Primary Care Careers

Salaried GP

The closing date is 28 August 2025

Job summary

Are you a committed and enthusiastic GP looking for a supportive, dynamic, and forward thinking team?

Two Rivers Medical Centre, a large, high-performing practice based in Ipswich, Suffolk, are seeking a salaried GP to join our friendly and diverse clinical team. This is a replacement post offering 4-6 sessions per week, with flexibility to working days.

Working as part of our multidisciplinary team, you will have the opportunity to support and care for a diverse patient group.

Main duties of the job

  • Undertaking a variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork, reports and correspondence in a timely fashion.
  • Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting medical problems, whether self-referred or referred from other healthcare workers within the organisation.
  • Assessing the healthcare needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems.
  • Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness.
  • Developing care plans for health inconsultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols.
  • Providing health education.
  • Recording clear consultation notes to agreed standards.
  • Collecting data for audit purposes and complying with QOF requirements.
  • Delivering enhanced services.
  • Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions.
  • All general duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.

About us

We are a single-site purpose built practice delivering high-quality primary care services to over 29,000 patients. Our patient population is diverse and predominantly working-age, offering an engaging chronic disease and screening workload.

We operate with:

  • 4 GP partners
  • A large nursing, paramedic, and medicine management team
  • 40+ non clinical staff
  • SystmOne clinical system
  • Excellent QoF results
  • Accurx triage
Why join us?
  • NHS pension scheme
  • Private healthcare
  • Competitive salary
  • Sponsorship for visa
  • 6 weeks annual leave and 1 week study leave (pro rata)
  • Eye-care vouchers
  • Daily team breaks and regular consultant-led education sessions
  • Low home visit and admin workload
  • Supportive of newly qualified GP's with mentorship and career development
  • Flexible working patterns to support work-life balance.

Details

Date posted

30 July 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience competitive

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

28824

Job locations

30 Woodbridge Rd East

Ipswich

Suffolk

IP4 5PB


Job description

Job responsibilities

If you would like to find out more information about this role, please see the attached job specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

If you would like to find out more information about this role, please see the attached job specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Fully qualified GP with GMC registration
  • Annual appraisal and revalidation (when appropriate)
  • Be on the NHSE medical performers list

Experience

Essential

  • Good understanding and experience of chronic disease management, and primary prevention and screening services.
  • Ability to take responsibility for your own career development, learning and performance and are responsible for ensuring that all your mandatory training is in date.
  • Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies and guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety.
  • Commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice.
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills in a confidential manner.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Fully qualified GP with GMC registration
  • Annual appraisal and revalidation (when appropriate)
  • Be on the NHSE medical performers list

Experience

Essential

  • Good understanding and experience of chronic disease management, and primary prevention and screening services.
  • Ability to take responsibility for your own career development, learning and performance and are responsible for ensuring that all your mandatory training is in date.
  • Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies and guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety.
  • Commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice.
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills in a confidential manner.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Primary Care Careers

Address

30 Woodbridge Rd East

Ipswich

Suffolk

IP4 5PB


Employer's website

https://www.eoeprimarycarecareers.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Primary Care Careers

Address

30 Woodbridge Rd East

Ipswich

Suffolk

IP4 5PB


Employer's website

https://www.eoeprimarycarecareers.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Recruitment Team

Two Rivers Medical Centre

enquiries@eoeprimarycarecareers.nhs.uk

01206918760

Details

Date posted

30 July 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience competitive

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

28824

Job locations

30 Woodbridge Rd East

Ipswich

Suffolk

IP4 5PB


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