Community Urgent Care GP

NHS; Abingdon, Henley-on-Thames, Witney; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare trust is seeking a Community Urgent Care GP to provide acute and urgent care services in Oxfordshire. The role offers flexible hours across multiple locations and supports various patient care activities, including triage and urgent assessments. Candidates should possess GMC registration and active NHS clinical experience. This position is suitable for those passionate about delivering outstanding care in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Excellent opportunities for career progression

Generous annual leave

NHS Discount

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Full GMC registration with licence to practice.
• Up to date with appraisal and revalidation requirements.
• Experience supervising medical trainees.

Responsibilities

• Support and deliver Community Urgent Care services.
• Provide expert and senior triage of new Same Day referrals.
• Engage in personal development activities.

Skills

Active NHS clinical experience in General Practice

Ability to work in a high functioning MDT

Good spoken and written English

Education

Completion of GP training (MRCGP or equivalent)

Relevant post-graduate diplomas

Tools

EMIS

Cerner

Adastra

Job description

Oxford Health Community Urgent Care GP (CUC GP)

Applicants are invited to apply as soon as possible. Closing date for applications will be midnight 15/02/26. Interviews will be held week commencing 23/02/26.

This is an exciting opportunity for interested GPs to be part of an expanding team. As a Community Urgent Care (CUC) GP, working for the people of Oxfordshire, your role will be varied, interesting, and ultimately rewarding. Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust's (OHFT) Primary, Community and Dental Care Directorate comprises of several services which provide same day, acute and urgent care to patients, close to, or where possible, in their own home as a safe alternative to secondary care.

Main duties of the job

As a CUC GP, your priority will be to help support and deliver our Community Urgent Care services, which operate 7 days a week, 8am till 8pm. As part of an agreed job plan, you will work at one or more of our same day emergency care units including weekdays and some weekends, taking a hands-on role to provide acutely unwell patients with further assessment and treatment as an alternative to secondary care. A key part of this role, will also see you, as part of an MDT, provide expert and senior triage of new Same Day referrals into Oxfordshire's Single Point of Access (SPA) and medical cover and support to our Urgent Community Response (UCR) home visiting teams (in conjunction with secondary care).

There are also opportunities to learn, teach and engage in personal development activities.

This is a substantive role and full time/part time hours are available - flexible hours can be considered that fit with the service model. Shifts are between 9 and 12 hours (including unpaid breaks) arranged during weekdays, some weekends and public/bank holidays. CPD time is provided.

About us

As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people's homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: "Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team" Our values are:"Caring, safe and excellent"

At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

• Competitive salary to be agreed with individual applicants as per Trust PayScale for GPs, recognising the requirement for some work in the out-of-hours period.
• Excellent opportunities for career progression.
• Individual and Trust wide learning and development
• Generous annual leave
• NHS Discount
• Lease car scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff networking and support groups
• Opportunities to learn, teach and engage in personal development activities.

Job responsibilities

Please read the accompanying job description and supplemental information. We would strongly advise, and welcome, applicants to approach beforehand to discuss the role, and for further information, please contact:

Telephone [phone] or email [e-mail]

Person Specification

Registration

• Full GMC registration with licence to practice Up to date with appraisal and revalidation requirements.

Experience

• Active NHS clinical experience in:- General Practice with demonstrable experience in working with urgent care and older people
• oSubspecialty experience of working at the Interface between general medicine and primary care;
• oExperience of working with virtual ward rounds.

Personality

• oAbility to work in a high functioning MDT with respect for the roles and experience of other team members
• Able to tolerate a degree of clinical risk

Qualifications

• Completion of GP training (either JCPTGP certificate (pre 2005) or MRCGP)
• oHigher degree or equivalent in relevant field of medicine oPostgraduate teaching qualification oRelevant post-graduate diplomas e.g. Diploma in Geriatric Medicine

Clinical Skills

• oKnowledge of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) and its application

Organisation & Management Skills

• oAbility to understand how organisations work most effectively
• oCommitment to active clinical governance
• oAbility to promote effective team working
• oCapacity to prioritise workload
• oActive participation in clinical audit
• oCommitment to interagency partnership working
• Relevant experience of administrative, management and leadership roles of senior medical staff
• oInter-agency partnership working and development

Leadership Skills

• Ability to work within a collaborative multidisciplinary framework, and to share leadership responsibilities with senior colleagues of other professions
• Knowledge of national and local agendas in respect of primary care commissioning, frailty pathways, and urgent care agendas.

Teaching & Academic Experience

• oExperience in supervising medical trainees
• oApplication of research evidence to clinical practice
• oUndergraduate and postgraduate medical teaching.
• oExperience of mentoring or teaching non-medical clinical colleagues
• oHigh quality research as evidenced by publications and citations.

Communication Skills

• oMust have good skills in communication with patients, relatives, colleagues and staff of other organisations.
• oGood spoken and written English
• Good IT skills, familiarity with EMIS, Cerner, Adastra

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.

Witney Road Welch Way; Abingdon - Marcham Road; Henley - York Road

Witney Road Welch Way; Abingdon - Marcham Road; Henley - York Road