Specialty Doctor in Urgent Treatment Centre

Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Chester; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Specialty Doctor to join the Urgent Treatment Centre team. You will deliver urgent primary care consultations across all ages, prioritise timely access, and work with the UTC Clinical Lead and Directorate to develop high‑quality care.

Applicants must hold MBBS (GMC registered) with CEM/FRCEM Intermediate or equivalent, and have Foundation competences, plus ATLS/ALS/APLS.

Qualifications

• Medical degree MBBS or GMC-acceptable.
• MRCEM or FRCEM Intermediate certification.
• Full GMC registration with licence to practice.
• Evidence of Foundation competences per UKFPO or equivalent.
• ATLS, ALS or APLS certification.
• GIC/Instructor status in one of the above.

Responsibilities

• Provide complete consultations with assessment, treatment, and management of patients of all ages presenting with urgent primary care problems at the UTC.
• Prioritise and ensure timeliness of all consultations.
• Promote integrated team-working and liaison with the Emergency Department to support referrals to specialties where appropriate.

Skills

Emergency Medicine

Paediatric EM

Audit/Research

Education

MBBS or GMC‑acceptable degree

MRCEM or FRCEM Intermediate

Full GMC registration & licence

UKFPO Foundation competences

ATLS/ALS/APLS

GIC/Instructor status

Job description

Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Specialty Doctor in Urgent Treatment Centre

The closing date is 04 November 2026

The post holder will deliver clinical care and work with the current UTC team, UTC Clinical Lead, Directorate Manager and Service Manager to deliver an effective service that provides, safe and high-quality care. The post/s are an excellent opportunity to join an Urgent Treatment Centre team which is in a stage of additional investment, and work within the healthcare system of a busy district general hospital.

Main duties of the job

• Provide complete consultations with assessment, treatment, and management of patients of all ages presenting with urgent primary care problems at the UTC.
• To be responsible for prioritisation and timeliness of all consultations.
• To be flexible, responsive, resilient, and self-motivated and understand the needs of modern primary care ways-of-working to maximise effective and efficient care.
• To complete coding requirements in line with the Trust requirements
• To be confident identifying patients who do not require treatment in the UTC and identifying those who require inpatient or more specialist treatment and referring them appropriately.
• Promote integrated team-working and liaison with the Emergency Department to support referrals to specialties where appropriate, including community services.
• To give education to patients on healthy living and disease prevention.
• To give education to patients on appropriate use of NHS services.
• To work within the prescribing formulary taking account of the minimum recommended length of prescribed treatment.
• To adopt a reflective approach to clinical practice, to report all incidents and work with the team to investigate.
• To be responsible to the employing Trust and subject to the NHS Complaints Procedure.
• To follow the Countess of Chester's child safeguarding and vulnerable adults' policy.

About us

The Trust's services are provided from three locations:

• The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 473 general and acute beds.
• Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 60 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility.
• Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust employs 5,964 staff (headcount) to provide care and treatment to a population of over 400,000 people living in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire.

The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care System. Due to its location on the border with North Wales, the Trust also works closely with the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board.

The Trust treats patients from England and some parts of Wales. During 2024/2025, there were approximately 643,000 patient attendances (inpatient, A&E, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery

Job responsibilities

See Job Description for further details.

Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values. An applicant guide to help and support you through your recruitment journey can be accessed at the bottom of this page.

If you have a disability that meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010, and you can show that you meet the essential criteria described in the person specification for an available position, please answer YES to the question: Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?

Please inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes.

The trust offers a Guaranteed Interview Scheme to any armed forces community applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post.

If a DBS is required for your role, you are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee applies which is payable to the DBS Service. Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costswill be deducted from their salary over the first three months of employment.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.

The Trust will not sponsor where the starting salary does not meet immigration rules

Good luck with your application.

Person Specification

Qualifications and training

• A Medical degree or Diploma, acceptable by the General Medical Council i.e. MBBS or equivalent.
• MRCEM or FRCEM Intermediate
• Shall have full registration and a licence to practice with the GMC at time of appointment.
• Evidence of achievement of Foundation competences as per UKFPO affiliated Foundation Programme or equivalent by time of appointment in line with GMC standards/ Good Medical Practice
• At least one of ATLS, ALS or APLS
• Further ATLS/ALS, APLS or PALS provider
• GIC/Instructor status in one of the above

Previous Experience/Entry Criteria

• 12 months experience in Emergency Medicine
• Shall have completed at least four years' full-time postgraduate training (or its equivalent gained on a part-time or flexible basis) at least two of which will be in a specialty training programme in a relevant specialty or as a fixed term specialty trainee in a relevant specialty; or shall have equivalent experience and competencies
• Experience of audit or research.
• Experience in acute medicine, critical care, Anaesthesia, ICM
• Experience of Paediatric EM
• Experience working in a UTC

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust