Salaried GPGP Practice
Job summary
We are seeking an enthusiastic and compassionate General Practitioner to provide healthcare services within our School Health Centre. This is an excellent opportunity for a GP who enjoys working with children and young people in a supportive educational environment, delivering patient-centred care and promoting health and wellbeing
The School Health Centre operates during term time (approximately 33 weeks per year). The role offers 12 hours per week across three morning clinics (Monday, Wednesday and Friday), starting at 8:30am.
There is also the option to work additional sessions at Oundle Medical Practice during school holidays, providing flexibility, variety in clinical practice, and the opportunity to remain clinically active throughout the year.
The successful candidate will:
Be fully qualified/registered with the General Medical Council
Included on the NHS Performers List
Have excellent clinical assessment and decision-making skills
Be confident managing acute and long-term conditions
Provide compassionate, professional care to children, young people and their families
Possess strong communication and multidisciplinary working skills
Be committed to maintaining high standards of care and clinical governance
The ideal candidate will have previous experience working with boarding communities and knowledge of The Medical Officers of Schools Association.
Experience providing primary healthcare to children and young adults is essential.
Main duties of the job
As the School GP, you will be responsible for delivering a comprehensive clinical service to registered pupils, including:
Assessing, diagnosing and managing acute medical presentations.
Monitoring and managing chronic health conditions within the school population.
Assessing mental health presentations within your scope of practice and facilitating appropriate referrals and liaison with specialist services.
Requesting and interpreting clinically appropriate investigations, actioning results, and arranging any necessary follow-up care.
Managing all associated clinical administration, including prescribing, maintaining accurate clinical records, processing results, referrals, and correspondence.
Working closely with the School Nursing Team to ensure safe and effective communication, handover, and continuity of care.
Please note:
Salary: £90,000 WTE, pro rata, 12 hrs/week, term time only (33 weeks).
Option to work additional sessions at Oundle Medical Practice to remain clinically active
About us
Lakeside Healthcare is a large GP
partnership that provides NHS care for around 170,000 patients across
Cambridgeshire, Peterborough, Northamptonshire and Lincolnshire. We are made of
eight GP practices across 14 sites that are part of their local communities.
We work together as practices to
provide resilience, sharing learning and professional back-office support
services.
Our most important asset is our
people, who provide care for our patients and help run our surgeries smoothly.
We employ over 500 clinical and non-clinical staff, and we invest in training
and developing to ensure that we retain and attract good quality staff who want
to stay with us and be part of our team.
We are proud of what we do and
strive to demonstrate our values of Caring, Respect, Quality and Teamwork in
everything we do.
Oundle is a beautiful historic market town in Northamptonshire, adjacent
to Cambridgeshire, and boasts excellent local educational institutions,
including Church of England schools and a prominent private boarding and day
school.
Details
Date posted
13 October 2026
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
£90,000 a year
Working Time Equivalent
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
A3007-26-0113
Job locations
Oundle School
Church Street
Oundle
PE8 4EE
United Kingdom
Lakeside Healthcare
Glapthorn Road
Oundle
PETERBOROUGH
PE8 4JA
United Kingdom
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Salaried GP will work closely
with the school health centre staff to deliver medical services to boarding
school pupils.
The ideal candidate will have
worked with boarding communities in the past and be aware of The Medical
Officers of Schools Association. (MOSA). Professional experience providing
primary healthcare to children and young adults is essential.
For a full job description please see document attached
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
Previous experience working in school boarding community essential, awareness and engagement with MOSA (Medical Officers of School Association)
Qualifications
Essential
Be fully qualified and registered with the General Medical Council
Hold a licence to practise and be included on the NHS Performers List.
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.
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
Lakeside Healthcare Group
Address
Oundle School
Church Street
Oundle
PE8 4EE
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.lakesidehealthcaregroup.co.uk (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Lakeside Healthcare Group
Address
Oundle School
Church Street
Oundle
PE8 4EE
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.lakesidehealthcaregroup.co.uk (Opens in a new tab)
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