Churchmere Medical Group
GP - Maternity Cover
The closing date is 20 December 2026

Job summary
Why we are recruiting. We are looking for a GP to join us on a fixed-term contract, covering a colleague's maternity leave for 68 sessions. This is ideal if you'd like to get to know us before committing longer term. For the right person, there may be the opportunity of a permanent post with us in the future.

How we've built the GP role. Our nurse-led team handles much of the acute same-day demand. Our paramedic team do the bulk of home visits. We've also worked hard to strip hidden admin out of the GP day.

What we offer:

• Competitive salary, dependent on experience, on BMA model contract terms, plus the NHS Pension.
• 6 weeks annual leave and 1 weeks study leave (pro rata).
• 15-minute appointments.
• A fair, shared duty rota.
• Daily clinical coffee at 11am where questions get asked, cases get shared, and nobody is left alone with a difficult decision.
• Extended access and out-of-hours extra work opportunities (not essential) for additional income.
• GP buddy scheme: one-to-one mentoring and support from one of our GP partners.

Main duties of the job
You'll provide face-to-face and remote consultations, with the support of a nurse-led acute team and a paramedic home-visiting service. You'll manage results and correspondence for patients within a streamlined workflow, and you'll be encouraged to develop a clinical or portfolio interest with practice support.

About us
Churchmere Medical Group serves approximately 21,300 patients from a new purpose-built surgery in Whitchurch and a second site in Ellesmere, on the Shropshire-Wales border.
We're an established training practice with a long-standing reputation for GP education. There are teaching opportunities for GPs who want them.

Our multidisciplinary team includes nurse practitioners, practice nurses, paramedics, clinical pharmacists, first contact physiotherapists, mental health practitioners, occupational therapists, dietitians and care coordinators. They aren't just a list of job titles. They're how we've designed a GP role that is sustainable and rewarding.

We're part of North Shropshire PCN, which covers six practices and around 80,000 patients. Through the PCN there are opportunities in care homes, cancer, education and leadership for GPs with portfolio ambitions.
We're within easy reach of Chester, Wrexham, Shrewsbury, Nantwich and Oswestry.

Details
Date posted: 12 November 2026
Pay scheme: Other
Salary: Depending on experience
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 12 months
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: A0901-26-0020

Job responsibilities

• GP consultations, face-to-face and remote.
• Home visits, although most visits are covered by our paramedic team.
• Results, correspondence and clinical administration, supported by our workflow processes.
• Clinical supervision and support for our nursing and paramedic colleagues where appropriate.
• Clinical meetings, daily clinical coffee, peer support and shared learning.
• Supporting GP trainees and medical students, if you'd like to.
• Contributing to practice and PCN developments in line with your interests.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• GMC registration with a licence to practise.
• Inclusion on the NHS England Performers List.
• MRCGP with UK general practice experience.

Desirable

• More than 2 years post-CCT experience as a GP in the NHS.
• A special clinical interest (e.g. minor surgery, contraception, frailty, education).
• An interest in service development or leadership.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see the NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: Churchmere Medical Group
Address: Trimpley Street, Ellesmere, Shropshire, SY12 9BQ, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.churchmere.co.uk/

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Managing Partner, Jenny Davies, jdavies12@nhs.net

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