Job Description

Job title: Lead GP

Reports to: Partnership Clinical Lead

Location: Surgery based – South East London

Contract: GP clinical contract with additional Lead GP responsibilities

Sessions: 6–9 per week

Leadership time: Minimum 2 protected sessions

Salary band: £13,000 – £14,000 per session depending on experience

Purpose of the role

The Lead GP role is a hands-on clinical leadership position.

Alongside continuing clinical practice, Lead GPs take responsibility for how the GP team works, the reliability of GP capacity, and the clinical behaviours that drive avoidable workload at practice level.

The role exists to:

• Improve consistency and quality of clinical decision-making
• Support and develop GPs, including newly qualified colleagues
• Reduce avoidable cancelled clinics caused by absence or poor planning
• Reduce unnecessary GP-booked follow-ups and repeat appointments
• Strengthen team performance, standards, and ways of working

Lead GPs are not responsible for appointment scheduling or operational rostering.