Community Urgent Care GP - Oxfordshire

The Methodist Church in Britain; West Boldon; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days annual leave + bank holidays

Pension scheme

Learning and development opportunities

Career progression opportunities

NHS discount across shops, restaurants

Lease car and cycle to work schemes

Employee Assistance Programme and well

Staff accommodation (waiting lists)

Job summary

Oxford Health NHS Trust is seeking an experienced substantive Community Urgent Care GP to work at the cSDEC units in Witney and Abingdon. The post combines clinical care, home visits and remote consultations, with seven-day service from 8am to 8pm and shifts of 9–12 hours on weekdays.

Full GMC registration and GP training completion are required. Applicants should be prepared to call before applying; flexible hours including full-time, part-time or flexible arrangements are welcome.

Qualifications

• Completion of GP training and full GMC registration with licence to practise.
• Active NHS clinical experience in general practice.
• Experience in urgent care and care of older people.
• Experience supervising medical trainees is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality clinical care and assessments in cSDEC units.
• Assess and treat acutely unwell patients and deliver care plans.
• Carry out same-day home visits and telephone consultations.
• Work with primary, acute and community services to avoid admissions.
• Follow local prescribing guidelines and participate in reviews.

Skills

Urgent care experience

Geriatrics experience

Supervision of trainees

Application of research evidence

Education

GP training (JCPTGP pre-2005 or MRCGP)

GMC registration and licence to practise

Job description

This substantive Community Urgent Care GP post sits at same-day emergency care units in Witney and Abingdon Community Hospitals, run by Oxford Health NHS Trust. The doctor assesses and treats acutely unwell patients as an alternative to hospital admission, also doing home visits and telephone consultations. Services run seven days a week, 8am to 8pm, on 9 to 12-hour Monday to Friday shifts, with full-time, part-time or flexible hours considered. Full GMC registration and completed GP training are required; the trust asks applicants to call before applying.

What the job involves

• Provide high quality clinical care and assessments
• Assess and treat acutely unwell patients at community same-day emergency care units (cSDEC)
• Deliver personalised, evidence-informed assessments and care plans, in person or remotely
• Carry out same-day home visits and telephone consultations
• Give advice and timely medical reviews and interventions within the inter-disciplinary model of care
• Support admission avoidance and keep patients closer to or in their own home
• Work in partnership with primary care, acute and specialist services, community, social care, mental health and voluntary services
• Co-ordinate clinical care and support with clinical and management colleagues to ensure good patient and carer outcomes
• Follow local prescribing guidelines
• Work at another base site (Henley, Witney or Abingdon) in exceptional circumstances, such as acute sickness

What’s required

Qualifications

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

Registration & licences

• Full GMC registration with licence to practise

Experience

• Active NHS clinical experience in general practice
• Demonstrable experience of working with urgent care and older people
• Experience of supervising medical trainees

Skills & knowledge

• Application of research evidence to clinical practice

Nice to have

• Higher degree or equivalent in a relevant field of medicine
• Subspecialty experience at the interface between general medicine and primary care
• Experience of virtual ward rounds
• General (or community) and acute geriatric medicine experience, or general medicine, emergency medicine or urgent care experience

What’s offered

• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays, rising to 32 days with continuous service
• Competitive pension scheme
• Tailored individual and Trust-wide learning and development
• Career progression opportunities
• NHS discount across shops, restaurants and retailers
• Lease car and cycle to work schemes
• Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders and staff networking groups
• Staff accommodation (waiting lists apply)