Gp, Doctor​/Physician

About the Role

Wootton Vale Healthy Living Centre & Shortstown Surgery is a forward thinking and innovative practice looking to recruit a salaried GP for up to 8 sessions per week, to join our dynamic team. This is a p permanent position with flexible contract options.

We embrace new ways of working and welcome ideas to change the way our clinicians work to bring more variety into their days. We work closely with our local commissioners and enjoy taking part in pilot projects and we would support any applicants to take part in yanguua depending on their area of interest.

We pride ourselves on having good patient access figures and our two sites have very different patient demographics and levels of deprivation which leads to an interesting clinical challenge.

All applicants should have the following qualifications:

• Fully qualified GP with GMC registration
• Annual appraisal and revalidation (when appropriate)
• Be on the NHSE medical performers list
• We are also a Tier 2 Sponsoring practice and would support any applicants requiring a Tier 2 visa

We are fully committed to supporting our staff to develop in their careers and as such, we maintain a close partnership with the Bedfordshire, Luton, and Milton Keynes Training Hub. Our aim is to provide comprehensive training and development opportunitiesცა our staff, fostering their growth within the NHS Primary Care community. Through this collaboration, we offer a diverse range of accessible training and development options, including:

• Individualized coaching sessions
• Health and well-being benefits, including funded access to the Shiny Mind app, which offers daily support for well‑being and resilience
• We are a training practice which means that we will be able to support GP trainees in the future and would support applicants interested in GP education to become a GP trainer.
• Support from the Training Hub GP Workforce Leads
• Newly qualified GPs (within one year of CCT completion) will be supported to join the Training Hub’s comprehensive two‑year New to Practice Fellowship Programme, offering CPD activities, peer support networks, and deeper understanding of general practice and primary care

We also actively encourage portfolio working and would be more than happy to discuss any areas of special interest you may have.

We are active in IT and technical projects, and our managing partner is on the Digital Transformation course. We support gynae/women’s/sexual health including implant fitting and host the hospital outreach gynae service.

We welcome you to join our dynamic team and make a meaningful impact on the health and well‑being of our patients. If you would like more information or just an initial discussion, please don’t hesitate to contact Richie Short (Business Manager) at:

richard.short@nh  or on

Please note 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.