ARRs Newly Qualified GP -West Suffolk Rural PCN

West Suffolk Rural PCN are currently looking to welcome a newly qualified GP under the ARRS scheme to work alongside their team based at Wickhambrook Surgery.

We are seeking someone newly qualified within the last 2 years who has not yet held a substantive position post qualification.

This position is part-time basis, flexible to 2-4 sessions per week.

• Wickhambrook Surgery is a happy and thriving rural 3 partner GMS GP Practice, just over the Cambridgeshire border in the beautiful rural Suffolk countryside.
• We are a Dispensing GP Practice with a clear focus on delivering the highest quality patient care to our 5300 patients. We are highly regarded by our practice population, with 90% of our patients rating the practice as fairly good (30%) or very good (60%) in the 2024 national GP Patient Survey.
• Services are provided from a purpose built one storey building, and the surgery with our patient group is very much at the heart of the local community. We have no care homes within the practice catchment area.
• We offer a competitive salary and recognise the importance of a healthy work life balance.

The practice has a long and successful history of balancing the needs of the practice population along with the wellbeing of the staff, and we recognise the importance of both.

• Regular peer support through meetings to discuss complex cases or concerns.
• Opportunity for a chat and catch up over coffee daily.
• Training Practice – we teach trainees as well as medical students from UEA and University of Cambridge Medical schools
• PCN ARRS team:
  Social Prescriber, First Contact Physiotherapist, Clinical Pharmacist. Care Co-ordinators and Health and Wellbeing Coaches.
• Good relationship with our community teams with a virtual MDT once a month with community providers, social care, mental health and voluntary organisations
• Training and personal development encouraged and supported

To be considered for this position, the ideal applicant will have the following;

• Full GMC registration.
• Newly qualified within the last 2 years who has not yet held a substantive position post qualification.
• National performers list registration.
• Effective time management.
• Ability to work as a team member.

West Rural Suffolk Primary Care Network based in West Suffolk, is comprised of Wickhambrook Surgery, Guildhall Clare Surgery and Glemsford surgery. We are a small rural Primary Care Network with a combined patient population of around 16,000. All practices work on Systm One.

Please note 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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Please contact Andy Botcher, Practice Manager, on or email your covering letter and CV to

If you would like an informal chat with one of our GP partners about life as a GP in our practice, please contact Dr Jon Ferdinand ( ) who is also the Clinical Director of our PCN