Job description

Job responsibilities

Provide timely clinical care to gtd healthcare Out Of Hours patients in the form of advice or face to face consultation. This may be at our Denton Main Base, satellite bases, a gtd healthcare treatment centre or on home visits.

To ensure that where appropriate, the patient is referred for further management with the relevant service, e.g. secondary care specialities, community services.

To proactively communicate with the Lead Senior Clinical Practitioner and Senior Care Coordinators to ensure the smooth running of the shift.

To be responsible for prioritisation and timeliness of all consultations assigned to the shift.

Work with colleagues to maximise effective and efficient delivery of care to patients.

To work within the prescribing formulary, taking account of the minimum length of prescribed treatment.

Provide clinical advice to both internal and external other staff as required (e.g. Lead Senior Clinical Practitioner, Senior Care Co-ordinator, Triage Nurses, other GPs, District Nurses)

Represent gtd healthcare in a professional manner when in contact with the general public and other professionals.

To contribute to the training and development of Clinical and non-clinical staff, e.g. GP registrars, Trainee Advanced Practitioners, Paramedics.

Where appropriate, undertake the basic trainers course and work with management teams to either enable training status to be achieved or maintain training status.

Support locally developed urgent care pathways and community alternatives to admission, e.g. DVT service, Alternative to Transfer (ATT/PATS) Scheme with NWAS.

To support streaming of patients to or from co-located A&E services.

On call shifts (optional): Doctors on call are expected to respond to phone requests within 5 minutes of call and to be able to attend at any of our centres within 1 hr.

Personal Development

Maintain appropriate professional registration and ensure working within professional competencies.

To ensure all statutory and mandatory training relevant for post is completed.

Identify own training needs, in consultation and attend agreed relevant courses / study days to enhance personal development.

To be available for meetings and appraisals from time to time as required.

Actively seek out learning opportunities via networking with peers in other organisations.

Participate in the NHS Appraisal process and all activities required for revalidation.

Corporate Responsibilities

To have a good understanding and follow the organisations policies and procedures.

Work as part of the gtd healthcare multidisciplinary team to ensure a positive and productive team environment is developed and maintained at all times.

Work as part of a team to ensure targets are met and have primary responsibility for operational targets in real time.

Involvement in the teaching and training of other health professionals who may be attached to the service.

Alert gtd management promptly to problems in service delivery or concerns about the competence of clinical and non-clinical colleagues.

To provide relevant information and assurance regarding Working Time Directive and hours worked.

To contribute and participate in the management of complaints and concerns where appropriate.

Participate in audit of clinical and patient services.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• On the GMC GP register with a current Licence to Practice and without any current restrictions/undertakings or previous ones relevant to unscheduled care work.
• Vocational Training certificate or certificate of equivalence.
• Inclusion on NHS Englands Medical Performers list.
• Be without any current restrictions/undertakings relevant to OOH work
• Full membership of a medical indemnity organisation with required level of cover for GP OOH/urgent care sessions.

Desirable

• GP Registrar working at gtd within last 12 months.
• GP Principal/Salaried GP working in area(s) covered by gtd healthcare contracted areas or which share an appropriate boundary or undertaking in hours or freelance sessional GP working sessions within any gtd healthcare contracted areas or which share an appropriate boundary and with demonstrable evidence of in hours commitments in a regular practices.

Experience

Essential

• An up to date understanding of modern primary care and its delivery in an OOH/urgent care setting.
• Experience of working in primary care/OOH/Urgent Care.
• Able to manage common medical, surgical and psychiatric emergencies.
• Ability to make appropriate referral for further management.
• Has an understanding of local services, pathways and OOH services.

Desirable

• Understanding of National Quality Requirements in Out of Hours.
• Experience of GP Training or multi- professional education.

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 .

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 .

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website .

Employer details

Employer name

Gtd Healthcare

Address

New Century House

Progress Way Off Windmill Lane

Denton

Manchester

M34 2GP