A substantive GP post in the Out of Hours service run by Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, covering urgent primary care across Oxfordshire when routine practices are closed. The work centres on assessing and treating patients needing same-day care, from newborns to end-of-life, and advising non-medical clinicians within a multidisciplinary team. Work is clinic-based with home visits and remote consultations, including overnight, weekend and bank holiday shifts from 17 hours a week. Full GMC registration with a licence to practise and completed GP training are required.
What the job involves
- Assess, treat and manage patients needing same-day urgent care that cannot wait for routine primary care
- Care for patients from birth to end of life, recognising acute illness that needs further intervention
- Provide face-to-face care in base clinics and home visits, and remote telephone consultations
- Give senior medical support and advice to non-medical practitioners in the multidisciplinary team
- Provide medical advice to the Single Point of Access and other same-day services run by the Trust
- Work in an integrated way with other same-day and urgent care services run by the Trust
- Support and supervise GP trainees and non-medical practitioners
- Undertake research and clinical audit
- Work from a usual base and cover other Oxfordshire sites where required
Qualifications
- Completion of GP training (JCPTGP certificate pre-2005 or MRCGP)
Registration & licences
- Full GMC registration with licence to practise as a General Practitioner
- Inclusion on a Medical Performers List
- Up to date with appraisal and revalidation requirements
Experience
- Active NHS clinical experience in general practice
- Demonstrable experience of providing urgent care
Skills & knowledge
- Making appropriate assessments in the management of primary care patients
- Using the current evidence base and clinical audit to support decisions
- Autonomously assessing, treating and managing patients with undifferentiated illness
- Managing patients remotely without face-to-face assessment where appropriate
Nice to have
- Previous experience of working in an urgent care or out of hours setting
- Experience of leading on complaints and Serious Incident investigations
- Provision and knowledge of palliative care
- Wound care and minor injuries
- Experience of urinary catheterisation
What’s offered
- 32 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Pension scheme
- Lease car scheme
- NHS discount
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Individual and Trust-wide learning and development
- Career progression opportunities
- Mental health first aiders and staff networking and support groups
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
