Full job descriptionSalaried General PractitionerNHS Medical & Dental: Salaried GPMain area

General Practice
Grade

NHS Medical & Dental: Salaried GP
Contract

Permanent
Hours

Part time - 5 sessions per week (20 hours and 50 minutes per week including CPD and on call time)
Job ref

435-MQ110-26
Site

Fairmore Medical Practice
Town

Nelson
Salary

£78,699 - £118,759 Per annum
Salary period

Yearly
Closing

23/08/2026 23:59
At East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 600,000 people across East Lancashire and the surrounding area. We employ over 9,500 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work.
Job overviewAn exciting opportunity has arisen to join our busy General Practice as a Salaried GP.
ELHT Primary Care is a group of East Lancashire General Practices sitting within East Lancashire Hospitals Trust. Being a part of ELHT enables more collaborative working between Primary and Secondary Care and a great interface with the Community Services that ELHT host.
The practices have excellent multidisciplinary teams and supportive clinical leadership. We strive to continuously drive improvements in the development of high quality, patient centered care.
As a salaried GP you will undertake a wide variety of clinical work including routine and complex consultations with patients, rotational on call duty, home visits and workflow and admin tasks.
We are keen to develop any special interests you may have to further enhance the services we offer and wherever possible will support you to pursue this.
This is a part time position covering 5 sessions per week.
Main duties of the jobPractice based consultations - telephone and face to face
Home based consultations
Participation in the GP on call rotation
Triaging requests for appointments and ensuring patients are seen by the most appropriate member of the team.
Make professional and autonomous decisions
Health screening and developing and managing care plans
Chronic disease management
Prescription management
Other duties commensurate with role
Working for our organisationAs a GP within ELHT Primary Care you will have the benefit of being a part of a large hospital trust. This enables collaborative working between Primary, Community and Secondary care supporting patients right across their health journeys.
ELHT are committed to offering all staff a rewarding career as part of a flexible workforce that constantly seeks fresh ways of delivering the best care for our patients.
Detailed job description and main responsibilitiesA detailed job description and person specification is attached and we welcome calls and pre arranged visits
Person specificationQualificationsEssential criteria*A medical practitioner on the General Practice Register under Article 10 of the Specialist Medical Practice Order 2003
*Not the subject of suspension under section 41A if the Medical Act 1983
*Qualified General Practitioner(completed certificate of Completion of Training
*Currently on a performers list and not suspended from the list or the medical register
*Accredited as a member of the Royal College of General Practitioners (MRCGP) MBBS or equivalent degree
ExperienceEssential criteria*In practice as a GP or Locum
*Experience of and commitment to working as part of a multidisciplinary team
*Experience of working to achieve standards within Quality and Outcome Framework (QOF)
*Experience of working in a Primary Care environment in areas with significant health problems
*Development of areas of clinical expertise
*Experience of audit and improving care for patients
Desirable criteria*Experience of using EMIS
Knowlwdge and SkillsEssential criteria*Understanding the roles of medical services in a wider public health agenda
*Knowledge of the demographic characteristics that affect health and health care in the area
*Undertanding current NHS policy
*Understanding health and social needs of a practice population
*Understand the issues and challenges facing primary care
PersonalEssential criteria*Commitment to ongoing personal development / education and training
*Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English. This includes written and verbal communications
*Strong interpersonal skills
*Good organizational skills
*Strong leadership skills
*Excellent record keeping skills
*Provision of enhanced services - i.e. minor surgery
*Ability to work under pressure and on own initiative
*Ability to support and mentor GP Registrars, Medical Students and other Health Professionals
Dear Potential Applicant,
It is important you are made aware of the following as regards your application to East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
*Please note that the salary advertised is for full time hours. If this post is less than 37.5 hours per week, the salary will be pro-rata. For posts on Agenda for Change pay-scales, new entrants to the NHS will normally commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.
*This vacancymay close before the closing date if the recruiting manager deems sufficient applications have been received. Therefore it is advised to complete your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.**
*Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.

*Please note that shortlisting is completed anonymously with candidates being assessed against the essential criteria for the post.Therefore only applicants, who can clearly demonstrate how they meet our person specification criteria in their application, will be short-listed.
Disclosure and Barring Scheme (DBS)
If the role you are applying for is identified as either controlled or regulated activity as defined in in the Safeguarding vulnerable Groups Act (2006) any offer of employment is provisional upon a satisfactory DBS check being obtained.
The healthcare sector is exempted from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
In line with other NHS organisations in the North West Region, the Trust is now passing the charge for undertaking a DBS check on to candidates in the event they are successfully appointed into the post for which they have applied. Candidates...