General Practitioner

Valentine Health Partnership is seeking a Salaried GP to join our friendly, supportive, and well‑established practice team. We offer a collaborative working environment, a strong clinical support network, an opportunities for professional development within a modern, forward‑thinking practice.

Valentine Health Partnership is a large, state‑of‑the‑art GP training practice located in the diverse and multicultural borough of Greenwich, caring for approximately 32,000 + patients across the two sites in Woolwich & Shooters Hill.

This is an excellent opportunity to be part of a forward‑thinking, dynamic practice that values its staff and fosters professional growth.

The post-holder will manage a caseload and deal with a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting, ensuring the highest standards of care for all registered & temporary patients.

Share of visits when required (normally completed by Paramedic)

Mix of telephone, face‑to‑face appointments

Provide high‑quality patient care

Ensure that each patient encounter is maximized to attain contractual target requirements

Work collaboratively & contribute to the management and completion of general clinical administration, including bloods, tasks, urgent enquiries, medical reports.

• 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 & signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork, reports and correspondence in a timely fashion.
• Making autonomous clinical decisions on presenting issues, whether self‑referred or referred by other healthcare professionals
• Assessing the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated & 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.
• Providing counselling & health education.
• Admitting or discharging patients to and from the caseload & referring to other care providers as appropriate.
• Recording clear & contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards.
• Collecting data for audit purposes & complying with QOF requirements.
• Compiling & issuing computer‑generated acute & repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand‑written prescriptions whenever possible)
• Prescribing in accordance with the Practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate
• The post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties & responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.

Valentine Health Partnership is a large state‑of‑the‑art GP Training Practice based in the multicultural borough of Greenwich, with a list size of +32,000 patients and two surgeries, based in Woolwich & Shooters Hill. The practice is friendly, supportive and innovative.

At Valentine we are committed to health promotion & actively involved in a range of schemes & services to provide high‑quality care to the local population. We have a Strong team ethos with close‑knit clinical team & family‑friendly working environment.

Part of a Primary Care Network and actively involved in a range of schemes and services to provide high‑quality care to the local population.

We offer competitive remuneration as well as other benefits including:

• Private Medical Insurance
• Annual Leave entitlement (+8x B/H pro rata)
• Study leave paid in addition to CPD hours (pro‑ratio)
• Sick Pay
• Flexible on start & finish times
• Excellent administrative services including Clinical assistants team supporting clinicians with admin tasks
• Workflow management team reduce the clinician's administrative burden
• Support from allied health professionals:
  Strong nursing team with HCA support. Clinical Pharmacists, Paramedic, Physio, Mental Health workers & Social Prescribers
• Regular in‑house clinical training/learning sessions and workshops/ meetings
• Free snacks & Lunch on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays & festive dates
• Company Events
• On‑site free Parking
• Onsite compact Gym
• Health and…