General Practitioner with special interest in Urgent Care. in Norfolk

Applications are invited for the post of Salaried General Practitioner with a special interest in Urgent Care. This is a full or part-time position which includes evening and weekend work. Non-clinical personal development and teaching time will be included in the job plan.

The role will be to utilise and build on your skills as a General Practitioner. You will be supported in developing new skills in urgent care with the aim to establish a fully functioning Urgent Treatment Centre in the next few months. Prior experience in Emergency Medicine during your GP training is essential.

You will assess the undifferentiated presentation of both adult and paediatric patients. You will provide clinical advice to more junior members of the medical team & ACPs and support the EM Consultants and ED triage nurses.

Main duties of the job

• Maintain professional responsibility for patients coming to the ED by provision of safe, timely, high quality care to patients.
• Keep patients (and/or their carers if appropriate) informed about their condition and involve them in any decision-making about their treatment.
• Undertake different roles within the department as required.
• Be responsible for the keeping of records and the provision of reports, the proper delegation of tasks and maintaining skills and knowledge.
• Provide clinical leadership and supervision of junior medical staff.
• Participate in teaching programs within the department.
• Maintain professional standards and comply in particular with the GMC's guidance on 'Good Medical Practice' as amended or substituted from time to time.

Clinical Governance

Be proactive in the Clinical Governance agenda for the department. This includes participation in audit and quality improvement projects, guidelines/pathways, professional development, appraisal and risk management as well as attending Clinical Governance meetings.

Personal Development

• Maintain the Trusts PRIDE Values.
• Participate in Continuing Professional Development and appraisal.
• To undergo regular revalidation as set out by the GMC.

Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff! The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world.

We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N&N Hospitals Charity. We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:

• Flexible working hours.
• Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service.
• Multi Faith prayer room.
• Discounted gym memberships.
• Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement.
• Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it.
• Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH site.
• Free 24-hours confidential counselling support.
• On-site Nursery.
• On-site cafes offering staff discounts.
• Support in career development.
• Flexible staff bank.
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Essential: Full GMC Registration, ALS provider or equivalent.
• Desirable: Instructor status in Advanced life support courses, Postgraduate diploma/degree, APLS/ATLS provider or equivalent.

Leadership

• Essential: Work effectively with colleagues towards shared goal, demonstrate ability to lead and motivate staff, act as a role model by maintaining high standards of performance and behaviour, direct and motivate in high-pressure environment, organise self and others, ability to prioritise workload, enthusiasm for service development.
• Desirable: Specific training in leadership and management skills, experience or specific training in leadership.

Experience

• Essential: A minimum of 4 years of postgraduate training or equivalent experience, on the UK Specialist Register for General Practice or within 6 months of being so.
• Desirable: Experience in Paediatric Emergency, experience working within the NHS.

Training, audit and research

• Essential: Commitment to teaching and training of undergraduates and resident doctors, participation in audit projects, commitment to ongoing professional development.
• Desirable: Research interest, published articles in peer reviewed journals, courses relevant to medical education or training.

Circumstances

• Essential: Ability to work in a high-speed, high-pressured environment, flexible outlook on working hours including evening work.

Communication

• Essential: Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, support staff, patients, and families.

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.

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.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.