Contract Salaried GP
The closing date is 31 August 2026

Job summary
We are actively recruiting for a fixed term salaried doctor for two to three sessions per week.

We are a proud training practice, with a strong ethos of training, teaching and developing staff including medical students, F2 and ST2 and ST3 placements and would encourage anyone with training ambitions to apply. The practice has a history of our salaried doctors working in a training and educational capacities.

You will join our existing clinical team comprising six GP Partners, five associate doctors and an Advanced Nurse Practitioner as well as our dedicated nursing team comprising a Nurse Practitioner, three practice nurses, two HCAs and two Phlebotomists providing high quality care for our patients in Totton.

The practice has 14 100 patients, 12 consulting rooms, 5 treatment rooms and a fully equipped minor surgery suite. We also have an on-site pharmacy, physiotherapist and host psychological therapy clinics and speech and language rehabilitation clinics.

Main duties of the job
The post-holder will undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion. The post holder will also:

• Make professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems
• Assess the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems
• Screen patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness
• Contribute to the attainment of all quality indicators (QoF)
• Complete insurance and other medical reports
• Contribute toward the enhanced access rota (one session per month)

About us
You will be joining a friendly and supportive partnership providing innovative services and high quality, patient focused care. The practice has always been at the forefront of NHS developments and have a strong practice management team.

The practice achieves high QOF scores and has also scored very highly in regard to patient feedback, including our Friends and Family and GP Patient Survey results in recent years.

We are located on the edge of the New Forest and in close proximity to the coast and the City of Southampton. There are excellent transport links to surrounding areas and easy access to airports, train stations and motorways with existing staff commuting from Winchester, Salisbury and Bournemouth.

There is a good choice of local primary and secondary schools nearby for any applicants with school aged children.

We can tailor a flexible role to meet your requirements and if you wish to have a portfolio career, we will be able to help facilitate this.

We work closely with our primary care colleagues in Totton as part of the Totton Primary Care Network and have jointly developed a Primary Care Mental Health Team, a paramedic Home Visiting Service and have a strong Primary Care Pharmacy Team.

Job responsibilities
The post-holder will make him/her-self available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion. In addition, the post holder will be expected to:

• Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation
• Assessing the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems
• Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness
• In consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols, developing care plans for health
• Providing counselling and health education
• Admitting or discharging patients to and from the caseload and referring to other care providers as appropriate
• Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards
• Collecting data for audit purposes
• Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible)
• Prescribing in accordance with the practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate
• Contributing to the attainment of all quality indicators (QoF) and any local or national initiative that the practice takes part in
• Completing insurance and other medical reports as required
• In general the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal clinical duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.

Other Responsibilities within the Organisation:

• Contribution toward the enhanced access rota which will require scheduling of a session per month toward the enhanced access requirement. Clinics will be scheduled for late starts on these days
• Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines, eg prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety
• A commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice
• Contributing to evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation
• Contributing to the development of computer-based patient records
• Contributing to the summarising of patient records and Read-Coding patient data
• Attending training and events organised by the practice or other agencies, where appropriate.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Chronic Disease Management
• Primary Prevention and screening services
• Clinical Governance
• Delivery of QoF targets
• Self-audit and reflection
• Organised and efficient in record keeping and completion of paperwork
• Time management skills being able to prioritise work and work under pressure
• Computer literacy
• Excellent people skills and empathy

Desirable

• Experience of working in a GP Surgery
• EMIS Web clinical system

Qualifications

Essential

• Fully qualified GP with GMC registration
• Annual appraisal and evidence of revalidation
• General Practice (Vocational Training Scheme) trained
• Current Medical Performer
• UK Work permit holder

Desirable

• MRCGP
• Minor Surgery qualification
• FSRH
• DCH

Aptitude and Abilities

Essential

• Willingness to share and collaborate across entire primary care health team
• Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with multi-disciplinary teams
• Ability to work flexibly and participate in the enhanced access rota
• Ability to recognise own limitations and act upon them appropriately
• Willingness to new learn skills and to problem solve on a daily basis
• Willingness to impart knowledge and experience with colleagues
• An understanding, acceptance and adherence to the need for strict confidentiality
• Adherence to safeguarding principles

Desirable

• Desire to develop specialist skills

Other

Essential

• Good level of spoken and written English
• Contribution toward enhanced access services (one session per month)

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.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name: Testvale Surgery
Address: 12 Salisbury Road, Totton, Southampton, Hampshire, SO40 3PY, United Kingdom
Employer's website: http://www.testvalesurgery.com/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Practice Manager: Renee Persone
Email: renee.persone@nhs.net
Phone: 02389662500

Additional information
Date posted: 28 July 2026
Pay scheme: Other
Salary: Depending on experience
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 6 months
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: A1986-26-0004
Job locations: 12 Salisbury Road, Totton, Southampton, Hampshire, SO40 3PY, United Kingdom