Long Term Locum GP in Cheadle

Rate - £300 per session (inclusive of any pension).

We are looking for an engaged, positive, friendly, hard-working and resilient individual to join our team at Cheadle Medical Practice, as a long term locum. It is a requirement for the role that you are available to locum on Thursdays and Fridays, for four sessions per week in total. As it is a locum role, you will not be an employee of the practice. As such, there is some flexibility available over shifts. However, we are looking for candidates who are flexible and resilient.

We operate a system of triage designed to protect GPs from unnecessary workload. The post is for two days per week. Currently we allocate one On Call doctor per day, so you would be expected to be part of this rota. In our PCN, we have access to a Pharmacy Hub, First Contact Physio, Social Prescriber, Care Coordinator and Visiting Service, as well as Workflow Optimiser and Medical Reports Lead to help reduce GP workload.

How to Apply

Please apply using the portal. The deadline is Tuesday 7th April 2026 at 11:59pm.

Main duties of the job

A Typical Day: 15 appointments in the morning session, 15 appointments in the afternoon session (10 minute appts). We have an allocated 'on call GP' each day, and two paramedics who do the majority of the home visits. This means when you are doing normal sessions, any additional visits are built into the afternoon, rather than being 'extras'. You will be expected to be part of the On Call rota, but won't usually be prioritised as 'first choice' On Call GP. On Call doctor each day required to stay until 6:30pm. Any GPs working a normal day leave when the work is finished, which can be earlier. An allocation of 5 Docman, 10 lab results and 15 scripts per session.

About us

Cheadle Medical Practice sits in a desirable area close to junction 2 of the M60. Our PCN has delivered one of the best performing vaccination programmes in the region, and we have very high rates of QOF achievement. We have around 11,750 patients on our list, so we are a busy practice. Our partners and management team are highly focused on using technology to allow colleagues across the building to work smarter, and this is an ongoing journey for us. We are a training practice so have experience in helping to guide newer members of the profession through the early stages; we also have a number of highly experienced colleagues so the role would be suitable for someone at any stage in their qualified GP career.

We are not utilising agencies for this or any other vacancy and we do not give permission for our contact details to be used for marketing purposes as per GDPR.

Job responsibilities

• Provide medical services for the practice population to a high standard, including day-to-day activities such as surgery consultations, telephone advice, telephone consultations and home visits and appropriate administration to ensure accurate records, patient continuity and quality of care.
• Comply with the requirements of the practices General Medical Services/Personal Medical Services (GMS/PMS/APMS) contract, Enhanced Services contracts, educational/training delivery contracts and private contracts.
• Adhere to the principles of good medical practice.
• Provide high quality medical services to patients registered with the practice.
• Provide a full range of services in line with the requirements of the GMS/PMS/APMS) Contract and Enhanced Services Contracts.
• Refer patients as appropriate and in accordance with local procedures.
• Undertake duties such as prescription signing, prescribing reviews, telephone advice, duty doctor, in accordance with the rota.
• Undertake clinics, post-natal checks, child developmental checks as agreed or required.
• Manage long-term conditions in accordance with practice and national clinical guidelines.
• Prescribe generically and in accordance with the practice formulary.
• Provide appropriate health promotion advice to all patients.
• Ensure good clinical governance is part of patient care and other practice activities.
• Adhere to practice guidelines, policies and procedures.
• Practice evidence-based medicine.
• Take ongoing responsibility for patients with difficult and complex problems including consistent follow-through.
• Participate in audit and quality improvement processes.
• Maintain clinical records (manual/electronic) in line with good practice and in accordance with practice procedures including appropriate coding as agreed in the practice.
• Maintain administrative records in relation to GMS/PMS/APMS) contract, enhanced services contracts and QOF including coding.
• Work in line with agreed practice procedures and protocols.
• Attend on a regular basis in house clinical, administrative and educational meetings.
• Contribute to the practices clinical governance and quality activities including clinical audit.

Person Specification

• Qualifications: Qualified GP MRCGP General Practitioner CCT (Certificate of completion of training), Full GMC registration, Registration with National performers list, Appropriate defence indemnity, Eligibility to perform in the UK independently.
• Experience: Experience of working in primary care, Experience of continued professional development, Experience of QOF, General understanding of GMS contract, Experience of medicines management, Experience of CCG initiatives.

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.