Salaried General Practitioner (GP) in Harrogate

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a GP to join our team to cover 3 to 4 sessions per week in a friendly, dynamic, and forward-thinking, single-site surgery in Harrogate. We have an outstanding clinical and nursing team, situated in modern, purpose-built premises in the heart of this historic Spa town.

Strayside Health is a recently formed practice (following the successful merger of East Parade and Park Parade Surgeries in April 2025). Our newly merged practice is progressive and keen to embrace change whilst maintaining the traditional values of patient-centred general practice. We have a great team ethos in our workforce, with strong staff retention. We are friendly and supportive with a focus on staff wellbeing and for many years have continued the tradition of our valuable daily GP coffee meeting.

Routine clinics comprise a mix of telephone and 15-minute face-to-face consultation appointments, including 25% of routine surgery time being protected for clinical admin and a defined number of appointments per routine session. We are looking for enthusiastic individuals who share our values and are ready to embrace the challenges of the future with our team. We can be flexible about start dates and informal enquiries are welcome.

In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make themselves available to undertake a variety of duties, including:

• surgery consultations
• telephone consultations
• eConsultations
• visiting patients at home
• checking and signing repeat prescriptions
• dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion
• actioning a share of blood results and incoming clinical documents, both paper and electronic
• making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems
• assessing the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems
• screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness
• developing care plans for health in consultation with patients
• referring to other care providers as appropriate
• recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards
• prescribing in accordance with the CCG or practice prescribing formulary whenever this is clinically appropriate

In general, the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.

Situated in the beautiful spa town of Harrogate close to the Yorkshire Dales, we serve an urban and suburban population of just under 16,000 patients. We are committed to providing high quality primary care. There are six GP Partners and nine Salaried GPs with a range of skills and interests. We have developed innovative systems to manage our workload, including having a shared Clinical Administration Team, Data Quality Team and Medical Secretary Service.

Our highly skilled and experienced Nurse Team consists of a Practice Nurse, Nurse Associate and two Healthcare Assistants, who are led by our Lead Nurse. We have formal responsibility for three care homes for the elderly and two learning disability care homes. Named GPs offer a fixed regular commitment to these homes under a local ICB scheme.

Please see attached job description and person specification attached to this job advert. Informal visits are welcomed to the practice. Please contact Emma Keating (Practice Manager) to arrange this should you wish.

Aptitude and Abilities

• Broad range of IT skills
• Able to use own initiative and work without supervision
• Able to effectively co-lead a team and the service
• Able to cope with and effectively organise the workload
• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and non-verbally daily
• Practical problem-solving skills
• Ability to motivate and inspire self and others
• Accurate written and verbal communication of information
• Ability to show empathy and understand the difficulties faced by people affected by adverse life events
• Ability to prioritise own workload
• Ability to ask sensitively about information needs
• Ability to retrieve and consolidate information from a wide range of sources and in different formats
• Ability to work effectively under pressure and meet tight deadlines
• Ability to show evidence of leadership
• Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team

Personal Qualities

• Ability to deal with complex and difficult emotional situations
• Familiarity with issues of service organisation, transformation and development
• Adhere to policies around confidentiality, health & safety, equality & diversity
• Calm and objective
• Confident, yet approachable
• Recognition of own limitations
• Non-judgemental, respectful of others privacy, needs & beliefs
• Ability to address and work to overcome any equality, diversity and rights of service users
• Identify and mitigate potential risks to health, safety and policy

Experience

• Sound knowledge of clinical governance, including audit and service improvement activities

Eligibility for Medical Indemnity Membership

Qualifications

• MBBS or equivalent medical degree
• GMC registration
• MRCGP
• Evidence of continued role development
• Teaching qualification

Other Requirements

• Flexibility to work outside of core office hours
• Occupational Health Clearance
• 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.