General Practitioner

General Practitioner (GP) / Advanced Health Screening Doctor - Private Patients

Location: Central London

Hours: Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm or 9am to 6pm, with a one-hour lunch break and one hour of protected administration time

Contract: Permanent, salaried. Full or part-time, minimum 4 sessions per week

Salary: £10,400 per annum per session. GPs who undertake up to six advanced health screenings per day may also be eligible for an additional annual allowance of £12,000

Benefits: Paid indemnity, up to 5 days paid study leave, private medical insurance, private pension, and a wide range of financial and wellbeing services

Training: Extensive induction and training, including clinical shadowing and gradual introduction to patient appointments

You became a GP to understand what’s happening beneath the symptoms, guide people through important decisions and make a meaningful difference to their long-term health. Yet the reality of moving from one appointment to the next can leave little time for the conversations that matter.

In our private patient clinics, you’ll have the space to practise differently. Through detailed health screenings and routine GP appointments, you’ll explore lifestyle, prevention and long-term health with patients who want to understand their health and make positive changes. Many come to us through corporate healthcare partnerships, looking for realistic, personalised guidance that fits around demanding working lives. Supported by advanced diagnostics, leading consultants and established referral pathways across HCA UK's wider hospital and specialist network, you'll be able to look beyond individual symptoms and consider each patient's wider health.

You'll also become part of the UK's largest employer of private GPs specialising in corporate healthcare. Backed by more than 55 years of private healthcare experience, over 30 years dedicated to Primary Care, and continued investment in our growing network, you’ll have the opportunity to develop your interests, broaden your experience and shape a lasting career with us.

What you’ll do:

You’ll deliver pre-booked appointments ranging from focused 15-minute reviews to one-hour health screenings. Other responsibilities will include:

• Deliver personalised GP consultations and comprehensive health screenings
• Carry out procedures such as blood draws, vaccinations, smear tests and ECGs
• Use diagnostics and rapid pathways to support timely decisions
• Provide tailored guidance on lifestyle, risk and long-term wellbeing
• Refer patients to specialists and therapies when clinically appropriate

What else you can expect:

• Community: You’ll be part of a network of over 140 private GPs, with a supportive induction that includes shadowing experienced colleagues before gradually building your own patient list. Regular peer sessions also give you opportunities to share knowledge, discuss clinical case and learn from one another.
• Growth: You’ll have the chance to develop specialist interests and clinics in areas such as menopause, neurodiversity or men’s health, supported by funded CPD and access to further studies such as a Diploma in Lifestyle Medicine or Occupational Health.
• Recognition: You're given the time to do your best work and recognised for the quality of care, clinical judgement and relationships you build with patients and colleagues.
• Compassion:  Your schedule is designed to protect your work-life balance, with no home visits, weekends or out-of-hours work. Pre-booked appointments give you the time to practise medicine in a way that feels rewarding, without sacrificing your own wellbeing.
• Autonomy: You’ll have the clinical freedom to make decisions in the best interests of your patients, supported by modern systems, advanced diagnostics and expert colleagues when needed. You’ll be trusted to use your judgement and practise medicine in a way that brings out your best.

What we’re looking for:

We’re looking for GPs who are excited to grow, develop new skills and share our proactive, patient-first approach, with a genuine interest in preventative and lifestyle medicine. You’ll also:

• Hold a GMC registration and inclusion on the GP register (performers list not required)
• Have a minimum of one year post qualification experience
• Be able to conduct smear tests, vaccinations, blood draws, and ECGs
• Demonstrate basic health screening skills, though full training will be provided for advanced diagnostics unique to HCA UK
• Have strong communication and IT skills

Why choose HCA UK Primary Care?

HCA Healthcare UK is one of the UK’s leading private healthcare providers, with a network of hospitals, GP practices, outpatient centres, specialist clinics and urgent care centres.

Within our Primary Care division, you’ll be connected to a wider healthcare network offering advanced diagnostics, specialist expertise and established referral pathways. Alongside consultations, chronic disease management, preventative screenings and vaccinations, our corporate healthcare partnerships enable us to support the long-term health and wellbeing of employees from major organisations.

We believe that by caring for our colleagues we empower them to provide exceptional care for our patients. That’s why alongside opportunities for growth and a schedule that protects their work-life balance we also offer a host of flexible benefits that reflect the invaluable contribution they make every day. As a General Practitioner (GP) / Advanced Health Screening Doctor you’ll be eligible for:  

• 25 days holiday each year (plus bank holidays) increasing with service, with option to buy or sell leave to suit you
• Private Healthcare Insurance for treatment at our leading hospitals
• Private pension contribution which increases with length of service
• Season Ticket Loan and Cycle to Work scheme
• Group Life Assurance from day one
• Critical illness cover
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay
• Corporate discount for all facilities including Maternity packages at The Portland
• Comprehensive range of flexible health, protection and lifestyle benefits to suit you
• Discounts with over 800 major retailers

Mission and values

Our mission is simple, above all else we’re committed to the care and improvement of human life. A clear statement that extends to both our patients and colleagues. To achieve this, we live and breathe four core values:

• Unique and Individual: We recognise and value everyone as unique and individual
• Kindness and compassion: We treat people with kindness and compassion
• Honesty, integrity and fairness: We act with absolute honesty, integrity and fairness
• Loyalty, respect and dignity: We trust and treat one another as valued members of the HCA UK family with loyalty, respect and dignity

Reasonable adjustments

We believe everyone should feel comfortable to bring their full self to work and be afforded the same opportunities. As a Disability Confident committed organisation, we’re happy to discuss flexible working arrangements to suit your needs as well as offer reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, and in the workplace, to anyone that needs them. Should you require any additional support with applying, please do get in touch.

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