About this role
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and compassionate Salaried GP to join Oundle Medical Practice, working with the East Northants Neighbourhood multidisciplinary team. The post holder will play a key role in delivering proactive, patient-centred care to individuals living with long-term conditions, supporting them to improve their health outcomes and quality of life.
The role has a particular focus on long-term condition management, personalised care planning, advance care planning, and future care conversations. The successful candidate will work collaboratively with patients, carers, and multidisciplinary colleagues to ensure care is coordinated, holistic, and aligned with patients' individual goals, preferences, and values.
The successful candidate will:
Be fully qualified and registered with the General Medical Council (GMC). Hold a licence to practise and be included on the NHS Performers List. Have excellent clinical assessment and decision-making skills. Be confident managing both acute and long-term health conditions. Possess strong communication and multidisciplinary working skills. Be committed to maintaining high standards of patient care and clinical governance. The ideal candidate will have worked with boarding communities in the past and be aware of The Medical Officers of Schools Association. (MOSA). Professional experience providing primary healthcare to children and young adults is essential.
Please note: This vacancy is for 6 sessions per week
Main duties of the job
Working within the East Northants Neighbourhood Team, you will provide high-quality clinical care while championing personalised care planning and shared decision-making. You will work collaboratively with a range of healthcare professionals to improve patient outcomes, enhance quality of life, and support individuals to manage their health effectively.
Key responsibilities include:
Delivering comprehensive Long-Term Condition (LTC) reviews and supporting achievement of QOF targets. Developing and maintaining high-quality, personalised care plans tailored to patients' individual needs and goals. Leading Future Care Planning conversations, helping patients understand and plan their ongoing healthcare needs. Facilitating Advance Care Planning discussions and ensuring patients' wishes and preferences are appropriately documented. Supporting and completing Respect Plans, promoting patient choice, dignity, and shared decision-making. Working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team to provide coordinated and holistic care. Contributing to service development, quality improvement initiatives, and innovative models of care.
About us
Lakeside Healthcare is a large GP partnership that provides NHS care for around 170,000 patients across Cambridgeshire, Peterborough, Northamptonshire and Lincolnshire. We are made of eight GP practices across 14 sites that are part of their local communities.
We work together as practices to provide resilience, sharing learning and professional back-office support services.
Our most important asset is our people, who provide care for our patients and help run our surgeries smoothly. We employ over 500 clinical and non-clinical staff, and we invest in training and developing to ensure that we retain and attract good quality staff who want to stay with us and be part of our team.
We are proud of what we do and strive to demonstrate our values of Caring, Respect, Quality and Teamwork in everything we do.
Oundle is a beautiful historic market town in Northamptonshire, adjacent to Cambridgeshire, and boasts excellent local educational institutions, including Church of England schools and a prominent private boarding and day school.
Job description Job responsibilities
We are seeking a compassionate, patient-focused Salaried GP to join our friendly and forward-thinking primary care team. This role offers an excellent opportunity to play a key role in delivering high-quality, person-centred healthcare, with a particular focus on supporting patients with long-term conditions and future care planning.
For a full job description please see document attached.
Person Specification
Knowledge and Skills Essential
Have excellent clinical assessment and decision-making skills. Be confident managing both acute and long-term health conditions. Possess strong communication and multidisciplinary working skills. Be committed to maintaining high standards of patient care and clinical governance.
Qualifications Essential
GMC Registered (GP register) Hold a licence to practise and be included on the NHS Performers List.
Experience Essential
The ideal candidate will have worked with boarding communities in the past and be aware of The Medical Officers of Schools Association. (MOSA). Professional experience providing primary healthcare to children and young adults is essential.
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 Lakeside Healthcare Group
Address Lakeside Healthcare Oundle
Glapthorn Road
Oundle
PE8 4JA
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.lakesidehealthcaregroup.co.uk (Opens in a new tab)