Associate GPGP Practice

Job summary

Shore Medical is seeking an Associate GP to join our primary care team, providing high-quality medical care to our patients.

The post holder will provide a full range of GP services, including face-to-face and telephone consultations, home visits, care navigation, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment, prescribing and appropriate referral. They will manage a varied caseload, including patients with undifferentiated and complex health needs, while supporting health promotion, screening and disease management.

We are looking for a GP who is committed to delivering safe, evidence-based and patient-centred care, working collaboratively with the wider practice team and contributing to clinical governance, audit, quality improvement and the ongoing development of primary care services.

Main duties of the job

Provide comprehensive GP services, including face-to-face and telephone consultations, home visits and care navigation.

Assess, diagnose and manage patients with a wide range of acute, chronic and undifferentiated health needs.

Prescribe safely, develop care plans and refer patients to appropriate services when required.

Provide senior clinical leadership, taking ownership of urgent operational issues and deputising for GP Partners when required.

Support, mentor and advise clinical and administrative staff, contribute to audit and quality improvement, and support the development of new models of care.

About us

Shore Medical is a GP Super Partnership with 6 practices across Poole and Bournemouth. We aspire to offer exceptional care to our 58,000 patients and are innovative in our approach to developing new teams and pathways to ever improve how general practice is delivered.

We have a friendly and supportive team of more than 200 staff, with over 40 GPs, Pharmacists, Paramedics, Nurses, Mental Health specialists and our range of administrative staff. We have a great social side to our team with Summer and Christmas parties, running and paddle boarding groups as well as many other events throughout the year.

The Practices in the Partnership are:

Lilliput Surgery

Poole Road Medical Centre

Wessex Road Surgery

Heatherview Medical Centre

Fernside Surgery

Parkstone Tower Practice

We offer

Competitive salary

Friendly and supportive working environment

Continuous CPD

NHS Pension Scheme with Life Insurance

Free parking at most of the sites

Cycle to work scheme

Refer a Friend scheme

Summer & Christmas parties

Details

Date posted

05 October 2026

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£13,589 a session

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

W0037-26-0033

Job locations

Heatherview Medical Centre

2 Alder Park

Alder Rd

Poole

BH12 4AY

United Kingdom

Fernside Surgery

2A Henning's Park Rd

Poole

BH15 3QU

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical Responsibilities

Provide a full

range of medical services as defined in the core GMS contract and additional

enhanced services where appropriate for an agreed list of 300 patients per

clinical session worked annually.

In accordance with the

Practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make him/her-self available

to undertake 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 and correspondence in a

timely fashion. Undertaking care navigation and visiting GP sessions.

To record clear

and contemporaneous computer-based consultation notes to agreed standards using

System One.

Making

professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether

self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the

organisation.

Assessing the

health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems.

Screening

patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness.

In consultation

with patients and in line with current Practice disease management protocols,

developing care plans for health.

Additional Duties of an Associate GP

The Associate GP role is designed to act as a higher-level practitioner within the organisation, taking ownership of urgent operational issues and deputising for partners when necessary. This will be demonstrated in the contribution of support, mentorship and advice to all clinical and administrative staff.

Taking responsibility for oversight and delivery of the care provisions at all times.

Identifying and exploring new models of care and facilitating their practical development and delivery.

Please refer to the full Job Description for a comprehensive overview of the role and responsibilities.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Worked within a UK GP Practice Working in Primary Care in an area with significant health problems

EPS prescribing

Qualifications

Essential

QUALIFICATIONS GMC Registered MBBS or equivalent medical degree MRCGP Inclusion on the Performers List

MPS/MDUS/MDDUS membership

Enhanced DBS Check

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

Shore Medical PCN

Address

Heatherview Medical Centre

2 Alder Park

Alder Rd

Poole

BH12 4AY

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Shore Medical PCN

Address

Heatherview Medical Centre

2 Alder Park

Alder Rd

Poole

BH12 4AY

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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