Job summary

Botesdale Health Centre are looking for a professional, conscientious and highly effective GP to join our friendly team in Botesdale. This is offered for 6-8 sessions per week.

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 and temporary patients.

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Main duties of the job

• 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
• 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
• Developing care plans for health in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols
• Providing counselling and health education
• Admitting or discharging patients to and from the caseload and referring to other care providers as appropriate
• Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards
• Collecting data for audit purposes
• Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible)
• Prescribing in accordance with the practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate
• In general, the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.

About us

We are a rural GMS 10,000 patient surgery with 4 Partners, 5 salaried GPs and a fantastic clinical and practice team with an on-site dispensary. We are located in a modern, recently extended surgery with community nurses located on site as well as an X-ray suite and glorious surrounding countryside.

Job summary

Botesdale Health Centre are keen to welcome an experienced Advanced Nurse Practitioner to their team on a part-time basis for 28.5 hours per week. As a key member of the team, the ANP will asses, diagnose, treat and prescribe autonomously for patients presenting with undifferentiated and undiagnosed conditions.

Main duties of the job

• Assess patients presenting with undifferentiated and undiagnosed conditions across all age groups, using comprehensive history-taking, clinical examination, and clinical reasoning to formulate differential diagnoses
• Initiate evidence-based treatment plans, including medication prescribing, lifestyle advice, and onward referral where appropriate
• Manage same-day acute and urgent presentations, including minor illness, minor injury, infections, musculoskeletal complaints, and exacerbations of chronic conditions
• Conduct routine and follow-up consultations for patients with complex or multi-morbid long-term conditions
• Deliver consultations face-to-face, by telephone, and by video
• Manage clinical emergencies in the practice in accordance with the practice emergency protocol
• Conduct home visits to housebound patients as part of the daily clinical workload
• Prescribe medicines independently from the British National Formulary (BNF) within scope of competence, including some controlled drugs (Schedules 2-5, subject to regulatory restrictions)
• Conduct medication reviews, optimise medication regimes, and deprescribe where clinically appropriate
• Prescribe in accordance with NICE guidelines, local formulary, and evidence-based practice
• Monitor therapeutic outcomes and adjust prescribing in response to clinical findings
• Maintain prescribing competence through CPD, prescribing audit, and peer review

About us

Botesdale Health Centre is a well-established and highly regarded NHS GP practice serving over 10,000 patients across Botesdale and the surrounding rural communities. The practice is committed to delivering high-quality, patient-centred healthcare in a friendly, professional, and supportive environment. Led by a dedicated multidisciplinary team of GPs (4 Partners, 6 Salaried GPs), Nurses, Urgent Care Practitioners, Healthcare Assistants, Care Coordinators, Care Navigators, Dispensers and Administration staff, Botesdale Health Centre places a strong emphasis on teamwork, continuous learning, and excellent patient care. As a training practice, it actively supports staff development and fosters a culture of innovation and improvement, making it an attractive place to build a rewarding healthcare career.

Job summary

We are looking for a professional, conscientious and highly effective Pharmacy Technician to join our friendly team in Botesdale.

Main duties of the job

The Pharmacy Technician will act within their professional boundaries, working alongsideClinical and Dispensary team within the practice and the wider Blackbourne PCN. They will support the practice clinical teams with queries regarding medication from patients, complete audits regarding patient safety in the prescribing of medication and supports public health and screening programmes including immunisations and vaccination programmes whilst participating in quality improvement initiatives to enhance patient outcomes and reduce health inequalities.

About us

We are a rural GMS 10200 patient surgery with 4 Partners, 6 Salaried GPs and a fantastic clinical and practice team with an on-site Dispensary. We are located in a modern, recently extended surgery in the glorious surrounding countryside.

Details

Date posted

25 September 2026

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

A1526-PharTechSept26

Job locations

Back Hills

Botesdale

Diss

Norfolk

IP22 1DW

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

Main Duties

The post holder will help patients to get the best from their medicines by switching medications to agreed and approved protocols, improving repeat prescribing processes in General Practice, including promotion of repeat dispensing and online ordering, minimising clinical risk and aiming to reduce wasted medicines.

Support medication reviews and medicines reconciliation for new care home patients.

Support initiatives for antimicrobial stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing.

Assist in conducting prescribing audits, responding to national safety alerts (e.g., MHRA), and implementing Quality Outcomes Framework (QOF) and prescribing incentive schemes.

Support the implementation of national prescribing policies and guidance within GP practices, care homes and other primary care settings. This will be achieved through undertaking clinical audits (e.g., use of antibiotics), supporting quality improvement measures and contributing to the Quality and Outcomes Framework and enhanced services.

Work with the multi-disciplinary team to ensure efficient medicines optimisation, including implementing efficient ordering and return processes, and reducing wastage.

Support practice dispensary team in sorting and streaming general prescription requests, so as to allow GPs to review the more clinically complex requests.

Support medicines optimisation systems with a range of services to get the best value from medicines by using safe repeat prescribing systems, and timely monitoring and management of high-risk medicines.

Provide training and support on the legal, safe and secure handling of medicines, including the use of the Electronic Prescription Service.

Be aware of duties and responsibilities regarding current legislation and adhere to practice policies and procedures on Safeguarding Adults and Safeguarding Children.

Handle prescription queries and requests directly.

Be an integral part of the general practice team.

Demonstrate initiative and be creative in finding solutions to problems.

Participate in clinical audits and research projects and implements changes as required, including supporting with the development, and updating of practice protocols / guidelines and procedures locally.

Support in the delivery of enhanced services and other service requirements.

Support in the management of patient complaints when requested to do so and participate in the identification of any necessary learning brought about through incidents and near-miss events.

Undertake all mandatory training and induction programmes.

Contribute to and embrace the spectrum of clinical governance.

Attend a formal appraisal with their manager at least every 12 months. Once a performance/training objective has been set, progress will be reviewed on a regular basis so that new objectives can be agreed.

Contribute to public health campaigns (e.g. flu clinics).

Other Responsibilities

ADMINISTRATION

Contributes and participates in audits, evaluation and clinical standard setting within the Practice.

Accurate and timely summarising of patient records and read-coding patient data.

Complete all required paperwork for legal and administrative purposes in accordance with relevant standards.

Ensure that all practice policies are fully implemented.

Work in accordance with all governance and internal systems relating to (but not limited to) the management of clinical data and systems.

TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT

Taking responsibility for own development with relevant evidence-based knowledge and competence in all aspects of the role to meet clinical governance guidelines for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and a Personal Development Plan (PDP).

Stay up to date through attendance at any courses and/or study days necessary to ensure that professional development requirements are met, demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work.

Subject to a performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development.

Work closely with other clinical staff and administrative managers in the setting up and/or improving of practice systems for monitoring/measuring performance against Clinical Governance and Quality Indicator targets

Work to deliver the NHS contract requirements related to the practice (including the terms of the Quality and Outcomes Framework and locally enhanced services)

Job description Job responsibilities Main DutiesThe post holder will help patients to get the best from their medicines by switching medications to agreed and approved protocols, improving repeat prescribing processes in General Practice, including promotion of repeat dispensing and online ordering, minimising clinical risk and aiming to reduce wasted medicines. Support medication reviews and medicines reconciliation for new care home patients. Support initiatives for antimicrobial stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing. Assist in conducting prescribing audits, responding to national safety alerts (e.g., MHRA), and implementing Quality Outcomes Framework (QOF) and prescribing incentive schemes. Support the implementation of national prescribing policies and guidance within GP practices, care homes and other primary care settings. This will be achieved through undertaking clinical audits (e.g., use of antibiotics), supporting quality improvement measures and contributing to the Quality and Outcomes Framework and enhanced services. Work with the multi-disciplinary team to ensure efficient medicines optimisation, including implementing efficient ordering and return processes, and reducing wastage. Support practice dispensary team in sorting and streaming general prescription requests, so as to allow GPs to review the more clinically complex requests. Support medicines optimisation systems with a range of services to get the best value from medicines by using safe repeat prescribing systems, and timely monitoring and management of high-risk medicines. Provide training and support on the legal, safe and secure handling of medicines, including the use of the Electronic Prescription Service. Be aware of duties and responsibilities regarding current legislation and adhere to practice policies and procedures on Safeguarding Adults and Safeguarding Children. Handle prescription queries and requests directly. Be an integral part of the general practice team. Demonstrate initiative and be creative in finding solutions to problems. Participate in clinical audits and research projects and implements changes as required, including supporting with the development, and updating of practice protocols / guidelines and procedures locally. Support in the delivery of enhanced services and other service requirements. Support in the management of patient complaints when requested to do so and participate in the identification of any necessary learning brought about through incidents and near-miss events. Undertake all mandatory training and induction programmes. Contribute to and embrace the spectrum of clinical governance. Attend a formal appraisal with their manager at least every 12 months. Once a performance/training objective has been set, progress will be reviewed on a regular basis so that new objectives can be agreed. Contribute to public health campaigns (e.g. flu clinics).Other ResponsibilitiesADMINISTRATION Contributes and participates in audits, evaluation and clinical standard setting within the Practice. Accurate and timely summarising of patient records and read-coding patient data. Complete all required paperwork for legal and administrative purposes in accordance with relevant standards. Ensure that all practice policies are fully implemented. Work in accordance with all governance and internal systems relating to (but not limited to) the management of clinical data and systems.TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT Taking responsibility for own development with relevant evidence-based knowledge and competence in all aspects of the role to meet clinical governance guidelines for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and a Personal Development Plan (PDP). Stay up to date through attendance at any courses and/or study days necessary to ensure that professional development requirements are met, demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work. Subject to a performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development. Work closely with other clinical staff and administrative managers in the setting up and/or improving of practice systems for monitoring/measuring performance against Clinical Governance and Quality Indicator targets Work to deliver the NHS contract requirements related to the practice (including the terms of the Quality and Outcomes Framework and locally enhanced services)

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualified and GPhC-registered Pharmacy Technician.

Person Specification Qualifications Essential Qualified and GPhC-registered Pharmacy Technician.

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).

Additional information 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

Botesdale Health Centre

Address

Back Hills

Botesdale

Diss

Norfolk

IP22 1DW

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://www.botesdalehealthcentre.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Botesdale Health Centre

Address

Back Hills

Botesdale

Diss

Norfolk

IP22 1DW

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://www.botesdalehealthcentre.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job summary

The Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) is a senior clinical role within the practice multidisciplinary team.

Main duties of the job

The ANP is an experienced, NMC-registered nurse who has completed education to Master's level in advanced clinical practice and holds an independent prescriber qualification (V300), enabling them to assess, diagnose, treat, and prescribe autonomously for patients presenting with undifferentiated and undiagnosed conditions. The role operates across the four pillars of advanced practice clinical practice, leadership, education, and research and functions at a level comparable to a GP for many primary care presentations.

About us

Botesdale Health Centre is a well-established and highly regarded NHS GP practice serving over 10,000 patients across Botesdale and the surrounding rural communities. The practice is committed to delivering high-quality, patient-centred healthcare in a friendly, professional, and supportive environment. Led by a dedicated multidisciplinary team of GPs (4 Partners, 6 Salaried GPs), Nurses, Urgent Care Practitioners, Healthcare Assistants, Care Coordinators, Care Navigators, Dispensers and Administration staff, Botesdale Health Centre places a strong emphasis on teamwork, continuous learning, and excellent patient care. As a training practice, it actively supports staff development and fosters a culture of innovation and improvement, making it an attractive place to build a rewarding healthcare career.

Job summary

We are looking for a professional, conscientious and highly effective GP to join our friendly team at Botesdale.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 and temporary patients.

Main duties of the job

Clinical responsibilities:

• In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make themselves 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
• 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
• Developing care plans for health in consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols
• Admitting or discharging patients to and from the caseload and referring to other care providers as appropriate
• Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible)
• Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions whenever possible)
• Prescribing in accordance with the practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate

In general, the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working within primary care.

About us

We are a rural GMS 10,000 patient surgery with 4 Partners, 6 Salaried GPs and a fantastic clinical and practice team with an on-site Dispensary.

Job summary

Botesdale Health Centre are looking for a professional, conscientious and highly effective Pharmacy Technician to join our friendly team on a part-time basis for 24 hours per week.

Working within their professional boundaries, the successful applicant will work alongside the clinical and dispensary team within the practice and the wider Blackbourne PCN. They will support the practice clinical teams with queries regarding medication from patients, complete audits regarding patient safety in the prescribing of medication and supports public health and screening programmes including immunisations and vaccination programmes whilst participating in quality improvement initiatives to enhance patient outcomes and reduce health inequalities.

Main duties of the job

• Support medication reviews and medicines reconciliation for new care home patients.
• Support initiatives for antimicrobial stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing.
• Assist in conducting prescribing audits, responding to national safety alerts (e.g., MHRA), and implementing Quality Outcomes Framework (QOF) and prescribing incentive schemes.
• Support the implementation of national prescribing policies and guidance within GP practices, care homes and other primary care settings. This will be achieved through undertaking clinical audits (e.g., use of antibiotics), supporting quality improvement measures and contributing to the Quality and Outcomes Framework and enhanced services.
• Work with the multi-disciplinary team to ensure efficient medicines optimisation, including implementing efficient ordering and return processes, and reducing wastage.
• Support practice dispensary team in sorting and streaming general prescription requests, so as to allow GPs to review the more clinically complex requests.
• Support medicines optimisation systems with a range of services.

About us

We are a rural GMS 10,000 patient surgery with 4 Partners, 5 salaried GPs and a fantastic clinical and practice team with an on-site dispensary. We are located in a modern, recently extended surgery with community nurses located on site as well as an X-ray suite and glorious surrounding countryside.