General Practitioner in Morecambe

Bay Medical Group are recruiting for a motivated and passionate GP to join our dynamic and dedicated team. We offer:

• A competitive GP salary, with hours of work on a full time or part time basis up to 8 sessions per week.
• A mix of 15 minute and 10 minute appointments to enable you to manage your workload appropriately for continuity of care.
• GMS practice offering the BMA model contract.
• Varied workload, mix of working in routine surgeries and working in our Clinical Assessment team (CAT) supporting appointment triage.
• Peer support and planned educational programme for GPs and clinical staff including the First Five group specifically formed to support newly and recently qualified GPs.
• We are a teaching practice working with the Deanery and local universities to support training.
• A large supportive team, which will allow you to focus on what you do best.
• Excellent long-term career and development prospects.
• Holistic approach to care through close working relationships with the extended Primary Care Health Team including in-house physiotherapy appointments, Long Term Conditions Team and District Nurses.

If you share our vision of providing the best possible general practice care to our patients, of working in a caring team and of seeking innovative solutions to the challenges of the ever-changing NHS, we look forward to hearing from you.

Main duties of the job:

• To be an intrinsic part of the Practice team providing a comprehensive general practice service to the people of Morecambe.
• Responsibilities will reflect requirements of the NHS GP Contracts, and as such may be subject to change as services adapt.
• The post holder will manage a patient list and deal with a wide variety of health needs in a primary care setting, ensuring the highest standards of care for the registered population of the town and temporary patients.
• The post-holder will help the Practice vision for happier, healthier people.

Interviews week commencing 16th March 2026.

About us:

We are a large practice responsible for providing GP services to the population of Morecambe and Heysham (c55,000). We are based in 5 sites in the town and our scale means that we can support diverse career aspirations and opportunities across all teams. Yet, we maintain a smaller practice feel by promoting site-based working so that you have the chance to develop relationships with the site team and with your patients.

In July 2019, we established Bay Primary Care Network as the sole Practice in the PCN. We are proud to have developed a varied workforce including dietitians, mental health nurses, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, physician associates, care co-ordinators and social prescribing link workers. We work closely with our ICC and local hospice.

Bay Medical Group is a friendly, welcoming practice, constantly looking to improve our offer to both the local community and our colleagues. BMG can offer you the opportunity to work with our experienced group of GPs and clinicians as well as great links with the local Trust, and Lancaster and Cumbria Universities.

As a family friendly town, Morecambe enjoys one of the finest views from its promenade of any seaside town in England with a magnificent sweep of coastline and bay, looking across to the Lakeland mountains. You also have Lancaster, a beautiful Georgian city on the edge of the Lake District and within the area there are excellent schools and good transport links to larger cities such as Manchester and Liverpool.

Job responsibilities:

• PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
• To maintain full registration with the General Medical Council and with a recognised medical defence organisation approved by the partners.
• To maintain full registration as a GP on the North West Commissioning Region Performer List.
• To maintain accurate and contemporaneous records of activities both written and computerised as applicable.
• The practice has a paperless approach and as such the computer records form the main record of all interactions with patients.
• To promote good communications within the multi-disciplinary team.
• To maintain and update professional knowledge in line with Clinical Governance, Quality and Outcome Framework, any current requirements to deliver services, the Practice Development Plan and your personal development plan.
• To participate in educational programmes within the practice.
• To participate in GP appraisal and revalidation.
• To maintain standards of conduct and dress to maintain public confidence.
• To maintain confidentiality in all areas at all times.

• CLINICAL RESPONSIBILITIES
• To work as a doctor, responsible for running a full list proportionate to the number of sessions worked.
• The post holder will make him/ herself available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery face to face consultations, telephone and online consultations, visiting patients at home and taking part in CAT (Clinical Assessment Team) processing of appointment requests.
• Provide clinical support to other team members.
• To be responsible for assessing, diagnosing, treating and/or referring patients; making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation.
• Assess the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems.
• To identify, assess and discuss patients problems or needs with the patients, relative/carers and other PHCT members and devise a management plan and monitor the outcome.
• Organise diagnostic investigations where appropriate.
• To prescribe according to local or national prescribing guidelines.
• Compile and issue computer generated acute and repeat prescriptions, utilising EPS and avoiding hand-written prescriptions wherever possible.
• Provide support for other accredited prescribers within the team.
• To opportunistically complete the necessary checks and record appropriate data to support the practice in meeting and attaining General Medical Services contract requirements and QOF, attaining targets and any future targets etc.
• Refer to other NHS services where appropriate.
• Provide counselling and health education.
• To participate in the attainment of Practice, local and national targets etc.
• In general the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.

• DELIVERING A QUALITY SERVICE
• Recognise and work within own competence and professional code of conduct as regulated by the GMC, H&S at work Act 1974, Data Protection Act 1998 and Access to Health Records 1990.
• Produce accurate, contemporaneous and complete records of patient consultation, to agreed standards and consistent with legislation, policies and procedures.
• To complete all statutory and other paperwork/data entry both for medico-legal purposes and to facilitate claims etc. under General Medical Services etc.
• To be aware of data protection issues particularly within a GP surgery.
• Use technology and appropriate software as an aid to management in planning, implementation and monitoring of care, presenting and communicating information.
• Review and process data using accurate codes in order to ensure easy and accurate information retrieval for monitoring and audit processes.
• Prioritise, organise and manage own workload in a manner that maintains and promotes quality.
• Deliver care according to NSF, NICE guidelines and evidence-based care.
• Assess effectiveness of care delivery through self and peer review, benchmarking and formal evaluation.
• Keep up to date with current evidence based practice.
• Participate in research and utilise the audit cycle as a means of evaluating the quality of the work of self and the team, implementing improvements where required.
• In partnership with other clinical teams, collaborate on improving the quality of health care responding to local and national policies and initiatives as appropriate.
• To provide cover for the partners and other salaried GPs if requested by mutual agreement.
• Support and participate in shared learning across the practice and wider organisation.
• Assist in the development and implementation of policies and procedures.
• Understand and apply legal issues that support the identification of vulnerable and abused children and adults, and be aware of statutory child/vulnerable patients health procedures and local guidance.
• To participate in professional development review annually.
• Personal development will be encouraged and supported by the practice.
• It is the individuals responsibility to remain up to date with recent developments.
• Training requirements will be monitored by yearly appraisal and will be in accordance with practice requirements.
• To attend and participate in Significant Event Audits.
• Collect data for audit purposes.
• To complete Personal Medical Attendant (PMA) reports for insurance and legal purpose for patients on your caseload.
• All fees earned as a direct consequence of your work for the practice, should be paid directly to the practice and do not form part of your remuneration.

Person Specification:

• Qualifications: see person specification.
• Experience: see person specification.

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.

£103,437 a year salary shown is pro rata based on 8 sessions.