Community Urgent Care GP

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust; Witney; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in England seeks a Community Urgent Care GP to join their expanding team. The role involves providing urgent care services and supporting patient assessments. Flexibility in hours is available, and candidates should have NHS clinical experience and full GMC registration. Opportunities for professional development and teaching are a key component of this position. This is a chance to deliver outstanding care in a collaborative environment.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Generous annual leave

NHS Discount

Pension scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Opportunities for career progression

Qualifications

• Full GMC registration with licence to practice.
• Active NHS clinical experience in General Practice.
• Experience supervising medical trainees.

Responsibilities

• Support Community Urgent Care services operating 7 days a week.
• Provide assessment and treatment for acutely unwell patients.
• Participate in MDT and triage new Same Day referrals.

Skills

Communication skills

Ability to work in a MDT

Clinical governance commitment

Education

Completion of GP training (JCPTGP or MRCGP)

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 teamOur values are: Caring, safe and excellent

Benefits

• 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.
• Pension scheme.
• 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 description

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:

Dr Rachel, McVea, GP Lead cSDEC

Telephone [phone] or email [e-mail]

Person Specification

Registration

Essential

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

Experience

Essential

• Active NHS clinical experience in:
  - General Practice with demonstrable experience in working with urgent care and older people.

Desirable

• oSubspecialty experience of working at the Interface between general medicine and primary care
• oExperience of working with virtual ward rounds.
• oGeneral (or Community) & Acute Geriatric Medicine OR General Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Urgent care

Personality

Essential

• oAbility to work in a high functioning MDT with respect for the roles and experience of other team members.

Desirable

• Able to tolerate a degree of clinical risk.

Qualifications

Essential

• Completion of GP training (either JCPTGP certificate (pre 2005) or MRCGP).

Desirable

• oHigher degree or equivalent in relevant field of medicine oPostgraduate teaching qualification oRelevant post‑graduate diplomas e.g. Diploma in Geriatric Medicine

Clinical Skills

Desirable

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

Organisation & Management Skills

Essential

• 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.

Desirable

• Relevant experience of administrative, management and leadership roles of senior medical staff.
• oInter‑agency partnership working and development.

Leadership Skills

Essential

• Ability to work within a collaborative multidisciplinary framework, and to share leadership responsibilities with senior colleagues of other professions.

Desirable

• Knowledge of national and local agendas in respect of primary care commissioning, frailty pathways, and urgent care agendas.

Teaching & Academic Experience

Essential

• oExperience in supervising medical trainees.
• oApplication of research evidence to clinical practice.

Desirable

• 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

Essential

• oMust have good skills in communication with patients, relatives, colleagues and staff of other organisations.
• oGood spoken and written English.

Desirable

• Good IT skills, familiarity with EMIS, Cerner, Adastra.

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