Long Term Locum GPGP Practice

Job summary

What do you get?

Rate - £300 per session (inclusive of any pension)

Locum role

What do we need?

We are looking for an engaged, positive, friendly, hard-working and resilient individual to join our team at Cheadle Medical Practice, as a long term locum.

It is a requirement for the role that you are available to locum on Mondays,Tuesdays and Wednesdays, for six sessions per week in total. If you are able to locum on Saturdays also, this is desirable but not essential.

As it is a locum role, you will not be an employee of the practice. As such, there is some flexibility available over shifts. However, we are looking for candidates who can commit to the above days the vast majority of the time.

We're working in an area with a very busy day-to-day operation, so we need someone flexible and resilient. We operate a system of triage designed to protect GPs from unnecessary workload.

The post is for three days per week. Currently we allocate one On Call doctor per day, so you would be expected to be part of this rota.

In our PCN, we have access to a Pharmacy Hub, First Contact Physio, Social Prescriber, Care Coordinator and Visiting Service, as well as Workflow Optimiser and Medical Reports Lead to help reduce GP workload.

How to Apply

Please apply using the portal. The deadline is Sunday 18th October 2026 at 11:59pm.

Main duties of the job

A Typical Day

15 appointments in the morning session, 15 appointments in the afternoon session (10 minute appts).

Requirement to undertake home visits as needed - where a home visit is required, you will have three appointment slots blocked out (i.e. you would do 15 in the AM, 12 in the PM and a visit).

We have an allocated 'on call GP' each day, and two paramedics who do the majority of the home visits. This means when you are doing normal sessions, any additional visits are built into the afternoon, rather than being 'extras'. You will be expected to be part of the On Call rota, but won't usually be prioritised as 'first choice' On Call GP.

On Call doctor each day required to stay until 6:30pm. Any GPs working a normal day leave when the work is finished, which can be earlier.

An allocation of up to 5 Docman, 10 lab results and 15 scripts per session.

About us

Cheadle Medical Practice sits in a desirable area close to junction 2 of the M60. Our PCN has delivered one of the best performing vaccination programmes in the region, and we have very high rates of QOF achievement.

We have around 11,950 patients on our list, so we are a busy practice. Our partners and management team are highly focused on using technology to allow colleagues across the building to work smarter, and this is an ongoing journey for us.

We are a training practice so have experience in helping to guide newer members of the profession through the early stages we also have a number of highly experienced colleagues so the role would be suitable for someone at any stage in their qualified GP career.

We are not utilising agencies for this or any other vacancy and we do not give permission for our contact details to be used for marketing purposes as per GDPR.

Details

Date posted

06 October 2026

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£300 a session

inclusive of any applicable pension

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

A2023-26-0005

Job locations

1-5 Ashfield Crescent

Cheadle

Cheshire

SK8 1BH

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

This is a locum role and as such, there will be no employment relationship between the successful applicant and the practice. The below is intended as an indication of the kind of things we are looking for.

Provide medical services for the practice population to a high standard, including day-to-day activities such as surgery consultations, telephone advice, telephone consultations and home visits and appropriate administration to ensure accurate records, patient continuity and quality of care.

Comply with the requirements of the practices General Medical Services/Personal Medical Services (GMS/PMS/APMS) contract, Enhanced Services contracts, educational/training delivery contracts and private contracts.

Adhere to the principles of good medical practice.

Provide high quality medical services to patients registered with the practice.

Provide a full range of services in line with the requirements of the GMS/PMS/APMS) Contract and Enhanced Services Contracts.

Refer patients as appropriate and in accordance with local procedures.

Undertake duties such as prescription signing, prescribing reviews, telephone advice, duty doctor, in accordance with the rota

Undertake clinics, post-natal checks, child developmental checks as agreed or required.

Manage long-term conditions in accordance with practice and national clinical guidelines.

Prescribe generically and in accordance with the practice formulary.

Provide appropriate health promotion advice to all patients

Ensure good clinical governance is part of patient care and other practice activities.

Adhere to practice guidelines, policies and procedures

Practice evidence-based medicine.

Take ongoing responsibility for patients with difficult and complex problems including consistent follow-through.

Participate in audit and quality improvement processes.

Maintain clinical records (manual/electronic) in line with good practice and in accordance with practice procedures including appropriate coding as agreed in the practice.

Maintain administrative records in relation to GMS/PMS/APMS) contract, enhanced services contracts and QOF including coding.

Work in line with agreed practice procedures and protocols

Attend on a regular basis in house clinical, administrative and educational meetings.

Contribute to the practices clinical governance and quality activities including clinical audit.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Qualified GP MRCGP General Practitioner CCT (Certificate of completion of training)

Full GMC registration Registration with National performers list Appropriate defence indemnity

Eligibility to perform in the UK independently

Experience

Essential

Experience of working in primary care

Experience of continued professional development

Experience of QOF

General understanding of GMS contract

Desirable

Experience of medicines management

Experience of CCG initiatives

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

Cheadle Medical Practice

Address

1-5 Ashfield Crescent

Cheadle

Cheshire

SK8 1BH

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.cheadlemedical.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Cheadle Medical Practice

Address

1-5 Ashfield Crescent

Cheadle

Cheshire

SK8 1BH

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.cheadlemedical.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)