Urgent Care - Overnight GP

NHS Jobs; Greater London; On-site; GBP 83,000 - 124,000; Part time

Job summary

Whipps X Urgent Care Centre is seeking GP bank staff to work overnight shifts (midnight to 08:00) within its UTC, collaborating with nursing and administration teams. The role focuses on delivering face-to-face care for walk-in patients or those directed by NHS 111 or other healthcare professionals, maintaining high standards of care.

You will follow UTC policies and work as an autonomous GP to provide rapid, effective triage, assessment and treatment as part of an integrated service.

Responsibilities

• Autonomous clinician providing clinical assessment, diagnosis and treatment for UTC attendees.
• Accurately triage and prioritise patients including history and drug history.
• Evaluate clinical information and initiate appropriate treatment, referral or discharge.
• Refer patients to appropriate care settings as necessary.
• Prescribe, supply and/or administer medications and treatments per protocols within scope of competence.
• Maintain accurate, contemporaneous electronic records of every contact (history, exam, diagnosis, plan of care, advice, treatment and follow up) including safeguarding issues.
• Provide clinical support to the UTC.
• This list is not exhaustive and you will complete other tasks within the scope of your role.

Job description

Job summary

As a GP, you will be responsible for providing face to face care in our urgent care centre for patients that access this service. We are seeking GP bank staff that can work OVERNIGHT evening shifts. In order to provide an effective service, you will be working directly with the employees of the Whipps X including nursing and administration teams. Other key communication and relationships include: patients and carers, acute trusts, General Practitioners, advanced nurse practitioners, neighbourhood teams, community hospitals, social care staff, local hospices, palliative care teams As a key member of the Whipps X Urgent Care Centre (UTC), the GP will be responsible for providing face to face care for patients that access the service, when the UTC is open Patients who present to the UTC will be walk-in patients or patients booked in by NHS 111 or directed by a healthcare professional. The GP will ensure that all patients are dealt with appropriately and efficiently, whilst maintaining a high-quality service and keeping the high standards that are expected.

Main duties of the job

You will follow Whipps X operational policies and procedures. You will work as a GP on our bank staff for shifts starting Midnight until 08:00am. Generally the role requires similar skills to those of an in-hours GP. You will assist in the development of an integrated approach to the delivery of patient care across the UTC.

CLINICAL RESPONSIBILITES:

• To act as an autonomous clinician providing clinical assessment, diagnosis and treatment, where appropriate, for patients that attend the UTC
• Accurately triage & prioritise patients to elicit the history of an event or illness including past medical and drug history.
• Evaluate clinical information from history and examination and initiate appropriate treatment, referral or discharge.
• Refer patients to appropriate care settings, where necessary
• Prescribe, supply and or administer medication and treatments according to agreed protocols, within scope of competence
• To maintain accurate, contemporaneous computerised clinical records of every contact, including history, examination, diagnosis, plan of care, advice given, treatment and recommended follow up. This includes documenting any adverse event, safeguarding child or vulnerable adult issue or other notifiable matter.
• To provide clinical support to the UTC.

This list is not exhaustive and you will complete other tasks within the scope of your role.