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Salaried GP

HIGHAM FERRERS SURGERY

Rushden, NN10 8EDView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Salary

Negotiable

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Not specified

Closing date

16 December 2026

56 days left

Job description

Higham Ferrers Surgery is seeking an enthusiastic and compassionate GP to join our friendly, supportive team. This is an excellent opportunity for a c...

  • Routine and sameday consultations
  • Managing longterm conditions
  • Supporting the duty doctor rota (shared fairly across the team)
  • Clinical administration, results, repeat prescriptions and referrals
  • Working collaboratively with our multidisciplinary team
  • Supervising GP registrars
  • Contributing to QOF, IIF and practice development

The post-holder will provide comprehensive primary care services and undertake the full range of duties associated with a General Practitioner working within a GMS contract.

  • Delivering face-to-face, telephone, and remote consultations, providing high-quality, patient-centred care across a diverse patient population.
  • Conducting clinical assessments, formulating diagnoses, and implementing appropriate management plans for patients presenting with undifferentiated and complex medical conditions.
  • Undertaking home visits where clinically appropriate and participating in the practice's on-call and urgent care arrangements.
  • Reviewing, authorising, and managing repeat prescriptions, pathology results, clinical correspondence, and other patient-related documentation in a timely and safe manner.
  • Maintaining accurate, comprehensive, and contemporaneous clinical records in accordance with professional, regulatory, and practice standards.
  • Utilising practice clinical systems, including EMIS Web, ICE, e-Referral Service. Etc
  • Identifying health promotion opportunities and supporting preventative healthcare through risk assessment, screening, early diagnosis, and evidence-based disease management.
  • Developing personalised care plans in partnership with patients, promoting self-management and shared decision-making.
  • Making appropriate referrals to secondary care, community services, and other healthcare providers, ensuring coordinated and seamless patient care.
  • Contributing to clinical audit, quality improvement initiatives, service evaluation, and the achievement of practice quality objectives.
  • Prescribing safely, cost-effectively, and in accordance with local and national prescribing guidance and current clinical evidence.
  • Supporting the delivery of high standards of clinical governance, patient safety, and regulatory compliance within the practice.

Higham Ferrers Surgery is a friendly, wellestablished practice located in the heart of a historic Northamptonshire market town. We are a small, supportive team of three GPs, working closely with our excellent nursing, administrative and reception colleagues to provide highquality, patientcentred care.

We pride ourselves on being a practice where clinicians feel valued, listened to and able to work in a collaborative environment. Our size means we know our patients well, and our culture encourages continuity, autonomy and teamwork.

We are proud to be an established training practice and host GP registrars in various stages of their training.

  • A welcoming, closeknit team with strong clinical support
  • Protected time for clinical meetings, CPD and supervision
  • Modern clinical systems utilising total online triage
  • A practice that values kindness, communication and sustainable working

Qualifications

Essential

  • Fully qualified GP with GMC registration and a current licence to practise
  • Included on the NHS England GP Performers List
  • Demonstrates a commitment to high quality, patient centred care
  • Able to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team
  • Good clinical decision making, communication, and interpersonal skills
  • Commitment to professional development, appraisal, and revalidation
  • Ability to manage workload safely and effectively within a modern general practice environment
  • Shares the practice values of collaboration, respect, and continuous improvement

Desirable

  • Experience of working in UK general practice
  • Interest in or experience of quality improvement, audit, or service development
  • Familiarity with total triage or digital access systems (e.g. Anima)
  • Experience of or interest in teaching, mentoring, or supervision

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

21 October 2026

Last checked

21 October 2026

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About the employer

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HIGHAM FERRERS SURGERY

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