Salaried GPNHS
Job summary
Do you still believe that one of the best things about general practice is getting to know your patients?
We do.
Golden Valley Practice is a small, friendly, rural dispensing practice in beautiful south-west Herefordshire. We are looking for a salaried GP to join our team for 48 sessions per week.
We are proud to offer something increasingly unusual in modern general practice: the opportunity to practise relationship-based family medicine, with continuity of care and time to get to know your patients and, very often, their wider families.
That does not mean we are stuck in the past. We actively look for technology and new ways of working that make general practice safer, more efficient and more enjoyable. We use GP Automate and Abtrace, are exploring the use of AI scribes, and have developed our administrative team to remove unnecessary workload from clinicians.
We are looking for more than somebody to fill sessions. We would like to find a GP who genuinely values this way of working and wants to become part of a close-knit practice and the community it serves.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will undertake the normal range of GP duties, including face-to-face and telephone consultations, home visits where required, prescribing, referrals, reviewing results and clinical correspondence, and appropriate patient-related administrative work.
Our routine appointments are 15 minutes, with clinical workload capped at 25 patient contacts per day. A separate triage clinician manages same-day demand and urgent presentations, also with a capped workload.
Our GP Assistant manages the majority of incoming Docman correspondence, leaving individual GPs with a low administrative burden. As a dispensing practice, we also have pharmacist and pharmacy technician support.
Home visits are part of rural general practice but are not onerous it would be unusual for an individual GP to undertake more than one a week.
There is scope to develop particular clinical interests. Skills such as minor surgery and joint injections would be welcomed but are not essential.
The post-holder will provide high-quality, patient-centred general medical services to registered and temporary patients, working autonomously within their professional competence and as part of the wider practice team. They will also contribute appropriately to multidisciplinary working, clinical governance, quality improvement and the continued development of the practice.
Job description
The post-holder will manage a caseload and provide high-quality, patient-centred care to registered and temporary patients.
Clinical responsibilities will include:
- Assessing and managing patients presenting with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems
- Making autonomous clinical decisions and arranging appropriate investigation, treatment, follow-up, or referral
- Providing routine, urgent, telephone, and face-to-face consultations in accordance with the agreed practice timetable
- Undertaking home visits where clinically appropriate
- Prescribing safely and in accordance with current guidance and local prescribing arrangements
- Reviewing investigation results and clinical correspondence relating to patients under their care
- Making appropriate referrals to secondary care and other healthcare professionals
- Providing health promotion, disease prevention, and appropriate chronic disease management
- Maintaining clear, accurate, and contemporaneous clinical records
- Working collaboratively with the wider practice and community healthcare teams
- Participating in multidisciplinary meetings where appropriate
- Contributing to clinical governance, audit, quality improvement, and the continued development of the practice
- Maintaining professional development, appraisal, and revalidation requirements
- Complying with relevant practice policies, including confidentiality, information governance, safeguarding, prescribing, and health and safety
We have also worked hard to reduce unnecessary administrative workload. Our GP Assistant manages the majority of incoming Docman correspondence, meaning an individual GP will commonly have only a very low level of Docman requiring their attention. As a dispensing practice, we also have pharmacist and pharmacy technician support.
Home visits are part of rural general practice but are not onerous it would be unusual for an individual GP to undertake more than one a week.
There is scope to develop particular clinical interests, and skills such as minor surgery and joint injections would be welcomed, although they are not essential.
About us
We care for just under 6,000 patients across the beautiful Golden Valley, with our main surgery in Ewyas Harold and a branch surgery in Peterchurch.
We are a genuinely small team. Our size means that we know our patients, and continuity is central to how we organise and deliver care. Many of our patients have been with the practice for generations, and it is common to know several members of the same family.
We are proud of the relationship we have with our patients and local community. Our 2026 GP Patient Survey found that 89% rated their overall experience of the practice as good, 99% had confidence and trust in the healthcare professional they saw, and 98% felt their needs were met during their appointment.
Being rural also brings particularly close relationships with our wider community healthcare colleagues. We have excellent working relationships with our district nursing and palliative care teams and meet regularly to discuss shared patients. We are also part of a supportive and collaborative Primary Care Network.
We constantly review how we work, adopting new technology where it genuinely improves patient care or reduces unnecessary workload. We want to provide excellent care while maintaining a safe, sustainable and enjoyable working environment for everyone in the practice. We do not believe sustainable general practice should depend upon clinicians routinely working beyond their contracted hours.
Who are we looking for?
Working in a small practice is different from working in a large organisation, and the right fit matters.
We are looking for a GP who values continuity and long-term relationships with patients, enjoys being part of a small team, takes responsibility for their own work and patients, and wants to contribute to the life and continued development of the practice.
In return, you will work alongside experienced, friendly colleagues who support one another and genuinely care about providing a good service. Our administrative and secretarial teams have exceptional local knowledge and are an invaluable part of how the practice works.
The post-holder will be expected to undertake the normal professional duties and responsibilities associated with working as a salaried GP in NHS general practice.
If the kind of general practice described here is what attracted you to becoming a GP in the first place, we would very much like to hear from you.
Please apply with a CV and covering letter telling us a little about yourself, why you would like to join Golden Valley Practice, and the number of sessions you are seeking.
Informal visits and conversations are warmly encouraged.
For further information, or to arrange an informal visit, please contact:
Dr Esther Scotland, Senior Partner [email protected]
or
Alex Price, Practice Manager [email protected]
About us
Golden Valley Practice is a small, friendly rural dispensing practice caring for just under 6,000 patients across south-west Herefordshire. We are proud of being a traditional family practice: we know our patients, often care for several generations of the same family, and believe strongly in continuity and relationship-based care.
We are also forward-looking. We actively adopt technology and new ways of working where they improve patient care or reduce unnecessary workload. Our experienced administrative team, GP Assistant, pharmacist and pharmacy technician provide excellent clinical support.
We want people to enjoy working here and believe good patient care depends on a safe, sustainable working environment. We do not expect clinicians routinely to work beyond their contracted hours, and we value flexibility, mutual support and allowing people to develop their own interests.
The Golden Valley is a beautiful place to live and work, stretching towards the Black Mountains, with Hereford around 25 minutes away and relatively affordable housing.
We are a friendly, sociable team, with an annual summer sparkling afternoon tea at a partner's home and a Christmas dinner and party for the whole team.