GP Partner

We are seeking an enthusiastic and committed GP Partner to join our friendly, well-established dispensing practice serving approximately 16,500 patients across four rural North Cornwall sites.

Main duties of the job

As a GP Partner, you will play a key role in delivering high-quality, patient-centred primary care while contributing to the strategic leadership, operational management and future development of the practice. The role combines clinical excellence with shared responsibility for governance, workforce development and financial sustainability, alongside active engagement within Watergate Primary Care Network (PCN) to support collaborative working and service development across the locality. This is an exciting opportunity for a GP who is motivated to help shape the future of general practice within a supportive and collaborative team environment.

About us

We are a friendly, well-established dispensing practice located on the beautiful North Cornwall coast, serving a population of approximately 16,500 patients across three dispensing surgeries between Padstow and St Columb. Set within a stunning rural community, our practice is committed to delivering high-quality care, improving patient outcomes, and providing continuity of care to our local population. We pride ourselves on being a supportive and collaborative team with a wealth of experience across all roles. Our multidisciplinary team currently includes GP Partners, salaried GPs, medical students and registrars, a paramedic home-visiting team, advanced practitioners, nurse practitioners, clinical pharmacists, social prescribers, health coaches, HCAs, dispensers, and dedicated administrative and secretarial staff.

Job responsibilities

Key Clinical Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive primary medical services to patients
• Undertake face-to-face, telephone and online consultations
• Manage acute and routine presentations
• Conduct home visits where clinically appropriate
• Review pathology results, clinical correspondence and patient queries
• Authorise repeat prescriptions and medication reviews
• Maintain accurate, contemporaneous clinical records
• Work collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team
• Participate in duty rota and same-day access where applicable
• Support training and supervision of registrars and medical students (if appropriate)

Leadership & Partnership Responsibilities

• Contribute to strategic planning and practice development
• Participate in partnership meetings and decision-making processes
• Share responsibility for clinical governance and quality improvement
• Support workforce planning and team development
• Take lead responsibility for one or two agreed practice portfolios, contributing to service development, quality improvement and strategic growth in areas aligned with individual skills and interests
• Contribute to financial sustainability and business management
• Assist in maintaining regulatory compliance (CQC, NHS contractual requirements)
• Promote a positive, inclusive and supportive practice culture

Person Specification

• GMC registration with licence to practise
• Inclusion on the NHS GP Performers List
• MRCGP (or equivalent)
• Commitment to high-quality patient-centred care
• Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team
• Leadership skills and willingness to contribute to practice management
• Experience in a dispensing or rural practice setting
• Knowledge of EMIS clinical system
• Interest in teaching, training or leadership roles
• Previous partnership or leadership experience

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.

Depending on experience Partnership drawings to be discussed.