Salaried General Practitioner: Sponsorship Available

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

Job summary

An 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 job

Practice 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

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • 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

Experience

Essential

  • 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

  • Experience of using EMIS

Knowlwdge and Skills

Essential

  • 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

Personal

Essential

  • 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

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 23 August 2026

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