Dr Rachel Sutton
Chester,Cheshire
Summary
I am an enthusiastic, motivated GPST3 looking for a salaried role for 2-4 sessions following completion of training. I enjoy person centered consulting, the cognitive challenge of working as a generalist, and working as an effective member of the practice team.
I would be interested in further developing my interests in safeguarding, child health surveillance, substance misuse and patient safety/ quality improvement.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
4030
4030
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work history
GP registrar
NHS
Chester
2020.08 - Current
GPST3: General Practice, Northgate Village Surgery
GPST2: Paediatrics and Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Countess of Chester Hospital
GPST1: General Practice, York Road Group Practice
Training time included 2x maternity leave and working LTFT.
Whilst a registrar, I have gained experience working in a general practice role, and I am confident reviewing patients during clinical sessions (face to face, telephone, home visits, duty doctor, out of hours work); administration (prescription requests, document management, results management); quality improvement (QOF, quality improvement activities, organising a small population health management project); teamwork (liasing with colleagues within practice and PCN, attending practice meetings). I have experience with addressing safeguarding concerns via local pathways; and I have used opportunites to understand local allied / 3rd party services available to patients within the local area.
Pleural Clinical Fellow
Wirral University Teaching Hospital
2019.08 - 2020.08
I worked at respiratory registrar level to clinically care for inpatients and clinic patients. I completed pleural ultrasound course and gained competencey in pleural ultrasound and procedures. I provided support to junior members of the team, answering their queries and providing educational support. I taught University of Liverpool 3rd year medical students during bedside teaching sessions and case based discussion formal teaching sessions.
Core Medical Trainee
Countess of Chester Hospital /Arrowe Park Hospital
2017.08 - 2018.08
CT1 Countess of Chester Hospital: Gastroenterology/ Care of the Elderly/ Cardiology
CT2 Arrowe Park Hospital: Respiratory/ Acute Medicine/ Nephrology
Foundation Doctor
Whiston Hospital
2015.08 - 2017.08
FY1: Care of the Elderly, Orthopaedics, Respiratory
FY2: Paediatrics, GP, Emergency Medicine
Education
MBChB -
University of Birmingham
Birmingham, EnglandBMedSci - Public Health and Population Sciences
University of Birmingham
Birmingham, EnglandSkills
- Holistic generalist
- Interest in patient safety and quality improvement
- Effective communicator with patients and colleagues
Certification
RCGP Simulated Consultation Skills Examination - Passed November 2025
RCGP Applied Knowledge Test- Passed November 2024
Edge Hill University Medical Leadership 20 credit module - Passed March 2023
RCP MRCP (Part 1/ Part 2/ PACES)- Passed July 2018
References
References available upon request.
Teaching
University of Chester Medical Student Society Lecture "GP Training" - December 2025
University of Liverpool Case Based Learning facilitator- multiple topics - August 2017- December 2019
Lessons Learnt Peer Group Coordinator - multiple topics - November 2015- August 2017
Ad hoc on the job - medical student/ foundation doctors observing practice/ answering queries throughout all job roles
Quality improvement
Population Health Management programme - Funding from ICB was acquired to focus on frail, elderly patients who had not recently been seen by a doctor. The focus was to optimise health in this cohort, by detecting undiagnosed conditions, code fraility score, health promotion, consider advanced care planning and refer to relevant PCN services. I liaised with admin team, organised face to face appointments and home visits and fed outcome of the project back to practice.
Introduction of formal reviews of all deaths in surgery- Following discussion in practice meeting, I edited the SEA template to include a 'death review' template and complete these for each patient who dies, with any learning points. I then present and discuss these cases in the meeting with colleagues.
QOF - I am aware of QOF framework and have completed work on my allocation- reviewing notes, contacting patients if needed and coding the outcome in the notes.
GP VTS QIP- I completed an educational QIP, liasing with a relevant charity and GP trainees to improve GP trainees knowledge of intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy. I presented the QIP in poster form at RCGP annual conference 2021.
Courses
RCGP Part 1 certificate in the management of problem drug use - Feb 2026
Dermatology in a nutshell - Feb 2026
Ring pessary fitting and prolapse management - December 2025
RCGP 6-8 week baby check course - June 2025
NB Medical Hot Topics - March 2025
RCP Effective Teaching skills - December 2019
Publications
Lane D, Barker RV, Lip G. Best Practice for Atrial Fibrillation Patient Education. Current Pharmaceutical Design 2015;21 (5): 533-43. [Barker is my maiden name]
Interests
In my spare time, I enjoy exploring the outdoors with my husband and two young children.
Timeline
GP registrar
NHS
2020.08 - Current
Pleural Clinical Fellow
Wirral University Teaching Hospital
2019.08 - 2020.08
Core Medical Trainee
Countess of Chester Hospital /Arrowe Park Hospital
2017.08 - 2018.08
Foundation Doctor
Whiston Hospital
2015.08 - 2017.08
MBChB -
University of Birmingham
BMedSci - Public Health and Population Sciences
University of Birmingham