GP; Sessions

Position: Salaried GP (4 - 8 Sessions per week)
Much Wenlock and Cressage Medical Practice - Salaried GP (4 8 Sessions per week) The closing date is 28 March 2026.

Much Wenlock and Cressage Medical Practice, a semi rural practice based in Shropshire, are looking to recruit an enthusiastic, caring and highly motivated salaried GP to join our team.

We are a friendly, supportive and progressive practice, with a diverse team consisting of 4 partners and 3 salaried GP's working alongside nurses, HCA's, dispensers and an administration team dedicated to giving the best possible holistic care to our local community.

We are a member practice of Our Health Partnership, the largest super-partnership in the UK and a member practice of the South East Primary Care Network.

We have a diverse patient population of 8,000 and are based over 2 sites, one of which is dispensing.

We are a training and research practice with strong links to Keele Medical School; trainees include medical students, GP registrars and FYs.

Our partners have special interests in Minor surgery, Medical Education and MSK and are involved as board members of Our Health Partnership, GP Board, LMC and also Clinical Director for the South East PCN.

Our clinical system is EMIS Web. We are high QOF achievers with a CQC Rating of Good.

We provide care to local residential and nursing homes and also provide a weekly GP clinic to a boarding college for international students.

Main duties of the job Information about the Role:

JOB DESCRIPTION

Reporting to:
Partners (clinically)

Job Summary:

The post-holder will manage a caseload and deal with a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting, ensuring the highest standards of care for all registered and temporary patients.

Clinical Responsibilities:

• surgery consultations
• telephone consultations and queries
• triage calls
• triage visits
• home visits
• checking and signing of repeat prescriptions
• dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion
• Respond to medical problems presented by temporary residents as required.
• Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organization.
• 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.
• To assist in the establishment of appropriate systems to manage common chronic medical conditions.
• Completion of clinically related administrative and non clinical duties needed for the delivery of the service.
• Providing counselling and health education.
• Refer patients for further opinions and interventions according to Practice protocols
• Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards.
• Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions.
• Prescribing in accordance with the Practice prescribing formulary whenever this is clinically appropriate.
• Participate in training plans of medical students/training doctors as required.

In general the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.

Maintaining, monitoring and updating computer database and management of medical records and practice audits

• Ensure that practice clinical database is updated promptly and accurately with information relating to patient records, as required for clinical accuracy and for practice recording requirements under QOF and Enhanced Services.
• Appropriate use of read codes.
• Participating in the collection and collation of statistics towards the preparation of practice reports, performance monitoring and audits
• Participating in the auditing of practice activity

Practice Organisation

• Process and action incoming patient and hospital correspondence
• Attendance at in-house meetings, significant event audit meetings and others as deemed necessary
• Ensure that the practice complaints system is adhered to at all times
• Awareness and compliance with all relevant guidelines e.g. data protection, confidentiality…