Job summary Due to upcoming retirement, we have an exciting opportunity for a new GP Partner here at Whitwick Road Surgery. Are you a dynamic and forward-thinking GP looking to make a meaningful impact in a thriving practice, and open to investing in the practice owned premises? Whitwick Road Surgery in Coalville, North West Leicestershire, is looking for an enthusiastic and reliable GP partner to join our team and help shape the future of primary care. Why Join Us? Growing Patient Base: We care for a list of 8,000 patients, and our numbers are steadily increasing. Expanded Facilities: Our recently extended practice now features two additional consulting rooms, providing vital extra space for patient care and to offer minor surgery. Experienced Team: You'll be joining a highly skilled and dedicated clinical team, supported by an evolving and committed practice management team. Innovative Approach: We are passionate about embracing new technologies and reimagining general practice to meet the changing needs of healthcare. We encourage fresh ideas and creative thinking to drive progress. Supportive Environment: Our team is known for its energy, enthusiasm, and collaborative spirit, making Whitwick Road Surgery a fantastic place to work. Main duties of the job What Were Looking For: A GP partner who is reliable, motivated, and committed to high-quality patient care. Someone with innovative ideas who is eager to contribute to the ongoing development of the practice. Someone who can manage and support staff in both clinical and business settings. A GP partner who will be involved with preparing and maintaining high standards required for CQC. A team player with excellent communication skills and a proactive mindset. About us What We Offer: The opportunity to work in a modern, well-equipped practice. A supportive, friendly, and forward-thinking environment. A chance to make a real difference in shaping the future of our practice and the care we provide. Date posted 21 February 2025 Pay scheme Other Salary Depending on experience Partner drawings based on practice accounts Contract Permanent Working pattern Full-time Reference number A5825-25-0001 Job locations Whitwick Road Surgery Whitwick Road Coalville Leicestershire LE67 3FA Job description Job responsibilities Job 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. As a partner, the post-holder will also be required to take on a share of GP partner responsibilities in addition. Clinical Responsibilities In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make themselves 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 health care 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. Developing care plans for health in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols. 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 ICB prescribing formulary, or generically, whenever this is clinically appropriate. Providing a share of duty doctor sessions each week. In general, the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care. Other Responsibilities Within the Organisation Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies and 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 upkeep of detailed computer-based patient records by ensuring contemporaneous entries are written as appropriate. Attending training and events organised by the practice or other agencies, where appropriate. 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 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 patient as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential. Health and Safety The post-holder will uphold required standards pertinent to the health and safety of themselves and others as defined in the practice health and safety policy, the practice health and safety manual, and the practice infection control policy and published procedures. This will include, but will not be limited to, : Using personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines. Awareness of national standards of infection control and cleanliness and regulatory / contractual / professional requirements, and good practice guidelines. Correct and safe management of the specimen process, including collection, labelling, handling, use of correct and clean containers, storage and transport arrangements. Correct personal use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). Implementation of infection control procedures in both routine and extraordinary circumstances, e.g. pandemic or individual infectious circumstances. Maintaining hand hygiene standard. Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks across clinical and patient process. Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills. Safe management of personal sharps use, storage, and disposal. Maintenance of own clean working environment. Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy, clean and sterile and safe way, free from hazards. Initiation of remedial or corrective action where needed or escalation to responsible management. Actively identifying, reporting, and correcting health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised. Keeping own work area and general/patient areas generally clean, sterile, identifying issues, hazards and risks in relation to other work areas within the business, and assuming responsibility in the maintenance of general standards of cleanliness across the business in consultation, where appropriate, with responsible managers. Undertaking periodic infection control training. Correct waste and instrument management, including handling, segregation, and container use. Maintenance of sterile environments. Equality and Diversity The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers, and colleagues, to include: Acting in a way that recognises 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 not judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings, priorities and rights. Personal and 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 implemented by the practice as part of this employment, with such training to include: All mandatory training. Role specific ad hoc training events. 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. 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. Contribution to the Implementation of Services 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. Job description Job responsibilities Job 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. As a partner, the post-holder will also be required to take on a share of GP partner responsibilities in addition. Clinical Responsibilities In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make themselves 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 health care 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. Developing care plans for health in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols. 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 ICB prescribing formulary, or generically, whenever this is clinically appropriate. Providing a share of duty doctor sessions each week. In general, the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care. Other Responsibilities Within the Organisation Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies and 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 upkeep of detailed computer-based patient records by ensuring contemporaneous entries are written as appropriate. Attending training and events organised by the practice or other agencies, where appropriate. 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 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 patient as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential. Health and Safety The post-holder will uphold required standards pertinent to the health and safety of themselves and others as defined in the practice health and safety policy, the practice health and safety manual, and the practice infection control policy and published procedures. This will include, but will not be limited to, : Using personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines. Awareness of national standards of infection control and cleanliness and regulatory / contractual / professional requirements, and good practice guidelines. Correct and safe management of the specimen process, including collection, labelling, handling, use of correct and clean containers, storage and transport arrangements. Correct personal use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). Implementation of infection control procedures in both routine and extraordinary circumstances, e.g. pandemic or individual infectious circumstances. Maintaining hand hygiene standard. Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks across clinical and patient process. Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills. Safe management of personal sharps use, storage, and disposal. Maintenance of own clean working environment. Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy, clean and sterile and safe way, free from hazards. Initiation of remedial or corrective action where needed or escalation to responsible management. Actively identifying, reporting, and correcting health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised. Keeping own work area and general/patient areas generally clean, sterile, identifying issues, hazards and risks in relation to other work areas within the business, and assuming responsibility in the maintenance of general standards of cleanliness across the business in consultation, where appropriate, with responsible managers. Undertaking periodic infection control training. Correct waste and instrument management, including handling, segregation, and container use. Maintenance of sterile environments. Equality and Diversity The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers, and colleagues, to include: Acting in a way that recognises 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 not judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings, priorities and rights. Personal and 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 implemented by the practice as part of this employment, with such training to include: All mandatory training. Role specific ad hoc training events. 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. 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. Contribution to the Implementation of Services 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. Person Specification Experience Essential Experience of proving primary medical care services. Experience of the ongoing development and innovation of a GP practice. Experience of maintaining the high standards required to meet CQC regulations and preparing for inspections. Desirable Experience of implementing new ideas or approaches to clinical practice. Experience of using technology to shape and transform general practice. Experience of managing and supporting staff from both clinical and business perspectives. Experience of contributing to business management and the financial health of a GP practice. Experience of participating in clinical research. Experience of training medical students or GP trainees, ensuring that their learning needs are met. Qualifications Essential Medical degree. Full registration with GMC. Inclusion on the Performers list. Evidence of a commitment to on-going personal and professional development. Desirable MRCGP. Basic Life Support certification. Appropriate Safeguarding certification. Knowledge & Understanding Desirable Knowledge of the demographic characteristics that affect health and healthcare in the area. Understanding of current NHS policies. Skills Essential Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues, staff and external stakeholders. Ability to communicate clearly and effectively, both in written and verbal forms. Good organisational skills. Time management skills. Ability to work under pressure. Working on own initiative. IT skills as relevant to General Practice. Committed to quality and patient satisfaction. Committed to equal opportunities. Team player. Problem solving and analytical skills. Ability to follow policy and procedure. Desirable Competent in the use of SystmOne. Personal Qualities Essential Polite and confident. Flexible and cooperative. Motivated and driven. Forward thinker. Integrity and loyalty. Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations. Person Specification Experience Essential Experience of proving primary medical care services. Experience of the ongoing development and innovation of a GP practice. Experience of maintaining the high standards required to meet CQC regulations and preparing for inspections. Desirable Experience of implementing new ideas or approaches to clinical practice. Experience of using technology to shape and transform general practice. Experience of managing and supporting staff from both clinical and business perspectives. Experience of contributing to business management and the financial health of a GP practice. Experience of participating in clinical research. Experience of training medical students or GP trainees, ensuring that their learning needs are met. Qualifications Essential Medical degree. Full registration with GMC. Inclusion on the Performers list. Evidence of a commitment to on-going personal and professional development. Desirable MRCGP. Basic Life Support certification. Appropriate Safeguarding certification. Knowledge & Understanding Desirable Knowledge of the demographic characteristics that affect health and healthcare in the area. Understanding of current NHS policies. Skills Essential Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues, staff and external stakeholders. Ability to communicate clearly and effectively, both in written and verbal forms. Good organisational skills. Time management skills. Ability to work under pressure. Working on own initiative. IT skills as relevant to General Practice. Committed to quality and patient satisfaction. Committed to equal opportunities. Team player. Problem solving and analytical skills. Ability to follow policy and procedure. Desirable Competent in the use of SystmOne. Personal Qualities Essential Polite and confident. Flexible and cooperative. Motivated and driven. Forward thinker. Integrity and loyalty. Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations. Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). Additional information Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). Employer details Employer name Whitwick Road Surgery Address Whitwick Road Surgery Whitwick Road Coalville Leicestershire LE67 3FA Employer's website https://whitwickroadsurgery.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)