Salaried GP - Soham - Mereside Medical

Description

Salaried GP

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Based: StaploeMedicalCentre, Soham

Basis: 4-8 sessions per week

Salary: £11.7k – £14.2k per session DOE

Eligibility: You must be eligible to work in the UK

About Us

Mereside Medical is a flourishing group of three East Cambridgeshire practices in Ely, Haddenham and Soham, together serving c.45,000 patients. As a group, we've grown rapidly and now employ more than 170 people across the three practices. We are people‑centred in our approach to work and believe that every contact that a patient has with our staff is as valuable as the next in the patient journey. We believe in clinical excellence, and that general practice is the cornerstone of well‑being in our community. We are innovative and forward‑looking, and we embrace technology to enable more effective, efficient, and connected ways of working to deliver ever better outcomes for our patients.

Our goal is to deliver on the ambitions laid out in the NHS10 year Health Plan for England in a way that is locally relevant, valued by patients, and satisfying for our staff. In addition to our core general practice work we run a large clinical research trials unit and we work closely with the ICB to develop innovative ways to improve local service provision. We are the lead practice for one of the two local PCNs and are represented in both.

We are proud to be the host organisation for the NIHR Greater Cambridge & Suffolk Commercial Research Delivery Centre (Primary Care), one of only 14 in England. This prestigious designation recognises our commitment to accelerating commercial clinical research delivery for health and economic benefit across our region.

General Practice at Mereside

Our approach is innovative and forward‑looking, and dedicated to excellent clinical outcomes. We want you to be able to do the best work of your career, confident in your care and proud of the outcomes you achieve for your patients. We work hard to ensure that our GPs are motivated and engaged in contributing to a supportive culture of mutual learning. Mereside practices are well‑regarded for GP, student and nurse training. We enjoy weekly clinical meetings, quarterly half‑day closures, and daily coffee meetings for clinical discussions and case sharing.

We are purposeful in our efforts to manage GP workload and ensure sustainability, having developed a diverse and large team of support staff over recent years. Admin teams process letters, enact medication changes, and undertake medication reviews. We have clinical support from a large nursing team and Advanced Practitioner team. The duty team consists of a duty GP supported by Advanced Practitioners and nurses working together in the same room, creating a collaborative, supportive environment in which to manage the on‑the‑day workload together.

We embrace technology to enable more effective and efficient ways of working. All practices use SystmOne and AskmyGP for managing patient queries, meaning our waiting time for appointments is minimal and our accessibility rating is excellent. We use MS Teams to enable regular video meetings across sites and facilitate more rapid collaborative working.

The Role

Working in accordance with the BMA model contract including a structured Job Plan, you will undertake surgery and telephone consultations and queries, check and issue prescriptions, and deal with patient‑related paperwork, reports and correspondence in a timely fashion. You will be part of a multidisciplinary team to ensure our patients are cared for in the most appropriate way.

Your Responsibilities

• Make professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self‑referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation
  
• Assess the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems
  
• Screen patients for disease factors and early signs of illness; develop appropriate care plans
  
• Record clear and contemporaneous notes in accordance with practice policy
  
• Collect data for audit purposes and comply with QOF (Quality and Outcomes Framework) requirements
  
• Issue electronic prescriptions in accordance with Practice prescribing formulary
  
• Act as Duty Doctor and/or Triage/Allocator on a rota basis pro rata to your contracted weekly hours
  

You should have or be:

• An appropriate medical degree; medical school foundation training and successful attainment of membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners (MRCGP); GP speciality training and progressing towards or successful attainment of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT)
  
• Registration with the UK General Medical Council (GMC) and inclusion on the NHS Performers List for England
  
• We are a licensed sponsor and are happy to entertain applications from candidates who require sponsorship as a Skilled Worker (Tier 2) as long as you meet the conditions in the previous bullet point
  

It would be an advantage if you also:

• Are someone who believes in our vision for high quality, locally relevant primary care, at scale, and who wants to actively engage in our delivery of that vision
  
• Whatever stage you're at in your career, you will have a passion for medicine, for learning, and for finding solutions or new ways of working
  
• Are excited by the prospect of embracing new technologies and keen to transform the way we deliver care
  
• Are the kind of GP who thrives in a collaborative team, are confident to seek support when you need it and supporting of your peers when they do. You will seek learning from challenge, and humour from life.
  

This is not meant to be an exhaustive list of duties. The need for flexibility is required and the post holder is expected to carry out any other related duties that are within the employee's skills and abilities whenever reasonably instructed.

What we offer

We offer mentoring and support on‑going career progression via our GP career progression framework which is designed to accommodate different levels of experience and lifestyle choices. Under the framework, who will be allocated dedicated Mentor, who will be a senior clinician responsible for assisting you to further your longer‑term career aspirations. The framework also provides a structured career path for those who wish to progress further within general practice.

Under the framework we are looking to employ salaried GPs to fill these sessions at either:

• GP‑1 – 13 clinical contacts, £11.7k per session; or
  
• GP‑2 – 15 clinical contacts, £13.0k per session; or
  
• GP‑3 – 17 clinical contacts, £14.2k per session
  
• Patient list sizes are relative to level.
  

We also understand how important it is to offer genuinely flexible working, and are always open to a conversation about what working arrangements would suit your personal circumstances. If you're the right fit for us, then we'll do our best to be the right fit for you.

In summary we offer the following benefits:

• Competitive salary (see above)
  
• Mentorship from a Partner or Lead GP
  
• Medical Defence Organisation fees paid
  
• Six weeks holiday plus bank holidays and one week study leave (pro‑rated)
  
• Flexible working arrangements to balance your commitments in and outside of work
  
• Tier 2 Visa sponsor
  
• GP career progression framework. xpwpeyx
  

If you are interested in this role please send a CV and covering letter to

For informal enquiries please contact:

• Dr James Howard ( )
  
• Dr Antoinette Hadida Savvas ( )
  

Closing date: 31 May 2026. Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy early.