Urgent Treatment Centre Salaried General Practitioner

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust; Poole; On-site; GBP 89,000 - 109,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive NHS salary and benefits

Substantive employment and career dev.

Cross-site working across Poole &

Poole/Bournemouth UTCs

24/7 Poole UTC development

Job summary

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Salaried GP to support the transformation of urgent care across Poole and Bournemouth UTCs. You will work with a multidisciplinary team to assess and treat patients with urgent and minor illness, delivering high-quality primary care across two Urgent Treatment Centres.

The role offers a competitive NHS salary, substantive employment, and opportunities for career development, with cross-site working and a 24/7 Poole UTC development.

Qualifications

• Full registration with the General Medical Council (GMC) with a Licence to Practise.
• CCT in General Practice or CESR equivalent.
• MRCGP or equivalent recognised qualification.
• Fellowship of the Royal College of General Practitioners (FRCGP).
• Additional postgraduate qualification relevant to Urgent or Emergency Care.

Responsibilities

• Assess, investigate, diagnose, treat and safely manage patients presenting with urgent, undifferentiated illness and minor injury within the Urgent Treatment Centres.
• Deliver high-quality urgent primary care across both Poole and Bournemouth Urgent Treatment Centres, supporting service resilience and equitable patient access.
• Provide senior clinical decision-making, ensuring safe, effective and timely management of patients in accordance with national and local clinical guidance.
• Work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team to deliver coordinated patient-centred care.
• Determine the most appropriate onward management for patients, including discharge with advice or referral to community/primary care services or escalation to secondary care.
• Support the avoidance of unnecessary Emergency Department attendances and hospital admissions.
• Contribute to maintaining patient flow through timely assessment, treatment and discharge planning.
• Participate in clinical governance activities including audit, quality improvement, incident investigation and learning.
• Work flexibly across both Urgent Treatment Centre sites to meet service demands.

Education

GMC Registration with Licence to Practise

MRCGP or equivalent

CCT in General Practice or CESR

FRCGP

Postgraduate qualification in Urgent/Emergency Care

Job description

NHS Medical & Dental: Salaried GP

Main area Urgent & Emergency Care Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Salaried GP Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time
• Flexible working

9 sessions per week Job ref 153-M3929

Department name 4. UHD - Medical Recruitment Site UHD-Cross Site Working - Poole UTC Base Site Town Poole Salary £98,729 Per Annum Salary period Yearly Closing 21/09/2026 23:59

As University Hospitals Dorset we are a three site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.

We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £500m transformation programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.

In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.

We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work.

We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.

At UHD our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.

As a Trust we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.

We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support the preparation of their application. While this is not discouraged, we kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of your own experience and suitability. Personal integrity is an important part of the recruitment process.

Job overview

Join our substantive GP team supporting the transformation of urgent care across Poole and Bournemouth UTCs.

You’ll work alongside an experienced multidisciplinary team, providing high-quality assessment and treatment for patients presenting with urgent and minor illness and injury.

What we offer:

• Competitive NHS salary and benefits
• Substantive employment and career development
• Cross-site working across Poole and Bournemouth UTCs
• Supportive, modern multidisciplinary working
• Opportunity to contribute to the development of a 24/7 Poole UTC

Join us and help shape the future of urgent care across Dorset.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will:

• Assess, investigate, diagnose, treat and safely manage patients presenting with urgent, undifferentiated illness and minor injury within the Urgent Treatment Centres.
• Deliver high-quality urgent primary care across both Poole and Bournemouth Urgent Treatment Centres, supporting service resilience and equitable patient access.
• Provide senior clinical decision-making, ensuring safe, effective and timely management of patients in accordance with national and local clinical guidance.
• Work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team, including Advanced Practitioners, Nursing staff and Allied Health Professionals, to deliver coordinated patient-centred care.
• Determine the most appropriate onward management for patients, including discharge with advice, referral to community or primary care services, or escalation to secondary care where clinically indicated.
• Support the avoidance of unnecessary Emergency Department attendances and hospital admissions by managing appropriate patients within the Urgent Treatment Centre.
• Contribute to maintaining patient flow through timely assessment, treatment and discharge planning.
• Participate in clinical governance activities including audit, quality improvement, incident investigation and learning.
• Work flexibly across both Urgent Treatment Centre sites to meet service demands and support operational resilience.

Working for our organisation

At University Hospitals Dorset (UHD), we are transforming how urgent, emergency and planned care is delivered across our two main hospital sites.

As part of our clinical services review, Royal Bournemouth Hospital will become the Trust’s dedicated emergency care site, including the relocation of the Poole Emergency Department. Poole Hospital will increasingly focus on elective and planned care, alongside the development of a 24/7 Urgent Treatment Centre.

This is an exciting time to join UHD and be part of a major transformation of local healthcare services, with opportunities to help shape new models of care, develop your career and make a real difference to our patients and communities.

We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Candidates are advised to please see the attached job description and person specification documents for further details.

Person specification

Education, Qualifications and Special Training

• Full registration with the General Medical Council (GMC) with a Licence to Practise.
• Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in General Practice or CESR equivalent.
• MRCGP or equivalent recognised qualification.
• Fellowship of the Royal College of General Practitioners (FRCGP).
• Additional postgraduate qualification relevant to Urgent or Emergency Care

Knowledge and Skills

• Good personal and interpersonal skills
• Able to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients in the UTC
• Understanding and commitment to clinical governance issues
• Minor injury management qualification or equivalent experience.
• Extended skills in musculoskeletal medicine, dermatology, ENT, ophthalmology or women's health.
• Ability to interpret plain radiographs

Please note:

Staff recruited are expected to be available to work flexibly across all our Trust locations to meet service demands.

This advert may be closed early if sufficient applications are received.

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself and our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst this vaccination is not a condition of employment we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated.

Internal Candidates: staff employed prior to merger who voluntarily change jobs will be appointed to UHD terms and conditions.

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.