At a Glance
- Tasks: Join our GP team to assess and treat patients in urgent care settings.
- Company: University Hospitals Dorset, transforming local healthcare services.
- Benefits: Competitive NHS salary, career development, and cross-site working.
- Other info: Exciting opportunity to shape new models of care in a supportive environment.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in urgent care while developing your career.
- Qualifications: Full GMC registration and CCT in General Practice required.
The predicted salary is between 37035 - 45265 £ per year.
Join our substantive GP team supporting the transformation of urgent care across Poole and Bournemouth UTCs.
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:
- 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.
About us:
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.
Job 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:
Essential:
- 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.
Desirable:
- Fellowship of the Royal College of General Practitioners (FRCGP).
- Additional postgraduate qualification relevant to Urgent or Emergency Care.
Knowledge and Skills:
Essential:
- 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.
Desirable:
- Minor injury management qualification or equivalent experience.
- Extended skills in musculoskeletal medicine, dermatology, ENT, ophthalmology or women's health.
- Ability to interpret plain radiographs.
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.
UK Registration:
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.
Urgent Treatment Centre Salaried General Practitioner Poole employer: Meeveem Limited
Meeveem Limited is an excellent employer for general practitioners, offering a supportive and flexible work environment that prioritises professional growth and work-life balance. With full indemnity cover, NHS Pension, and generous leave, our team members enjoy a culture of collaboration and continuous development across our two sites, making it an ideal place for those seeking meaningful and rewarding employment.
