Heartbeat Primary Care CIC

Clinical Lead GP

The closing date is 10 November 2025

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our team for an enthusiastic experienced GP Clinical Lead to lead our highly motivated team at Harewood Medical Practice to help us to continue to deliver on the range of services required to meet our patients needs.

The Clinical Lead will be involved in the evolution of our care model as we transition into the new integrated care centre and continue to evolve primary care services. Joint military and NHS medical centre to open in Catterick.

The position is for 25 hours per week, Monday & Tuesday will be patient facing clinical work and Thursday will be focused on Clinical Lead management objectives.

You will be joining a clinical team of 4 Salaried GPs, 2 Nurse Practitioners, 2 Clinical Pharmacists, 3 Practice Nurses and 2 HCAs with a longstanding and high calibre administration team supporting.

Our practice is also supported by First Contact Practitioners for Physiotherapy and Mental Health.

To find out more please contact, Dr Christopher Markwick (Clinical Lead GP) christopher.markwick@nhs.net or Tracey Teasdale tracey.teasdale@nhs.net

First interviews to be held on the 17th November 2025 and second interviews to be held 24th November 2025.

Main duties of the job

Clinical Lead

Ensure safe, effective, and compliant clinical services at HMP.
Lead clinical decision-making, risk management, and quality improvement.
Support staff development, oversee governance, and prepare for CQC inspections.
Provide patient consultations, care plans, and prescriptions.
Contribute to audits, training, and compliance with professional standards.
Engage in lifelong learning and practice development.

About us

Our practice is run by Heartbeat Primary Care, a Community Interest Company which also supports 16 GP practices across Hambleton and Richmondshire.

We are a PMS practice with a list size of around 8,400 patients based in Catterick Garrison, North Yorkshire. Catterick is the British Army's largest Garrison in the world and is set to double in size by 2030 with the expectation that our registered list will also grow proportionately over the next 8 years.

A new integrated care centre is currently being built to meet the requirements of this projected population growth and is likely to form the blueprint for similar facilities in communities with a combined defence and civilian population. We have a history of innovative service development to meet the needs of our population, which consists mostly of the families of serving soldiers and second-generation army families who have settled in the area.

We are a well-established training practice, providing continued development opportunities to our staff and trainees while working as part of one united PCN which provides important benefits to the individual practices, the wider group and most importantly our patients.

We pride ourselves on the ability to ensure that all staff have a good work/life balance which is evident in our stable workforce and how the team work closely with each other on a daily basis.

Date posted

23 October 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

C0003-25-0012

Job locations

Harewood Medical Practice

42 Richmond Road

Catterick Garrison

DL9 3JD

Job description

Job responsibilities

1. Key Responsibilities Clinical Lead

With a particular focus on the Clinical aspects of services ensure the delivery of safe, clinically effective and efficient General Practice Services within Harewood Medical Practice (HMP).

Work in close, integral partnership with the Practice Manager and Deputy Clinical Lead to lead the performance and delivery of Harewood Medical Practice.

Build and maintain effective relationships with external healthcare providers, local authorities, and other stakeholders.

In partnership with the Deputy Clinical Lead lead on clinical decision making within the practice.

Alongside the PracticeManager and Deputy Clinical Lead, provide assurance to the Executive Director and wider board regularly to report on the performance, wellbeing and service delivery on behalf of HMP.

Encourage and lead a culture of innovation and continuous improvement within the practice.

Provide clinical leadership and oversight to the wider HMP team.

Support professional development for clinical staff members.

Implement and monitor quality assurance programs to maintain and improve clinical standards.

Ensure compliance with all relevant governance frameworks and policies including CQC.

Identify and manage clinical risks, implementing strategies to mitigate potential issues and alerting others within the organisation where necessary in a timely manner.

Write and review necessary clinical policies.

Input into the design of service delivery to ensure services are both safe and sustainable including seasonal or one off/pilot services.

Oversee clinical input into the complaints/learning/significant events processes.

Be available and supportive to other members of the HMP team regarding clinical support and advice.

Regularly review HMP readiness for a CQC inspection from a clinical perspective, overseeing improvements to achieve Good or better CQC assessment.

2. Key Responsibilities Salaried GP

In accordance with the Practice workplan, as agreed, the post holder will make themselves available to undertake a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, issuing and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, clinical admin and correspondence in a timely fashion.

Makes professionally autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred internally within the Practice.

Receives patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems and makes assessment of their health care needs.

Screens patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness.

Develops care plans for health in consultation with patients and in line with current Practice disease management protocols.

Provides counselling and health education.

Prescribes in accordance with the ICB prescribing formulary whenever this is clinically appropriate.

Admits or discharges patients to and from caseload and refers them to other care providers internally or externally as appropriate.

Supports the trainers in teaching in the Practice and gives clinical supervision to training doctors.

Complies with relevant Practice policy/guidelines, e.g. safeguarding, confidentiality issues etc.

Is committed to lifelong learning, audit and effectiveness issues to ensure evidence based best practice.

Consults with patients in the surgery and at home visits as agreed internally between all partners.

Be available for on-call duties to answer patients telephone queries or carry out emergency home visits, or surgery consultations as appropriate.

Contributes to the evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting with colleagues.

Records clear and contemporaneous I.T. based consultation notes to agreed standards.

Collects data for audit purposes.

Compiles and issues computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible).

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

Contributes to the strategic management and development of the Practice e.g., in developing and contributing to Practice policies and guidelines.

Attendance at training, Practice Meetings and events organised by the practice or other agencies, where appropriate.

Meets all tight timescales/deadlines for audits and written returns to ensure that the Practice meets quality standards and receives the designated funding (e.g., Enhanced Services returns, QOF, IIF audit etc.)

Ensuring full accreditation which will include full and unrestricted registration with the GMC, membership of an appropriate defence body, performers list and delivery of annual evidence for appraisal or accreditation purposes in keeping with National requirements at any time.

A commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice.

3. General Duties & Requirements

Carry out administrative and leadership work across the working week.

Ensure there is regular audit to support both high quality clinical practice and financial management.

Work with the PracticeManager to input into financial decision making/oversight with a view to maximising practice profitability.

Attend or delegate attendance at external stakeholder meetings.

In partnership with the PracticeManager and Deputy Clinical Lead , maintain a risk register and ensure this is updated on a regular basis.