Sessional (Bank) General Practitioner, Out of Hours (OOH) Service

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust; Abingdon; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Part time

Job summary

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust is seeking Sessional (Bank) General Practitioners for its Out of Hours service. The role involves providing urgent care and assessment during evenings and weekends, with flexible working hours across various trust locations. Join a supportive and dynamic team committed to delivering high-quality patient care.

Qualifications

• Full GMC registration with licence to practice as a General Practitioner.
• Evidence of working in either in, or out of hours General Practice in the last 12 months.
• GP OOH Experience or other urgent care settings.

Responsibilities

• Provide urgent medical advice and assessment out of normal primary care hours.
• Work as part of a multidisciplinary team in various shifts.
• Conduct clinical audits and support decision-making based on evidence.

Skills

Ability to make appropriate assessments in the management of Primary Care patients

Experience in palliative care and use of controlled drugs

Education

Completion of GP training (either JCPTGP or MRCGP)

Job description

Sessional (Bank) General Practitioner, Out of Hours (OOH) Service

GP

Main area Out of Hours Grade GP Contract Bank: Flexible Hours

• Full time
• Part time
• Flexible working
• Other

37.5 hours per week (flexible working - Various hours) Job ref 267-MSOOHGP06

Site Various Trust locations Town Banbury, Bicester, Oxford, Witney, Abingdon and Henley Closing 29/06/2025 23:59

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.

We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible.

Job overview

Oxfordshire’s GP OOH service provides urgent medical advice and assessment to all patients living in the local area when normal primary care is closed. Operating between 6:30pm to 8am and 24 hours across weekends and bank holidays, the service provides advice and treatment for patients that have either called 111 or have entered the service through other means and require urgent primary care management. The service is provided by a multi-disciplinary team that includes GPs, Nurse and Paramedic practitioners, administrative and operational colleagues, all working together to provide clinical care from up to 6 bases, over the telephone or during a home visit.

Main duties of the job

The service is now seeking to recruit a limited number of additional Bank GPs to join our bank workforce in the GP OOH service. The current vacant shifts are predominantly face to face and available in the evening and overnight period 7 days a week - priority will be given to GPs who can commit to working face to face shifts during the evenings and overnights.

If you are an interested GP and are seeking daytime shifts across the week or only telephone triage work, please be aware that availability of these shifts is limited.

Working for our organisation

This is an incredibly exciting time to join Oxford Health and our OOH service in particular as it forms a key component in the delivery of new services that will provide high quality medical care to patients in the community and as close to their own home as possible. Not only can you expect interesting and varied work dealing with acute medical problems in patients both young and old, but you will also work with an excellent multidisciplinary team and benefit from the extensive programme of work we are undertaking to improve our systems and processes so that you feel supported and remain focused on your clinical work.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We are therefore keen to recruit GPs to our team that are at any stage of their career and can work any number of hours up to full time. This may be colleagues who have recently completed GP training or GPs that are further along in their career and wish to develop their portfolio career or are simply looking for a new challenge. We can offer an individually tailored induction programme to help you settle into your role followed by ongoing professional support from case review and peer feedback, all of which is designed to help you become an experienced and skilled OOH clinician.

Generally, the role requires similar skills to those of an in-hours GP although the following additional skills are desirable but not essential (as support and learning opportunities can be provided)

• Experience in palliative care and use of controlled drugs

PLEASE SEE JOB DESCRIPTION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

Person specification

Registration

• Full GMC registration with licence to practice as a General Practitioner
• Inclusion on Medical Performers List

Experience

• Evidence of working in either in, or out of hours General Practice in the last 12 months
• GP OOH Experience or other urgent care settings

Ability and Knowledge

• Ability to make appropriate assessments in the management of Primary Care patients
• Ability to use the current evidence base and clinical audit to support decision-making
• Experience of conducting clinical audit

Qualifications

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

Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.

Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.

We positively encourage applications from all areas of the community, regardless of gender, race, faith, disability, age or sexual orientation and we encourage applications from users of mental health services. This is part of our commitment to equality and reflecting the diversity of our population.

Oxford Health is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

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 Sandra Parker Job title GP Liaison Manager, Oxfordshire OOH service Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 07770 346493

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