Rochdale Health Alliance

Salaried GP - Bolton Family Practice

The closing date is 20 October 2025

Job summary

Will consider Job Share, State preferred number of sessions on application/covering letter

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.

Main duties of the job

Responsibilities will reflect requirements of the NHS GP Contracts, and as such may be subject to change as services adapt.

About us

Rochdale Health Alliance (RHA) was established in 2016, by GP practices from across the Rochdale Borough, to streamline the way in which services are delivered and to contribute to the development of the wider health and social care provision across the Borough.

Our Vision:

To work collaboratively with members, partners, and stakeholders to improve care and health outcomes for patients

To sustain the future of local Primary Care Practices

To be representative and supportive of all practices and lead the design and delivery of new ways of working by ensuring local GP services are at the heart of neighbourhoods with the aim of outcomes for the patients of the borough, improving services, access to services.

We represent practices across Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale and have a dedicated team on hand to support practices needs.

RHA supports 6 Primary Care Networks with back-office support such as finance, recruitment, contracts, employments of ARRS staff, training and development. We deliver the enhanced access service for 5 PCNs as well as being commissioned by the ICB to deliver the winter pressures hubs, extended primary care hubs and a Sunday and bank holiday service for GP appointments. We have a Primary Care Academy which focusses on training, education, workforce development and research across the entire primary care workforce in HMR

Date posted

13 October 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience £11,000 per session

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

1 years

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

B0363-25-0039

Job locations

Lever Chambers Centre For Health

27 Ashburner Street

Bolton

BL11SQ

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical 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 face to face, telephone and online 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.

Completion of medical reports (including NHS and private services as required) Other responsibilities within the organisation:

Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines, e.g. 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.