Salaried GP 6 – 8 Sessions per week Tier 2 visa sponsorship available - Peel House Medical Practice

Salaried GP 6 – 8 Sessions per week | Tier 2 visa sponsorship available | FTE salary of between £80,000 - £88,000. (Equivalent to £10,000 - £11,000 per session.) | A full-time post is normally based on 8 sessions, 4 days a week 8am – 6:30pm, 1 hour for lunch with 1 day off per work. Flexible working requests will be considered. 

We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic, highly motivated Salaried GP to join our friendly and supportive team. We are a large forward-thinking practice with more than 16,000 patients, based in an excellent, modern purpose-built premises, in the centre of Accrington. Due to a growing list we are looking to recruit a new Salaried GP and this allows us to be flexible in terms of session numbers. We have daily ‘huddles’ which is an informal opportunity to meet with the team and discuss the day ahead and is much valued by the team. We have regular practice meetings, with a structured meeting rota including whole staff meetings, clinical meetings, safeguarding meetings and protected time for training. Our strength lies in the diversity of skills and professional interests within our team. We have a multidisciplinary clinical team made up of Doctors, Advanced Nurse Practitioners, Pharmacists, First Contact Physios, Practice Nurses, Health Care Assistants, Nurse Associate, Mental Health Practitioner, Health and Wellbeing Coach and Social Prescribers. The practice benefits from a well-structured management team which is led by a Practice Operations Manager. We are a training Practice and work closely with our PCN which is Hyndburn Central. One of our partners is the PCN Clinical Lead and we have partner representation on the board of the local Alliance and have representation at LMC. We would be happy to support and encourage your professional development to add to our diverse and enthusiastic team. We love to teach - We are a well-respected training practice for GP trainees, Foundation Doctors and medical students and we have close links with Health Education North West. We would also welcome and support an interest in teaching or becoming a GP trainer alongside our current trainer although this is not essential. We are an evolving practice open to new ways of working. We have taken on new IT software to improve Chronic Disease Prevalence, patient safety, clinical coding and prescribing safety. We have recently completed a new project to virtually eliminate documents being sent to GPs. Our aim is to work smarter using our whole practice team and available IT support to safely reduce unnecessary GP workload system wide. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who shares our commitment to delivering high quality patient care, and who has the interest and energy to join with us in further developing the Practice. 

The successful candidate will: 

• Be flexible in approach, professional at all times with a kind and caring disposition that satisfies the needs of our patient cohort. 

• Want to join a driven, fast paced, innovate group. 

• An ability to respond to the various demands and challenging circumstances of general practice is welcome. 

• A full-time post is normally based on 8 sessions, 4 days a week 8am – 6:30pm, 1 hour for lunch with 1 day off per work. Flexible working requests will be considered. 

We offer: 

• FTE salary of between £80,000 - £88,000. (Equivalent to £10,000 - £11,000 per session 

• NHS Pension Scheme. 

• Generous holiday entitlement (Up to 30 days a year.) 

• A comprehensive induction programme, with no patient facing time for the first week. 

• An extensive CPD programme including monthly protected time for mandatory training. 

• Well established practice providing a high standard of primary care. 

• Innovative practice to enable a different way of work, including a relentless drive to reduce workload. 

• Opportunity for additional responsibilities, including teaching. 

• Clinical system – EMIS Web. 

• 16,500 patient list.