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Salaried GP Part-Time

Birchwood Medical Centre

Warrington, WA3 7PJ

Salary

Negotiable

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Not specified

Closing date

27 September 2026

24 days left

Job description

Birchwood Medical Centre has an exciting opportunity for a 4 session salaried GP to join our friendly, forward thinking practice team providing a high...

The post-holder's duties will include, but are not limited to:

  • Face to face and telephone consultations & queries, online consultations, home visits, checking/signing repeat prescriptions & dealing with queries, paperwork & correspondence in a timely fashion
  • Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers
  • Assessing the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems
  • Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness
  • In consultation with patients and in line with current Practice disease management protocols, developing care plans for health.
  • Providing counselling & health education
  • Referring to other care providers as appropriate
  • Recording clear & contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards
  • Collecting data for audit purposes & contributing to the

practice audit programme as required

  • Compiling & issuing computer-generated acute & repeat prescriptions in accordance with the accepted prescribing formulary
  • Work to support PCN mandated working, making efficient use of the ARRS roles staff & supporting PCN development
  • Take responsibility for, and have oversight of, some aspects of the clinical work within

the practice team, e.g. co-ordinating aspects of governance, QOF,

PCN work, enhanced services, CPD & keeping clinical protocols up to date

  • Undertake all the normal duties & responsibilities of a GP subject to contractual variation

The post-holder will practice in accordance with

accepted good medical practice and the various policies and procedures of the

Practice including, but not limited to

Clinical responsibilities

  • In accordance with the job plan, as agreed, the post-holder will

make themselves available to undertake a variety of duties, including, but

not limited to, surgery consultations, telephone consultations and

queries, video consultations, online consultations, visiting patients at home, on

call rota, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with

queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely manner

  • Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to

presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health

care workers within the practice or external organisations/services

  • Assessing the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated

and undiagnosed problems

  • Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of

illness

  • Contributing to QOF, Primary Care Network and enhanced service

requirements and recording data appropriately

  • In consultation with patients and in line with current practice

disease management protocols, developing care plans for health related

illnesses

  • Providing counselling and health education
  • Admitting patients to hospital/external services or departments

also referring to other care providers as appropriate

  • Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed

standards

  • Collecting data for audit purposes and contributing in the

practice audit programme as required

  • Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat

prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible)

  • Prescribing in accordance with accepted prescribing formulary (or

generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate

  • Take responsibility for some aspects of the clinical work within

the practice team, for example; co-ordinating aspects of governance, QOF,

PCN work, enhanced services, CPD and keeping clinical protocols up to date

  • In general, the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the

normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within

primary care, as set out by RCGP, GMC, all other royal colleges and

councils applicable to the staff within the practice, NHSE, ICB and all

other regulatory and standard setting organisations

Other responsibilities within the organisation

  • Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice

policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection,

health and safety

  • A commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure

evidence-based best practice

  • Contribute to individual case discussions at clinical meetings and

bring examples of cases for group discussion

  • Contributing to the summarising of patient records and Read coding

patient data

  • Contributing to evaluation/audit within the practice
  • Attend training meetings/events organised by the practice and

other agencies where appropriate

  • Attending team meetings and other meetings as may be necessary

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 appropriately

  • In 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 business of the practice. All such

information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential

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Information 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 GPDR

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 programme implemented by the practice as part of this

Employment, with such training to include

  • Participation in an annual individual performance review

including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal

and/or professional development

  • Taking responsibility for own development, learning and

performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are

undertaking similar work.

Quality

The post-holder will strive to maintain quality

Within the practice, and will

  • Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk
  • Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions

either directly or under supervision

  • Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet

patients needs

  • Effectively manage own time, workload and resources
  • Operate safe and effective medicines management, which conforms to

NICE guidance and NHSE directives, good prescribing practice as defined by

BNF guidance from Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain on safe

and secure handling of medicine, controlled drug legislation, shared

protocols agreed between ICB and other NHS providers, locally specified

patient group directions

  • Operate safe management and regular review of all patients

receiving repeat prescriptions

  • Contribute to the practice teams approach which ensures referrals

are made for patients to see other medical service providers, ensuring

adequate information is given to personnel to whom the patient has been

referred, for proper assessment to be made

  • Be supportive of the practice complaints policy and procedure to

ensure proper investigation and appropriate follow-up action (in the event

of a complaint being received about any aspect of the service provided or

any personal provider of the service).

Communication

The post-holder should recognize the importance of effective

communication within the team and will strive to:

  • Communicate effectively with other team members
  • Communicate effectively with patients and carers
  • Recognise 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 guidance
  • Participate in audit where appropriate.

We are a PMS practice located on the outskirts of Warrington.

  • Competitive salary including indemnity fees, NHS pension, 6 weeks' annual leave plus study leave
  • 3 Partners, 7 salaried GPs
  • Full complement of allied health professionals including an ANP, practice nurses, a nursing associate, HCAs/phlebotomists, together with an expanding complement of ARRs staff including a clinical pharmacist, pharmacy technician, paramedic practitioners, care co-ordinators and first contact practitioners
  • Established GP training Practice (GP Registrar, FY2, medical students) with an opportunity to becoming involved in teaching
  • Low number of home visits, flexible appointment times, time allocated for CPD
  • The practice has a few small LD homes within the practice area, but no care homes for older residents
  • Committed to reducing GP workload with the implementation of workflow optimisation and care navigation
  • Supportive working environment with regular educational and clinical meetings
  • Chronic disease management, minor surgery, joint injections, coils and contraceptive implants
  • CQC rated good
  • High QOF Achievement
  • Purpose built, well equipped premises
  • TPP SystmOne and System Connect online consultations
  • Active involvement in C&M ICB and East Warrington network
  • Special interests and professional development encouraged

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

  • MBChB or equivalent
  • Satisfactory completion of GP training/MRCGP
  • Be fully registered with the GMC and be on the performer's list of NHSE
  • Sound clinical knowledge and judgement
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Excellent organisation and time management skills
  • Ability to work under pressure using own initiative
  • Commitment to providing consistent high quality care
  • Team worker
  • Hold current valid UK driving licence

Desirable

  • Knowledge of TPP SystmOne

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

2 September 2026

Last checked

3 September 2026

Salary, closing date and description are taken from the employer's advert. The original advert always takes precedence.

About the employer

BMC
Birchwood Medical Centre

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