Salaried GP - Unity Healthcare in Lavenham

We are excited to share that we now have a new opening for a salaried GP to join the Unity Healthcare Team following positive growth in the organisation. We are running several surgery sites across Haverhill, Long Melford, Lavenham and Glemsford, enabled by the opening of our Triage and Operational Hub in March 2025.

Main duties of the job

Unity's new Hub model is a transformative approach designed to enhance patient care and staff well-being. It allows us to address the limitations of restricted physical clinical space by providing dedicated clinical office space where patient contact is triaged, and remote consultations offered where suitable. Face-to-face appointments continue at our four existing sites (Haverhill, Long Melford, Lavenham & Glemsford).

Our attention is on developing our workforce model to support our growing organisation. Our clinical staff have a portfolio role, rotating between Speed Triager, Hub Remote Consultor, Face-to-face clinician and GP Site Lead.

About us

Suffolk GP Federation CIC is a not-for-profit community interest company. Our main purpose is to support Primary Care across Suffolk including support with working collaboratively and at scale. We also deliver a portfolio of NHS services across Suffolk and North East Essex, including Podiatry, Ultrasound, Diabetes, as well as urgent Care Services including the Out of Hours face-to-face Service in Suffolk.

Job responsibilities

We are a fully salaried GP team, employed by the supportive Suffolk GP Federation. We are also making a significant investment in a new, larger management structure in order to meet Unity's 2028 vision which includes:

• Embedded in our local community; working with the integrated neighbourhood teams in partnership with West Suffolk Foundation Trust.
• An open and transparent culture where all staff are empowered and can engage in Unity's decision making.
• An enlarged senior leadership team drawn from across all clinical groups and managers.
• A reimagined working environment and workflow which addresses current challenges and is attractive to work in.
• The most advanced user of technology in Suffolk general practice.
• A practice where individuals come to work, learn and then move on to share Unity's vision.

If you are looking for the opportunity to join a thriving practice team with exciting ambitions for the future, then look no further than Unity Healthcare!

We have vacancies for the following but can be flexible around your other commitments:

• 1 role for 5 sessions
• 1 role for 6 sessions
• 1 role for 2 sessions

We can offer you:

• A job where your voice is heard; we all work together and are never afraid to be ambitious or do things differently.
• A highly competitive rate of pay of £14,132 per session.
• A place within a large multidisciplinary team with a proven track record of delivering positive change. We have an exciting vision for the future in our highly regarded training practice.
• Support, encouragement and mentorship; we can help you make your ambitions a reality.
• A fantastic geographic location, with a straightforward commute from Cambridge, from across West Suffolk, and close to the M11.
• A well-established, and highly effective total triage system. We were one of the first practices in the UK to successfully implement digital-first triage in 2019.
• A sustainable workload, within a practice system developed with safety and quality at its heart.
• Flexible working opportunities, with work-life balance a priority.
• We can help you be the best you can be, with high levels of job satisfaction a given.

What we are looking for from you:

• An ambitious and positive attitude towards team working, including provision of support, supervision and education to the multi-disciplinary team.
• A good level of IT skills, and a mindset that is comfortable with the idea of total triage.
• Preparedness to use a variety of consultation modalities, including online, telephone, video and face to face consulting.
• A sense of humour.
• A willingness to share your ideas, and get stuck in with all aspects of practice life.

We will make sure you are fully inducted and trained. It's important to us that you feel safe and supported in your role.

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.