General Practitioner -Urgent treatment centre

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust; Torquay; On-site; GBP 71,000 - 118,000; Full time

Job summary

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an NHS Consultant in General Practice/Urgent Care for Torquay. The role involves managing minor presentations, using urgent care tests, assessing need for secondary referral and initiating initial management as required.

You will act as a source of clinical guidance, coordinate UTC flow, liaise with the Emergency Department and management, and ensure safe handover of care.

Qualifications

• Must have UK professional registration as a clinician.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical advice to a multi-disciplinary team.
• Coordinate UTC flow across shifts with ED and ops teams.
• Ensure safe and effective handover of care in UTC.
• Contribute to clinical governance processes.
• Provide supervision to junior colleagues.
• Demonstrate dynamic clinical leadership to drive patient care quality.
• Support education and knowledge sharing within the team.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Urgent care

Teamwork

Job description

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

Main area General Practitioner Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time

5 sessions per week Job ref 388-8260303-MUEC

Site To be confirmed Town Torquay Salary up to £118k dependant on experience Closing 29/10/2026 23:59

Job overview

The role will require colleagues to provide care for those with more minor presentations, use appropriate urgent care tests, assess patients that may or may not require secondary care referral and to instigate initial management for these patients when required.

Community urgent care covers the Urgent Treatment Centre at Newton Abbot and satellite minor injuries units, and therefore the role is not site specific.

Main duties of the job

You will be a source of clinical advice /guidance for multi -professional colleagues.

The role will coordinate the flow of the UTC throughout the shift, liaising with the Emergency department and with management/operational colleagues.

You will ensure safe and effective handover of care for patients within the UTC.

The role will contribute to clinical governance processes.

You will provide clinical supervision to allied health professionals/junior colleagues.

You will demonstrate that you are a dynamic and assertive clinical leader, focussed on driving high standards of patient care and experience.

The Community urgent care offer in Torbay and South Devon consists of

• UTC at Newton Abbot

There are minor injuries units at Dawlish and Totnes which are supported by Practitioners.

The UTC at Newton Abbot is a busy environment, that supports the local population and sees a wide variety of patients of all ages with minor injuries and illnesses. The average attendance is 105 attendances per day.

The service runs on booked appointments with provision for walk-in attendances.

A GP clinical lead is in post; alongside an Advanced Clinical Practice Lead They provide clinical support to a multidisciplinary team of practitioners. The team provide care across the Community urgent care footprint, using Newton Abbot UTC as a base.

As a team they are enthusiastic and committed to supporting education, sharing of knowledge and developing our service.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Communication and working relationship

Work collaboratively with colleagues across the multidisciplinary team.

Communicate effectively with patients, carers and healthcare professionals.

Recognise and respond appropriately to patients requiring alternative methods of communication.

Contribute positively to a supportive and inclusive working environment.

Analytical and judgement

Assess, diagnose and manage patients presenting with undifferentiated and undiagnosed conditions.

Provide appropriate treatment, advice, counselling and health education to patients.

Participate in clinical audit and quality improvement projects

Responsibility for patient and client care

Work autonomously to deliver appropriate care within local and national management protocols.

Be a source of knowledge and reference for practitioners to access.

Maintain accurate, contemporaneous and appropriate consultation records.

Prescribe safely and effectively in line with local and national prescribing guidance

Responsibility for supervision, leadership and management

• Provide expertise and knowledge to practitioners and MDT colleagues within scope of practice.
• Ensure flow is maintained across the unit.
• Ensure capacity issues are managed and/or escalated.

Person specification

essential criteria all met

• Essential criteria all met - years of experience
• leadership training

You will be joining the organisation at an exciting time. As the first fully integrated care organisation in England, we are working to improve the way we deliver safe, high-quality health and social care. We have a positive and vibrant working atmosphere, we are proud of our investment in our staff both in terms of developing potential career skills and valuing people.

If you provide support to a family member or friend with health or care needs, we aim to be a Carer-friendly employer. We have a ‘Staff Carers’ policy which includes flexible working where possible and a Carer’s Passport scheme that links you into support and discounts.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

• We reserve the right to close vacancies early if we receive a high volume of applications. Therefore, we encourage you to apply promptly.
• Please read the job description carefully and tailor your application to reflect the requirements of the role.
• Applicants who identify in their application form they are a part of the Armed Forces community will be guaranteed an interview, provided they meet the minimum essential criteria outlined in the job description and person specification for the role. Step into Health guidance can be found on our NHS Employers website.
• Correspondence will be sent via Trac, text, and email. Please ensure you check your email and Trac account regularly.
• Applicants with no previous NHS experience will ordinarily be appointed to the minimum of the band.
• If you have not received an invitation to interview within 28 days of the closing date, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.
• It is your responsibility to ensure the timely receipt of appropriate references.

The Trust is committed to preventing discrimination, valuing diversity and achieving equality of opportunity. No person (staff, patient or public) will receive less favourable treatment on the grounds of the nine protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. If you require support you can obtain this from our Equality Business Forum which has representatives from all protected groups.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Ruth Bath Job title General Practitioner- UTC clinical lead Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 07798947113 Additional information

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