Specialty Doctor UTC

NHS; Kingston upon Thames; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic team at the Urgent Treatment Centre in Kingston, where you'll provide high-quality care to patients. As a Specialty Doctor, you'll work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team, ensuring effective patient management and support. The role offers opportunities for professional development and a supportive work environment, with a focus on staff wellbeing and continuous learning.

Benefits

On-site staff nursery

Wellbeing practitioners

Regular wellbeing classes

Dedicated staff physiotherapist

Employee assistance program

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years post-registration experience.
• At least 12 months in Emergency Medicine.
• Demonstrable written and spoken English skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide triage and consultations for urgent care problems.
• Record clinical notes and manage referrals.
• Educate patients on healthy living and NHS services.

Skills

Communication

Interpersonal Skills

Teamwork

Education

MBBS or equivalent medical qualification

Current ALS certificate

Current ATLS certificate

Full GMC Registration

APLS

MRCEM

Job description

Go back Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust

Specialty Doctor UTC

The closing date is 21 May 2025

We are aligning our Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC) team at Teddington Memorial Hospital and Kingston Hospital to ensure we continue to deliver a high standard of care to our local community. We are recruiting enthusiastic and dynamic SAS doctors to join our supportive and friendly team during this exciting time. The post holder will be located at the Kingston Hospital UTC.

The UTC is co-located with the busy Emergency Department, which sees 120,000 patients a year across Type 1 and Type 3 activity, including Paediatrics. The UTC manages a broad range of presentations across both minor illness and injury and operates from 0800 to 0000, seven days a week. The workforce is a collaborative team across disciplines including GPs, junior doctors in training, Bank GPs, Advanced Clinical Practitioners (ACP), Urgent Care Practitioners (UCP), staff nurses, and Healthcare Assistants (HCA). As a teaching environment, it supports the educational and clinical development of junior trainees and non-medical teams (including Nurse Practitioners, ACPs) to support their development within extended roles.

Main duties of the job

The SAS will support the UTC to deliver care of the highest clinical standards, working with the Service Manager, Lead GP, and clinical team to ensure effective overall performance of the UTC. They will coordinate and liaise with community, primary, secondary care, LAS, and voluntary sectors to provide seamless service to patients and their carers, and to prevent hospital admissions where urgent care is required. They will provide specialist advice related to minor illness and/or injury to the UTC team, local healthcare teams, patients, relatives, and carers. At all times, the post holder will act in a manner consistent with the GMC's code of conduct.

About us

Development and staff wellbeing

Your growth and personal happiness matter to us. We are committed to fostering your professional and personal development within a supportive, empowering environment. We support colleagues in research, quality improvement, and innovation, regardless of their role or level.

To support your wellbeing, we offer resources including an on-site staff nursery, wellbeing practitioners, regular wellbeing classes, a dedicated staff physiotherapist, comprehensive occupational health services, a 24/7 employee assistance program, and other support activities.

We also recognize our teams' efforts through weekly 'shoutouts', patient feedback, and monthly and annual awards.

Wherever you work within our organization, we look forward to welcoming you.

Job responsibilities

• Provide triage as required and complete consultations with assessment, treatment, and management of patients of all ages presenting with urgent and primary care problems at the UTC.
• Record full clinical notes using the UTC IT systems and complete coding requirements in line with Trust policies.
• Complete all administrative work related to consultations.
• Support the wider clinical team, including Nurse Practitioners, HCAs, and GPs. Manage referrals of UTC patients to acute specialties, A&E, or community services as needed.
• Support the redirection of patients to their registered GPs where appropriate.
• Educate patients on healthy living, disease prevention, and appropriate NHS service use.
• Prescribe medicines according to the UTC formulary, dispense medicines from stock where available, and complete discharge letters for all patients seen.
• Use all internal and external referral pathways for UTC patients.
• Adopt a reflective approach to clinical practice, report and investigate incidents, and respond to any complaints.
• Follow Trust safeguarding policies for children and adults.
• Restrict diagnostics according to UTC specifications.
• Maintain full GMC registration.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
• Current ALS certificate
• Current ATLS certificate
• Full GMC Registration
• APLS
• MRCEM

Clinical Experience

• Minimum of 2 years post-registration experience
• At least 12 months in Emergency Medicine, with at least 6 months in a UK-like environment
• At least 12 months working in the UK as a fully registered medical practitioner
• Reliable work record
• Additional experience in acute specialties
• Evidence of achieving ST/CT1, ST/CT2, and ST/CT3 ACCS Emergency Medicine competencies by appointment (see RCEM Curriculum)

Language

• Demonstrable written and spoken English skills necessary for the role

Training, Audit, and Research

• Understanding of clinical governance and participation in audit
• Commitment to ongoing medical education
• Experience teaching undergraduates
• Research experience
• Presentations at postgraduate meetings

Personal Qualities

• Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team
• Good interpersonal skills
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Enquiring, critical, and flexible approach to work

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, requiring a Disclosure check for any previous convictions.

Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust