Salaried GP — Patient‐First, Team‐Driven Practice in Carlisle

Salaried GP Opportunity at a friendly, values-led practice with approximately 7,700 patients. Are you a motivated GP looking to join a supportive, forward-thinking practice where your contribution truly matters? We are seeking a committed Salaried GP to join our growing team and help us deliver high-quality, person-centred care to our community.

Why Join Us?

• We Care, We are a Team & We Work Hard to Improve.
• Proud of the warm, inclusive culture we’ve built.
• Looking for someone who shares our values and enthusiasm for excellent primary care.
• We work closely together, support each other, and make space for shared learning and clinical discussions.

What We’re Looking For

• A dedicated GP who values teamwork and compassionate care.
• Experience with training, supervising or supporting learners (e.g., medical students, trainees, or allied clinicians).
• Someone keen to contribute to innovation and positive development within the practice.
• A clinician who brings energy, good communication, and a patient-first mindset.

What We Offer

• Supportive clinical leadership.
• Opportunities for CPD and portfolio development.
• Relocation package available, dependent on eligibility.
• A stable, well-organised practice with a strong administrative and nursing team.
• Protected time for clinical meetings and learning.
• Cycle to work scheme.

Main duties of the job

As a salaried GP, you will manage 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. The post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.

As a GP, you will recognise the importance of great communication within the team and will strive to:

• Communicate effectively with patients and carers.
• Communicate effectively with other team members.
• Recognise people’s needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.

About us

North Cumbria Primary Care (NCPC) is an innovative not-for-profit social enterprise covering over 100,000 patients in one of the most beautiful areas of the country. We reinvest surpluses locally to improve quality, support our staff and to reduce inequalities.

Our Team

You’ll be joining a skilled, multidisciplinary group including:

• Salaried GPs
• Advanced Nurse Practitioners (ANPs)
• Practice Nurses
• Clinical Pharmacists

Job Responsibilities

In accordance with the agreed job plan, the salaried GP will make themselves available to undertake a variety of duties including:

• Surgery consultations, telephone consultations, telephone triage, visiting patients, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, processing clinical documentation, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion.
• Participate in the duty doctor rota.
• Make professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation.
• Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness.
• Cover all the clinical management of the patients in surgery as appropriate including initiating investigations, reviewing results, making referrals to secondary care or to other providers as appropriate.
• Developing care and treatment plans in consultation with patients and in line with current Practice disease management protocols as well as wider guidance such as that from NICE.
• Ensuring appropriate follow up of patients.
• Recording clear and contemporaneous computerised consultation notes to agreed standards.
• Prescribing generically whenever appropriately and in accordance with the ICB and Practice prescribing formulary, NICE guidance and Good Prescribing Practice.
• Comply with all the objectives of the QOF targets, ICB initiatives, nationally or locally commissioned enhanced services.
• Completion of reports for solicitors, insurance companies and other third parties.
• Working with and supporting other members of the primary health care team in delivering high quality primary care.
• Take an active role in delivering clinical governance.
• Promote preventative health care and advice where appropriate.
• Lead on training, supervising and supporting learners (e.g. Medical students).

Other responsibilities within the Practice

• Work in accordance with NCPC agreed clinical procedures and protocols.
• Commitment and contribution to achievement of the highest possible quality standards in clinical care.
• A commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice.
• Contribute to evaluation, audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation.
• Attend training and events organised by the practice or other agencies, where appropriate.
• Participate in practice clinical meetings.
• Provide information when reasonably requested to ensure that all personnel and other records are accurate.
• Participate in the GP revalidation and appraisal scheme.
• Maintain portfolio of continuing professional development activities, attending training as required.

Person Specification

• Qualifications: MRCGP.
• 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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Salary: £89,114.50 to £117,392.60 a year, starting salary dependent on experience.