ARRS Salaried GP in Nottingham

Job summaryARRS Salaried GP 4 - 6 Sessions(Wednesday is an essential working day, but the Practice can be flexible with the other days)An exciting opportunity has arisen for us to recruit an ARRS Salaried GP to join our Practice team. The position is available with an immediate start, pending satisfactory DBS screening and references.If you are a GP who is keen to work with a vibrant team, focused on providing the best patient care possible, then we would like to meet you!We require that applicants have already completed their GP training and have the right to work in the UK.We would actively encourage you to visit the Practice and meet the team. Please contact us (Lisa Sullivan, Business Manager or Jack Eyre, Operations Manager or Dr Claire McCall, GP Partner) for an informal chat. You can apply by sending a covering letter and your CV to nnicb-nn.castle-hr@nhs.net Closing date: 18th September 2026 Applications will be screened as they come into the Practice, therefore you could be offered an interview prior to the closing date.Main duties of the jobClinical responsibilities:The post-holder will make him/her-self 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 fashionMaking professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisationAssessing the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problemsScreening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illnessIn consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols, developing care plans for healthAdmitting or discharging patients to and from the caseload and referring to other care providers as appropriateRecording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standardsCompiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible)Prescribing in accordance with the practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriateIn general the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.About usWe are a high achieving, forward thinking and well organised teaching Practice. The team consists of 7 partners, 8 salaried GPs, an ACP, a Practice Pharmacy Team, Practice Based Physiotherapists, 9 nurses and HCAs and a capable and competent administration support team.The Practice aims to deliver high-quality care to over 17,800 patients, using SystmOne. We work from a purpose-built surgery, hosting an extensive range of extended services. As a training practice, there is an active undergraduate and post graduate teaching programme in place. We are part of the Rushcliffe PCN and are a high achieving Practice with full QoF and local enhanced service achievements. We recently received an OUTSTANDING CQC accreditation.The role is supported by our local Rushcliffe PCN. Applications are welcomed from newly qualified GPs as well as experienced GPs. Our PCN is very supportive to all ARRS roles and will support you to work by providing an experienced Clinical Director as your mentor, as well you receiving mentorship from a clinical lead within the Practice, if required. The PCN can offer a competitive salary, based on experience and access to the NHS pension scheme. We require that applicants have already completed their GP training and have the right to work in the UKDetailsDate posted27 August 2026Pay schemeOtherSalary Depending on experience ContractPermanentWorking pattern Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working Reference numberA2031-26-0003Job locations50 – 60 Wilford LaneWest BridgfordNottinghamNG2 7SDUnited KingdomJob descriptionJob responsibilitiesClinical responsibilities:In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make him/her-self 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 fashionMaking professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisationAssessing the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problemsScreening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illnessIn consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols, developing care plans for healthProviding counselling and health educationAdmitting or discharging patients to and from the caseload and referring to other care providers as appropriateRecording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standardsCollecting data for audit purposesCompiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible)Prescribing in accordance with the practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriateIn 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 safetyA commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practiceContributing to evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the organisationContributing to the development of computer-based patient recordsContributing to the summarising of patient records and read-coding patient dataAttending 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 appropriatelyIn 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 confidentialInformation 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 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 guidelinesAwareness of national standards of infection control and cleanliness and regulatory / contractual / professional requirements, and good practice guidelinesProviding advice on the correct and safe management of the specimens process including collection, labelling, handling, use of correct and clean containers, storage and transport arrangementsCorrect 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 othersManaging directly all incidents of accidental exposureManagement and advice relating to infection control and clinically based patient care protocols, and implementation of those protocols across the practiceActive 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 processMaking 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 processesMonitoring 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 managerSafe management of sharps use, storage and disposalMaintenance of own clean working environmentUsing 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 managementActively identifying, reporting, and correction of health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognisedKeeping 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 useMaintenance of sterile environmentsEquality and diversity:The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:Acting in a way that recognizes the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies, and current legislationRespecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleaguesBehaving 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, such training to include:Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional developmentTaking 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 riskAssess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervisionContribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performanceWork effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needsEffectively 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 membersCommunicate effectively with patients and carersRecognise 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 guidanceDiscuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own workParticipate in audit where appropriate. Job description Job responsibilitiesClinical responsibilities:In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make him/her-self 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 fashionMaking professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisationAssessing the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problemsScreening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illnessIn consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols, developing care plans for healthProviding counselling and health educationAdmitting or discharging patients to and from the caseload and referring to other care providers as appropriateRecording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standardsCollecting data for audit purposesCompiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible)Prescribing in accordance with the practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriateIn 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 safetyA commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practiceContributing to evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the organisationContributing to the development of computer-based patient recordsContributing to the summarising of patient records and read-coding patient dataAttending 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 appropriatelyIn 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 confidentialInformation 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 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 guidelinesAwareness of national standards of infection control and cleanliness and regulatory / contractual / professional requirements, and good practice guidelinesProviding advice on the correct and safe management of the specimens process including collection, labelling, handling, use of correct and clean containers, storage and transport arrangementsCorrect 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 othersManaging directly all incidents of accidental exposureManagement and advice relating to infection control and clinically based patient care protocols, and implementation of those protocols across the practiceActive 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 processMaking 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 processesMonitoring 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 managerSafe management of sharps use, storage and disposalMaintenance of own clean working environmentUsing 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 managementActively identifying, reporting, and correction of health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognisedKeeping 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 useMaintenance of sterile environmentsEquality and diversity:The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:Acting in a way that recognizes the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies, and current legislationRespecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleaguesBehaving 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, such training to include:Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional developmentTaking 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 riskAssess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervisionContribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performanceWork effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needsEffectively 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 membersCommunicate effectively with patients and carersRecognise 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 guidanceDiscuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own workParticipate in audit where appropriate.Person Specification Qualifications EssentialPerformers list Registration Full GMC registrationAnnual appraisal and revalidationFull clean driving licence and access to carEvidence of Tetanus, Polio, Diphtheria, MMR, BCG and Hep B immunitySatisfactory DBS checkSatisfactory referencesEligibility to work in the UKExcellent level of clinical knowledgeGood understanding and experience of chronic disease management, and primary prevention and screening servicesQuality and Outcome Framework (QOF) Directed Enhanced ServicesCurrent knowledge of Department of Health guidelines/National Services Framework/Public Health guidelinesClinical and Information governance awarenessCommitment to life-long learning Clinical audit to ensure evidence-based best practiceExperience of working in a primary care environmentGood communication skills, both written and verbalComputer literate including Microsoft Office programs i.e. Word/ExcelMaintaining patient records at an acceptable standardUnderstanding of clinical codingInvestigation and diagnostics skillsAbility to work as a team member and independentlyAble to work in accordance with the GMC guidelinesEffectively able to communicate and understand the needs of the patientEffective time management (planning and organising)Ability to follow clinical policy and procedureKind, calm, flexible, approachable & friendlySensitive and empatheticGood team working skills The ability to work under pressureExperience of working within a multi-disciplinary teamAn understanding, acceptance and adherence to the need for strict confidentiality Ability to use own judgement, resourcefulness and common sense Ability to work without direct supervisionAbility to work independently and as part of a teamConfident to ask for advice and support if you are unsure about anythingPunctual and committed to supporting the team effortDesirableExperience of delivering LES in NottinghamshireKnowledge of Nottinghamshire ICB initiatives, including prescribingGeneral understanding of the primary care contractAn interest in a particular disease area and willingness to take a leadership role within itKnowledge of SystmOneExperience working in a large organisationPrevious experience of teaching and assessing in clinical practiceProducing and using clinical reportsExperience of medicines management Person Specification Qualifications EssentialPerformers list Registration Full GMC registrationAnnual appraisal and revalidationFull clean driving licence and access to carEvidence of Tetanus, Polio, Diphtheria, MMR, BCG and Hep B immunitySatisfactory DBS checkSatisfactory referencesEligibility to work in the UKExcellent level of clinical knowledgeGood understanding and experience of chronic disease management, and primary prevention and screening servicesQuality and Outcome Framework (QOF) Directed Enhanced ServicesCurrent knowledge of Department of Health guidelines/National Services Framework/Public Health guidelinesClinical and Information governance awarenessCommitment to life-long learning Clinical audit to ensure evidence-based best practiceExperience of working in a primary care environmentGood communication skills, both written and verbalComputer literate including Microsoft Office programs i.e. Word/ExcelMaintaining patient records at an acceptable standardUnderstanding of clinical codingInvestigation and diagnostics skillsAbility to work as a team member and independentlyAble to work in accordance with the GMC guidelinesEffectively able to communicate and understand the needs of the patientEffective time management (planning and organising)Ability to follow clinical policy and procedureKind, calm, flexible, approachable & friendlySensitive and empatheticGood team working skills The ability to work under pressureExperience of working within a multi-disciplinary teamAn understanding, acceptance and adherence to the need for strict confidentiality Ability to use own judgement, resourcefulness and common sense Ability to work without direct supervisionAbility to work independently and as part of a teamConfident to ask for advice and support if you are unsure about anythingPunctual and committed to supporting the team effortDesirableExperience of delivering LES in NottinghamshireKnowledge of Nottinghamshire ICB initiatives, including prescribingGeneral understanding of the primary care contractAn interest in a particular disease area and willingness to take a leadership role within itKnowledge of SystmOneExperience working in a large organisationPrevious experience of teaching and assessing in clinical practiceProducing and using clinical reportsExperience of medicines managementDisclosure and Barring Service CheckThis 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). Additional information Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis 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 detailsEmployer nameCastle Healthcare PracticeAddress50 – 60 Wilford LaneWest BridgfordNottinghamNG2 7SDUnited KingdomEmployer's websiteEmployer detailsEmployer nameCastle Healthcare PracticeAddress50 – 60 Wilford LaneWest BridgfordNottinghamNG2 7SDUnited KingdomEmployer's website