Gp

Wirral Community Health & Care Nhs Foundation Trustare; Upton; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Wirral Community Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced GP to join the Out of Hours service on a 12-month fixed-term basis. The role involves weekday shifts from 18:30 to 08:00 and weekend 24-hour coverage for the Wirral population, with face-to-face or telephone consultations.

The GP-led service provides primary care, assessments and treatment, with opportunities to work alongside Emergency Department colleagues and to refer to secondary care as appropriate, while adhering

Qualifications

• Experience as a GP in the UK with relevant out-of-hours exposure.
• Ability to assess, advise and treat primary care problems following guidance.
• Maintain accurate records and make appropriate referrals.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive assessment, advice and treatment for primary care problems.
• Maintain accurate and comprehensive patient records of consultations.
• Make appropriate referrals to secondary care or other agencies when appropriate.
• Work collaboratively with other health care professionals.
• Advise patients of the scope and limitations of the service and direct them to other services where appropriate.
• Prescribe according to national and local guidelines while maintaining GMC standards.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Prescribing per guidelines

Record keeping

Referral to secondary care

Team collaboration

Patient communication

Job description

Are you an experienced GP currently working in the UK and seeking an exciting opportunity to join our GP Out of Hours service? An opportunity has arisen for a 12 months fixed term post within Wirral Community Trusts GP out of hours service, providing weekday (18:30-08:00) and weekend (24hr) support for the Wirral population. This is a GP led service which provides primary care consultations, assessment and treatment on the phone or face to face. The face to face consultations may be at the centre or on a home visit to the patients home or temporary residence. In addition, it provides an opportunity work alongside Emergency Department colleagues to provide support for face to face adults and children with primary care needs.,

• Provide comprehensive and competent assessment, advice and treatment for primary care problems following relevant guidance where appropriate
• Maintain accurate and comprehensive records of all consultations
• Make appropriate referrals to secondary care or other agencies when appropriate.
• Work collaboratively and supportively with other health care professionals.
• Advise patients of the scope and limitations of the service and direct them to other services where appropriate.
• Prescribe according to national and local evidence based guidelines.
• Maintain appropriate professional standards as defined nationally by General Medical Council and with relevant locally agreed standards
  At Wirral Community Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust our priority is to provide safe, high quality care to our communities every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. We strive to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care.

Located in Wirral in North West England, we provide primary, community health care services to the population of Wirral, Cheshire East, St Helens & Knowsley. We play a key role in the local health and social care economy as a high-performing organisation with an excellent clinical reputation. Our expert teams provide a diverse range of community health care services, seeing and treating people right through their lives both at home and close to home. Our vision recognises the important role we play in delivering integrated care with partners in the local health economy. Our hard working staff support us to embed an open, just and compassionate culture and in turn we support them by providing an inclusive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development.