General Practitioner

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust; Colchester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Colchester is seeking an experienced General Practitioner for their Urgent Treatment Centre. The ideal candidate will have expertise in primary and secondary care, managing both adults and children. The position offers competitive benefits, including a generous pension scheme and opportunities for professional development. You will work in a collaborative environment to provide essential care and support to patients.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

27 days annual leave

NHS discounts

Health and Wellbeing programme

Qualifications

• Qualified and registered General Practitioner.
• Experience working in an Emergency Department is ideal.
• Strong clinical decision-making skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide same-day care for minor injuries and illnesses.
• Work closely with Emergency Department colleagues.
• Deliver safe, timely, and effective treatment independently.
• Support and lead multidisciplinary team decision-making.

Skills

Experience in Primary and Secondary care

Experience in Urgent and Emergency Care

Management of illness and injury in Adults and Children

Job description

Overview

Job title: General Practitioner – Urgent Treatment Centre, Colchester Hospital

Location: Colchester Hospital

Service: Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC)

Shift Availability: 07:00–00:00, 7 days a week (including weekends and Bank Holidays)

Join Our Team

We’re looking for qualified, experienced, and motivated General Practitioners to join our multidisciplinary team at the Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC), co-located with the Emergency Department at Colchester Hospital. Ideal candidate will have experience working in both Primary and Secondary care, ideally within the Emergency Department or specialist interest in Urgent and Emergency Care and have experience in the management of both illness and injury in Adults and Children

This is an exciting opportunity to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment alongside Paramedics, Nurse Practitioners, ACPs, Nurses, and HCAs.

As a GP in the UTC, you will:

• Provide same-day care for minor injuries and illnesses in both adults and children (from birth).
• Work closely with Emergency Department colleagues to enhance clinical skills and patient care.
• Deliver safe, timely, and effective treatment independently.
• Refer patients to specialties for ongoing care and specialist opinion when necessary.
• Support and lead the multidisciplinary team in clinical decision-making.

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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Responsibilities

• To provide triage where required
• To provide complete consultations with assessment, treatment and management of patients of all ages presenting with primary care problems at the UTC
• To record full clinical notes using the UTC IT systems
• To complete coding requirements on the clinical record in line with the Trust requirements
• To complete all admin work relating to consultations
• To work as part of the wider clinical team- supporting Nurse Practitioners, HCAs, and GP colleagues and training Doctors
• To manage referrals of UTC patients on to acute specialties, A&E or community services where required
• To support the redirection of patients to their registered GP where appropriate
• To give education to patients on appropriate use of NHS services
• To prescribe medicines in accordance with UTC formulary and dispense medicines from stock where available
• To complete discharge letters for all patients seen in the UTC