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Salaried GP

The Medical Centre

Driffield, YO25 6UHView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Salary

Negotiable

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Not specified

Closing date

16 October 2026

17 days left

Job description

The Medical Centre, Driffield, is looking for a salaried GP to work between 6-8 sessions per week. Driffield is a market town in the East Riding of Yo...

The practice is a young, enthusiastic team which comprises of 2 partners, 5 salaried GPs, and 4 Advanced Nurse Practitioners. We are a training practice with GP trainees from ST1-ST3.

JOB

TITLE: SALARIED

REPORTS

TO: THE PARTNERS

(Clinically)

PRACTICE MANAGER (Administratively)

HOURS: 6-8 SESSIONS

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.

  • In

accordance with the Practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will

make him/her-self 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 healthcare 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

  • In

consultation with patients and in line with current Practice disease

management protocols, developing care plans for health

  • 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.

  • 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

  • Contributing

to evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation

  • Contributing

to the development of computer-based patient records

  • Contributing

to the summarising of patient records and Read-Coding patient data

  • Attending

training and events organised by the Practice or other agencies, where

appropriate.

  • 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 Practice as a business

organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded

as strictly confidential

  • 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 the protection of personal and sensitive

data.

The post-holder will assist in

promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety and security as

defined in the Practice Health & Safety Policy, to include:

  • Using personal security systems within the

workplace according to Practice guidelines

  • Identifying the risks involved in work

activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those

risks

  • Making effective use of training to update

  • Using appropriate infection control

procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from

hazards

  • Reporting potential risks identified.

The post-holder will support the equality, diversity

and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:

  • Acting

in a way that recognizes the importance of peoples rights, interpreting

them in a way that is consistent with Practice procedures and policies,

and current legislation

  • Respecting

the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues

  • Behaving

in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental

and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.

In addition to maintaining continued education through attendance at

any courses and/or study days necessary to ensure that professional development

requirements for PREP are met, the post-holder will participate in any training

programme implemented by the Practice as part of this employment, such training

  • 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

  • Alert

other team members to issues of quality and risk

  • Assess

own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly

or under supervision

  • Contribute

to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities

and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams

performance

  • Work

effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs

  • Effectively

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 members

  • Communicate

effectively with patients and carers

  • Recognise

peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond

accordingly.

The post-holder will

  • Apply

Practice policies, standards and guidance

  • Discuss

with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines

will affect own work

  • Participate

in audit where appropriate.

1.

A good rating from CQC

2.

3.

Above CCG and national average ratings on the GP

patient survey

4. 3 GP registrars have all remained in the practice and we have a very low staff

turnover rate

5.

Paper light practice using Emis Web.

We do participate in extended access which is shared between

all GPs working out to approximately 3 weekend sessions of 4 hours totalling 12 hours per year.

Competitive salary on offer, 6 weeks annual

leave and 1 week study leave. For an informal discussion or to visit the practice please

contact our Co-Practice Managers on 01377 243055 or e-mail

your CV to hnyicb-ery.practicemanager.medicalcentre@nhs.net

Applications close on 16.10.2026

Qualifications

Essential: - GMC Registered

Experience

Essential: - Experience of working as a GP

How to apply

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Provenance

Source

NHS Jobs

First seen

15 September 2026

Last checked

17 September 2026

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