About this role
Job summary
We are seeking a motivated and reliable Salaried GP to join our friendly practice team to provide maternity leave cover for a period of approximately 9 months, starting 6th July 2026. The post is for between 4 and 6 sessions per week, with the exact number and working days to be agreed, preferably Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.
The role will involve a typical mix of GP consultations, including face to face, telephone and online appointments, as well as associated administrative work (results, prescriptions, correspondence and referrals) arising from your own clinical caseload. You will also contribute to the duty/oncall rota on a fair and proportionate basis, appropriate to your sessions and experience, and participate in practice meetings and clinical governance activities where these fall within your contracted time.
You will be working within an established multidisciplinary team, including GP partners, salaried GPs, advanced practitioners, practice nurses, HCAs and a supportive management and administrative team. We place a strong emphasis on safe workload, teamworking and continuity of care. A clear job plan will be agreed with you in advance, setting out expected clinical sessions, admin time and any additional responsibilities. This post would suit an experienced GP or a relatively newly qualified GP looking for a stable, supportive environment over a defined period.
Main duties of the job
Clinical consultations
Provide care through a mix of face to face, telephone and online consultations.
Manage acute presentations, long term conditions and preventive care within the scope of general practice.
Undertake home visits where clinically appropriate and agreed within the job plan
Review and action pathology results, hospital letters and other correspondence.
Generate and sign prescriptions in line with local and national prescribing guidance.
Make appropriate referrals to secondary care and community services.
Maintain accurate, contemporaneous and comprehensive clinical records
Participate in the practice duty/oncall rota on a fair and proportionate basis, appropriate to the number of sessions worked and your experience
Prioritise and manage sameday urgent demand safely, with support from the wider clinical team.
Attend and contribute to practice meetings, clinical governance discussions and significant event reviews where these fall within contracted time.
Work within your level of competence, seeking advice from colleagues when needed.
Adhere to practice policies, clinical guidelines, safeguarding procedures and information governance requirements.
Engage in CPD and appraisal activities, with reasonable support from the practice.
Contribute to the learning environment for colleagues and trainees where appropriate (e.g. informal case discussion, sharing learning).
About us
Station Lane Medical Practice is a well established, forward thinking GP surgery serving a list size of approximately 8,200 patients. We are a 4 partner practice, supported by a full complement of clinical, administrative staff, and management team. This broad skill mix allows us to share workload appropriately and provide safe, accessible care to our local community.
We are rated Good by the Care Quality Commission and are committed to maintaining high standards of clinical care, governance and patient safety.
The practice is an Extended Access site, working closely with our PCN and local providers to offer evening and weekend appointments, improving access and choice for patients. We use modern digital tools to support triage, communication and efficient working, while maintaining a strong focus on continuity of care where possible.
Station Lane Medical Practice prides itself on being a supportive, friendly and collaborative environment, with regular clinical and practice meetings, open communication between partners and staff, and a culture that encourages learning, reflection and mutual support. We recognise the pressures on general practice and actively aim to manage workload safely, in line with BMA safe working guidance, to protect both staff wellbeing and patient care.
Job description Job 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.
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.
Other responsibilities within the organisation:
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.
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 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.
Health & safety:
The post-holder will implement and lead on a full range of promotion and management of their own and others health and safety and infection control as defined in the practice health & safety policy, the practice health & 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
Providing advice on the correct and safe management of the specimens process, including collection, labelling, handling, use of correct and clean containers, storage and transport arrangements.
Correct personal use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and ensuring correct use of PPE by others, advising on appropriate circumstances for use by clinicians, staff and patients.
Management of the full range of infection control procedures in both routine and extraordinary circumstances (e.g. pandemic or individual infectious circumstances).
Hand hygiene standards for self and others.
Managing directly all incidents of accidental exposure.
Management and advice relating to infection control and clinically based patient care protocols, and implementation of those protocols across the practice.
Active observation of current working practices across the practice in relation to infection control, cleanliness and related activities, ensuring that procedures are followed, and weaknesses/training needs are identified, escalating issues as appropriate to the responsible person.
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 and initiate and manage the training of others across the full range of infection control and patient processes.
Monitoring practice facilities and equipment in relation to infection control, ensuring that proper use is made of hand-cleansing facilities, wipes etc., and that these are sufficient to ensure a good clinical working environment. Lack of facilities to be escalated as appropriate to the responsible manager.
Safe management of 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 / 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 areas and general/patient areas generally clean, sterile, identifying issues and hazards/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 (minimum twice annually)
Correct waste and instrument management, including handling, segregation, and container use.
Maintenance of sterile environments.
Demonstrate due regard for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
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 non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.
Personal/professional development:
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, with such training to include:
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 will:
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 recognize 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
Qualifications Essential
Qualifications and Registration Fully qualified medical practitioner with MBBS or equivalent. Full registration with the General Medical Council. Inclusion on the NHS England GP Performers List. Evidence of ongoing CPD and engagement with annual GP appraisal and revalidation requirements. Experience Experience of working in UK general practice or a comparable primary care setting. Competent in managing a broad range of acute and chronic conditions in a community setting. Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team. Experience of using electronic clinical systems SystmOne Clinical Skills and Knowledge Ability to provide safe, evidence based care in time limited consultations. Competence in managing long term conditions, preventive care and medication reviews. Ability to recognise and manage medical emergencies and safeguarding concerns in line with local and national guidance. Sound understanding of NHS primary care, including the GP contract, QOF and referral pathways. Professionalism and Governance High standard of clinical recordkeeping and documentation. Commitment to clinical governance, including significant event analysis, audit and learning from feedback/complaints. Willingness to work within practice policies, prescribing guidelines and local pathways. Personal Attributes Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a patient centred approach. Ability to work collaboratively and respectfully with colleagues across all staff groups. Good time management and organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise workload safely. Flexible and adaptable, with a positive attitude to change and service development. Resilient and reflective, with a willingness to seek advice and support when needed.
Desirable
Experience of working in a deprived or highneed population. Experience of involvement in quality improvement projects, audits or service development. Willingness to contribute to practice and PCN initiatives, meetings and projects within contracted time. Interest in developing a clinical or leadership special interest that aligns with practice and PCN priorities.
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 Station Lane Medical Centre
Address Station Lane
Featherstone
West Yorkshire
WF7 6JL
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.stationlane.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)