PCN GP; ARRS

Go back Healthier West Wirral Primary Care Network

The closing date is 19 March 2026

Healthier West Wirral PCN is seeking a dedicated, experienced GP to join our team, working 5 sessions per week split between:

Acute Visiting Service (AVS) – providing home visits.

PCN GP Hub – delivering same-day appointments for patients from all five member practices, booked into cross-organisational slots.

This is an exciting opportunity to work in a centralised hub model while supporting innovative primary care delivery and improving patient access across the network.

Deliver home visits and acute care via the AVS to housebound and care home patients.

Provide same-day appointments from the PCN GP Hub for patients across all five practices.

Assess, diagnose, and manage a wide range of acute and urgent conditions.

Work closely with the multidisciplinary PCN team, including Nurses, Physician Associates, ACPs, Pharmacists, and Paramedics.

Contribute to improving access to care, reducing waiting times, and supporting clinical capacity across the network.

Maintain accurate patient records and adhere to PCN clinical governance standards.

Participate in team meetings, learning, and service improvement initiatives.

Apply clinical judgment to determine the scope of patients seen within the AVS and Hub framework.

Healthier West Wirral PCN supports a population of over 70,000 patients across 5 different practices including Marine Lake Medical Practice, Myrtle Group Practice, Upton Group Practice, West Wirral Group Practice and Greasby Group Practice.

We are an ambitious and forward thinking organisation that has already had much success building a large PCN team including Physician Associates, ACPs, Phamacists, Pharmacy Tech, Nurses, Care Coordinators and Paramedics.

Key Benefits of joining our team

Competitive salary of £10,500 per session.

Flexible working across a supportive and innovative PCN environment.

The chance to work across multiple practices, developing a broad understanding of primary care delivery in the PCN.

Work within a multidisciplinary team, gaining exposure to innovative primary care models such as our Acute Visiting Service.

Acute Visiting Service (AVS)

Undertake home visits for patients in need of medical attention, including those who are housebound or unable to attend surgery who have been referred by GPs.

Provide comprehensive and timely care to patients, ensuring appropriate diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up.

Work closely with practice staff, community health teams, and the wider PCN to ensure continuity of care for patients across services.

Ensure accurate and timely documentation of visits, clinical assessments, and treatment plans.

Ensure there is appropriate feedback to referring GP/clinician as required.

Triage and treat patients wishing to see a health care professional, making any necessary referrals to other members of the primary health care team.

Manage patients with problems needing referral to secondary care.

Ensure Service is safe and effective and remains within boundaries of competence, and to acknowledge limitations.

Advise patients on general healthcare and minor ailments, with referral to other members of the primary and secondary health care team as necessary.

Work from the hub and within communities as an autonomous practitioner caring for patients and families.

Ensure that personal and professional clinical standards are maintained.

To communicate at all levels within the team ensuring an effective service is delivered.

To maintain accurate, contemporaneous healthcare records appropriate to the consultation.

Ensure evidence-based care is delivered at the highest standards ensuring delivery of high quality patient care.

Works with local policies and procedures.

To achieve and demonstrate agreed standards of personal and professional development in order to meet the needs of the service.

To participate in the audit process, evaluation and implementing plans and practice change in order to meet patient need.

Contribute positively to the effectiveness and efficiency of the team and work colleagues.

Reports to clinical director.

The PCN GP Hub provides centralised, same-day appointments for patients from all five member practices. The post holder will deliver high-quality general practice care across the network from the PCN Hub at West Wirral.

Duties include:

Patient consultations:
Face-to-face consultations for acute same day problems.

Prescription management:
Reviewing, checking, and signing repeat prescriptions for patients from across the PCN.

Administrative duties:
Responding to queries, reviewing test results, managing referral letters (NHS and private), tasks, emails, and other correspondence promptly and efficiently.

Long-term condition management:
Supporting the management of chronic conditions and delivering preventative care in line with PCN protocols.

Clinical management:
Initiating investigations, reviewing results, and making referrals to…