SevernSide IUC GP - Bank

NHS Jobs; West of England; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

The SevernSide GP role at NHS Jobs involves assessing and managing a broad range of urgent primary care presentations across all ages, including mental health needs, often via telephone or video consults. You will work with Health Care professionals in the BNSSG area, documenting findings and escalating when necessary to ensure patient safety and continuity of care.

You will liaise with the Clinical Coordinator on shift for decision support, support new clinicians on their first shifts, and use

Responsibilities

• Assess and manage the full breadth of clinical presentations and age groups in urgent primary care, including physical and mental health needs.
• Take telephone referrals from Health Care professionals within the BNSSG area for appropriate adult medical admissions.
• Demonstrate excellent communication with referring HCPs to discuss alternative management ideas without confrontation.
• Undertake clinical work by telephone +/- video, assessing concerns, forming differential diagnoses and management plans.
• Identify serious illness or emergencies requiring admission or ambulance response.
• Prescribe appropriately for urgent primary care, including end of life medications where needed.
• Document key findings to support contemporaneous records and future handovers.
• Seek clinical advice from the senior GP on shift when required to support decision making.
• Buddy with new clinicians on their first shift to help them become familiar with systems and processes.
• Use IT systems for safe clinical work (CLEO, PACS, EMIS) and Clinical Toolkit, BrisDoc links, Remedy.
• Report concerns and incidents to support service improvement and sustainability.

Job description

As a SevernSide GP you will

• Assess and manage the full breadth of clinical presentations and age groups which present in the urgent primary care setting, including physical and mental health needs.
• Take telephone referrals from Health Care professionals within the BNSSG area for appropriate adult medical admissions whilst being sensitive to the capacity issues of the hosting acute trust.
• Demonstrate excellent communication skills with referring HCPs, in order to build positive relationships so that alternative management ideas can be discussed without confrontation.
• Gain familiarity with the other urgent care services available in the BNSSG system, and how to access these for patients Undertake clinical work by telephone +/- video, consulting with patients and/ or their representatives and healthcare professionals in the community to appropriately assess the current concerns, establish an appropriate differential diagnosis and management plan.
• Seek to support community management wherever possible, but be able to recognise serious illness and emergency situations requiring admission and/ or an ambulance response
• Be able to prescribe appropriately for the urgent primary care context, including initiating and changing end of life medications
• Document the key findings from their assessment, such that the notes provide appropriate detail to log the assessment at the time, and support other clinicians who may be involved later in the patients journey.
• Seek clinical advice from the senior GP on shift (the Clinical Coordinator where applicable) when required to support clinical decision making and access to appropriate services
• Buddy with new clinicians working their first shift in the Severnside service, as required, to support them to become familiar with the systems and processes following induction
• Use all IT systems required for safe clinical work in IUC, including the clinical systems (CLEO, PACS and EMIS), resources available to support clinical decision making (the Clinical Toolkit, BrisDoc weblinks, Remedy)
• Be proactive about identifying and reporting concerns and incidents, to support continued learning and improvement in the service provided to patients
• Contribute to the organisations sustainability efforts by adhering to eco-friendly practices in- daily tasks, such as reducing paper use, recycling, and supporting initiatives that promote a greener workplace
• SevernSide IUC Bank GP's to work 1 shift per month