Community Urgent Care GP
- NHS
- Part Time
- Henley-on-Thames
- Negotiable
Job Description
Job summary
Oxford Health Community Urgent Care GP (CUC GP)
Applicants are invited to apply as soon as possible. Closing date for applications will be midnight 05/01/2025. Interviews will be held during week commencing 13/01/2025.
This is a new and exciting opportunity for interested GPs to be part of a new team and way of working, that is both innovative and integrated. As a Community Urgent Care (CUC) GP, working for the people of Oxfordshire, your role will be varied, interesting, and ultimately rewarding. Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust's (OHFT) Primary, Community and Dental Care Directorate comprises of several services which provide same day, acute and urgent care to patients, close to, or where possible, in their own home as a safe alternative to secondary care.
Main duties of the job
As a CUC GP, your priority will be to help support and deliver our Community Urgent Care services, which operate 7 days a week, 8am till 8pm. As part of an agreed job plan, you will work at one or more of our same day emergency care units, taking a hands-on role to provide acutely unwell patients with further assessment and treatment as an alternative to secondary care. A key part of this role, will also see you providing remote medical cover to our clinical co-ordination centre known as Single Point of Access (SPA), and our Urgent Community Response (UCR), home visiting teams (in conjunction with secondary care).
There may also be a requirement to work clinically in the GP Out of Hours Service as part of an agreed job plan, undertaking telephone triage, base visit consultations and home visiting.
In all areas, you will be working with excellent multidisciplinary teams and benefit from an extensive programme of work we are undertaking to improve our systems and processes so that you feel supported and remain focused on your clinical work.
There are also opportunities to learn, teach and engage in personal development activities.
This is a substantive role and full time/part time hours are available - flexible hours can be considered that fit with the service model. Shifts are between 9 and 12 hours (including unpaid breaks) arranged during weekdays and public/bank holidays. There is also a commitment to working 1 in 6 weekends (Saturday and Sunday). CPD time is provided
About us
As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people's homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: "Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team" Our values are:"Caring, safe and excellent"
At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
- Competitive salary to be agreed with individual applicants based on experience, recognising the requirement for some work in the out-of-hours period.
- Excellent opportunities for career progression.
- Individual and Trust wide learning and development
- Generous annual leave
- NHS Discount
- Pension scheme
- Lease car scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Mental Health First Aiders
- Staff networking and support groups
- Opportunities to learn, teach and engage in personal development activities.
Job responsibilities
Please refer to job description and supplementary information document attached for further information.
Person Specification
Registration
Essential
- Full GMC registration with licence to practice Up to date with appraisal and revalidation requirements.
Experience
Essential
- Active NHS clinical experience in:- General Practice with demonstrable experience in working with urgent care and older people
Desirable
- oSubspecialty experience of working at the Interface between general medicine and primary care;
- oExperience of working with virtual ward rounds.
- oGeneral (or Community) & Acute Geriatric Medicine; OR General Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Urgent care
Personality
Essential
- oAbility to work in a high functioning MDT with respect for the roles and experience of other team members
Desirable
- Able to tolerate a degree of clinical risk
Qualifications
Essential
- Completion of GP training (either JCPTGP certificate (pre 2005) or MRCGP)
Desirable
- oHigher degree or equivalent in relevant field of medicine oPostgraduate teaching qualification oRelevant post-graduate diplomas e.g. Diploma in Geriatric Medicine
Clinical Skills
Desirable
- oKnowledge of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) and its application
Organisation & Management Skills
Essential
- oAbility to understand how organisations work most effectively
- oCommitment to active clinical governance
- oAbility to promote effective team working
- oCapacity to prioritise workload
- oActive participation in clinical audit
- oCommitment to interagency partnership working
Desirable
- Relevant experience of administrative, management and leadership roles of senior medical staff
- oInter-agency partnership working and development
Leadership Skills
Essential
- Ability to work within a collaborative multidisciplinary framework, and to share leadership responsibilities with senior colleagues of other professions
Desirable
- Knowledge of national and local agendas in respect of primary care commissioning, frailty pathways, and urgent care agendas.
Teaching & Academic Experience
Essential
- oExperience in supervising medical trainees
- oApplication of research evidence to clinical practice
Desirable
- oUndergraduate and postgraduate medical teaching.
- oExperience of mentoring or teaching non-medical clinical colleagues
- oHigh quality research as evidenced by publications and citations.
Communication Skills
Essential
- oMust have good skills in communication with patients, relatives, colleagues and staff of other organisations.
- oGood spoken and written English
Desirable
- Good IT skills, familiarity with EMIS, Cerner, Adastra
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Oxford Health NHS Trust
Address
Witney EMU - Abingdon EMU - Henley RACU
Witney Road Welch Way; Abingdon - Marcham Road; Henley - York Road
Witney Abingdon Henley
OX28 6JJ
