Salaried GP - Newly Qualified /ARRs in Birmingham

We are delighted to offer an exciting opportunity for a newly qualified GP to join our dynamic Primary Care Network under the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS). This role is designed to support early career GPs in developing their skills and confidence within a friendly, forward-thinking environment that values teamwork, innovation, and professional growth.

As an ARRS GP, you will work alongside a supportive multidisciplinary team including advanced Nurse practitioners, pharmacists, and physician associates, all collaborating to provide holistic, patient-centred care. We are a dynamic and forward-thinking practice, passionate about developing and delivering high-quality local healthcare services that meet the needs of our patients.

This is an excellent opportunity to shape your career as a GP in a nurturing setting that prioritises wellbeing, education, and sustainable working practices. We are passionate about helping our clinicians thrive and ensuring every member of the team feels valued, empowered, and supported.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work as an autonomous General Practitioner within a supportive primary care team, providing high-quality, patient-centred clinical care. You will independently assess, diagnose, and manage a wide range of health conditions, supported by a multidisciplinary team across the practice and PCN. You will provide expert advice and guidance to patients, carers, and colleagues, promoting evidence-based practice and maintaining clinical excellence at all times.

The practice encourages continuous learning and professional development. As a GMC-registered practitioner, you will be professionally accountable for all aspects of your clinical practice, ensuring patient safety, effective record-keeping, and the highest standards of care.

This is an excellent opportunity to develop your skills and experience within an innovative and forward-thinking practice.

About us

We are a well-established, friendly, forward-thinking practice committed to delivering high-quality, patient-centred care to our patients. We are part of Our Health Partnership. Our practice team is made up of dedicated professionals who support one another, share knowledge, and collaborate to ensure our patients receive the best possible care. Our team is collaborative, supportive, and positive, valuing open communication, mutual respect, and shared responsibility.

Professional development is encouraged, offering opportunities to expand skills and grow within the role. By joining Handsworth Medical Practice, you will be part of a welcoming and inclusive workplace where your contribution directly benefits patients. We pride ourselves on integrated working and delivering services that are safe, effective, and responsive to community needs. We are a training practice and you will be working alongside trainee doctors allocated to the practice.

Job responsibilities Summary of Responsibilities:

Following the release of ARRS GP information and funding, we are looking for newly qualified (within 2 years and not having had a substantive post), enthusiastic, forward-thinking GPs to join Pioneers Integrated Partnership (PIP) Primary Care Network on a fixed term contract until 31 March 2025. The post-holder will manage a caseload and deal with a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting, ensuring the highest standards of care for all registered and temporary patients at Handsworth Medical Practice dealing with a diverse range of health needs.

This will include, but is not limited to, surgery and telephone consultations, home visits, administration, complying with the practices contracts (GMS/PMS/enhanced services/DES).

Main Duties & Responsibilities:

• In accordance with the Practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will be available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork, reports and correspondence in a timely fashion.
• Triage patients presenting to the surgery by telephone, online and in person.
• 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.
• In consultation with patients and in line with current Practice disease management protocols, developing care plans for health and promoting healthy lifestyle strategies and education.
• Manage long-term conditions and patients with complex problems.
• Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards.
• Collecting data for audit purposes and complying with QOF requirements.
• Delivering enhanced services.
• Check, manage & process patient test results.
• Refer patients to secondary care and/or relevant organisations and internally within the PCN (e.g., to additional roles members of the PCN team) as required.
• Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible) in line with local and national guidelines.
• 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 the duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care in a surgery on a PCN basis.

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 summarising of patient records and read-coding patient data.
• Attending training and events organised by the Practice or other agencies, where appropriate and suitable and relevant for your role.
• Keep up to date with current evidenced based approaches to patient care and service delivery, in line with NICE and national frameworks.
• Contribute to education and training of trainee members of staff and students.
• Attending and contributing to practice and PCN meetings.

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 and PCN 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/PCN 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 and Safety:

The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the Practice Health & Safety Policy, to include:

• Using personal security systems within the workplace according to Practice guidelines.
• Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks.
• Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills.
• Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards.

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.
• Acting as a role model in relation to promoting equality, diversity and non-discriminatory practices.

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, 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.
• Identifying training needs and support needs to be discussed in clinical supervision.

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 patient needs.
• Effectively manage own time, workload and resources.
• Participate in reviewing and responding to complaints, significant events and other learning events.

Communication:

The post-holder should recognise 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 audits where appropriate.

Person Specification

Qualifications:

• Fully qualified GP with CCT (Certificate of Completion of Training).
• Eligible for ARRS scheme (usually within 2 years of CCT).
• Strong clinical skills and decision-making abilities.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Commitment to patient care and teamwork.
• Interest in multidisciplinary collaboration.
• Experience in administrative and practice management tasks.
• Enthusiasm for continuous learning and professional development.

Working Hours:

• 6-8 number of sessions, e.g., 6-8 sessions/week.
• Flexible working arrangements may be considered.
• Structured mentorship and support for early-career GPs.
• Opportunities for professional development and training.
• Friendly, collaborative, and supportive team environment.
• Work-life balance with a focus on clinician wellbeing.

Experience:

• Experience of primary care through the GP Vocational Training Scheme.

Knowledge and skills:

• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively, both written and verbally.
• Excellent organisational skills.
• Able to work calmly under pressure.
• Ability to work on own initiative.
• Ability to bring fresh ideas.
• IT skills including word processing and database work.
• Committed to quality and patient satisfaction.
• Committed to equal opportunities.
• Flexibility and adaptability.
• Committed to working as part of a multidisciplinary, multi-agency primary care team.
• Openness to explore alternative working practices.

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.