Vacancies

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a dedicated and enthusiastic Salaried GP to join our dynamic and supportive team at Watership Down Health.  We are a large, friendly, and forward-thinking GP training and teaching practice, committed to delivering high-quality, patient-centred care to a diverse population of over 19,000 patients.

Why Join Watership Down Health?

• Based across three rural/semi-rural sites in the beautiful Hampshire countryside
• Inclusive multi-disciplinary team including 18 GPs, ANPs, practice nurses, HCAs, social prescribers, mental health practitioners, physiotherapists, health and wellbeing advisors and a dedicated pharmacy team
• Training and teaching practice with regular involvement in GP registrar training and medical student teaching
• Named GP model to support continuity of care
• Well-structured triage system
• Part dispensing
• Regular clinical meetings, case discussions, and guest speaker sessions
• Rated “Good” by the CQC, with a strong focus on innovation and continuous improvement

Your Role

We are seeking a GP to work 6 sessions per week, providing high-quality clinical care working collaboratively with colleagues across the Practice.

Key Responsibilities

• Managing a diverse patient caseload across all age groups
• Face-to-face, video and telephone consultations
• Contributing to our named GP continuity model
• Issuing and signing repeat prescriptions
• Clinical triage and participation in the duty GP rota
• Occasional home visits for housebound frail elderly and palliative patients
• Participating in clinical meetings and quality improvement work
• Supporting the teaching and supervision of medical students and GP trainees

Part of Rural West PCN

We work with our neighbouring practice, Tadley Medical Centre, to form the Rural West Primary Care Network (PCN).  Together, we share and benefit from an extended team of professionals including:

• MSK Practitioners
• Clinical Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians
• Social Prescribers
• Mental Health Practitioners
• Health and Wellbeing Advisors
• Care Coordinators

This wider team enables us to provide more holistic, accessible care for our community and strong support for our GPs.

What We Are Looking For

• GMC-registered General Practitioner with a passion for primary care
• Strong commitment to teamwork and holistic patient care
• Excellent communication and clinical skills
• Enthusiasm for working in a training and teaching environment
• Willingness to contribute to ongoing service development and team learning

We Pride Ourselves On

• Great teamwork
• A welcoming and positive environment
• A strong focus on excellent patient-centred care
• Supporting the wellbeing and development of every team member

Ready to Join Us?

We’d love to hear from you.

To apply or arrange an informal chat or visit, please contact:

Dr Kate Hughes, GP Partner – kate.hughes6@nhs.net

Dr Kirsty Pollard, GP Partner – kirsty.pollard@nhs.net

Sarah Arnold, Practice Manager – saraharnold@nhs.net

Telephone: 0333 034 1033

We look forward to welcoming you to our team.

Closing date: Friday 3rd October 2025 at 6pm

Interview date: TBC

The Rural West Primary Care Network (PCN) is seeking to recruit an experienced Clinical Independent Prescriber (IP) Pharmacist who thrives on team working to join our friendly, busy network of Practices. The Network comprises two GP Practices, Tadley Medical Partnership and Watership Down Health with surgeries in Kingsclere, Overton, Oakley and Tadley, Hampshire.

The Clinical IP Pharmacist will work to their clinical competencies within the existing PCN Pharmacy team, consisting of three Clinical Pharmacists and two Pharmacy Technicians. They will also work as part of a wider multi-disciplinary and multi-site team, providing expertise in clinical medicines management and providing structured medication reviews of patients with polypharmacy, (especially for older people, people in residential care homes
and those with multiple comorbidities).

They will support the management of long term conditions through medicines optimisation and the management of medicines on transfer of
care, as well as systems for safer prescribing. The post holder will address the public health and social care needs of patients in the PCN to improve patient care by interfacing with community and hospital Pharmacy colleagues, helping people to stay well and at home.

The post holder will use their expertise to provide medication information to patients and healthcare professionals. They will also manage repeat prescription authorisations, reauthorisation and acute prescription requests. The post holder will take part in quality improvement initiatives and clinical audit as well as supporting both Partnerships with Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) activities.

Applicants will need excellent communication, consultation and interpersonal skills and have experience working as an autonomous Clinical IP Pharmacist, preferably in a similar PCN role. They will also be able to demonstrate strong team working skills and support for their colleagues.

We are looking for a Clinical Pharmacist who already holds an Independent Prescribing qualification and ideally is already accredited from the required 18 month CPPE Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway; Pharmacists who have already completed a previous CPPE pathway, or have a considerable amount of prior knowledge, skill and experience that they can demonstrate, may be exempt from part/all of the Pathway. For those requiring this
training, the PCN will provide full support.

Please see the Job Description (PDF) and person specification on NHS Jobs for more detail.

The post is full time (37.5 hours per week over 5 days) and is predominantly surgery based, requiring travel within the Network to the surgeries of both Partnerships, so flexibility and access to private transport is essential.

Please apply for this post via Indeed or NHS Jobs: https://www.jobs.nhs.uk reference no: A2237-25-0008

The closing date for applications is 7th September 2025 and we expect to interview during w/c 15th September 2025.

For an informal discussion of the role please email Elizabeth Allison, Rural West Primary Care Manager on elizabeth.allison6@nhs.net (Mondays and Wednesdays to Fridays).