the employer on the original advert. We do not collect CVs, supporting statements or application data.

Provenance

Source

NHS Jobs

First seen

23 September 2026

Last checked

25 September 2026

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About the employer

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East Durham Medical Group

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