Job summary
Are you looking for an innovative forward-thinking practice and a friendly team? Join us in our aspiration for excellent care.

Location
Suburban practice in Maghull, Sefton.
Excellent access to M58/ M57/ Liverpool and Sefton Coast

Our Practice

• 10,200 patient GMS suburban practice
• HEE registered GP training practice with research links
• 89% GP patient survey satisfaction score 2025
• Very high QOF & Local Quality Contract achievement 2024/25
• CQC rated good across the board
• MDT including GP x8, ANP x1, Pharmacist x1, Practice nurse x3, and MSK practitioner on site
• Strong collaboration links within the ICB and South Sefton Primary Care network
• Regular clinical and management meetings
• EMIS operating system

Main duties of the job
Your role You will need to be:

• Be a fully qualified GP registered with the GMC (UK)
• Be a resilient and enthusiastic team player
• Value high quality patient care and clinical excellence
• Contribute to continuous improvement
• Align to our values of training, innovation, collaboration and kindness (TICK)

ROLE
4 sessions a week on a Wednesday and Thursday
BMA modelled contract with 6 weeks annual leave, CPD allocation, NHS pension

About us
We have an excellent Primary Health Care Team consisting of Doctors, Practice Nurses, Nurse Practitioner, Pharmacist, District Nurses, Midwives, Health Visitors.
This Primary Health Care Team is supported by an Administrative Team consisting of a Practice Manager, Deputy Manager, Medical Secretaries and Receptionists.
Our aim is to provide a complete Primary Health Care service

Job responsibilities

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

Person Specification
Experience
Essential

• Chronic disease management
• Primary prevention & screening services
• Clinical Governance
• Delivery of QoF targets
• Self audit and reflection
• Organised and efficient in record keeping and completion of paperwork
• Time management being able to prioritise work and work under pressure
• Computer literacy
• Ability to input to strategic and practice development requirements

Desirable

• Evidence of continued professional development
• Palliative care
• Adaptability to change
• EMIS Web
• Ability to challenge traditional models of working and to suggest improvements for change in a positive and inclusive manner

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.

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

We are an equal opportunities employer.