GP @ Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

Are you an experienced GP currently working in the UK and seeking an exciting opportunity to join our GP Out of Hours service? An opportunity has arisen for a 12 months fixed term post within Wirral Community Trusts GP out of hours service, providing weekday (18:30-08:00) and weekend (24hr) support for the Wirral population.

This is a GP led service which provides primary care consultations, assessment and treatment on the phone or face to face. The face to face consultations may be at the centre or on a home visit to the patients home or temporary residence. In addition, it provides an opportunity work alongside Emergency Department colleagues to provide support for face to face adults and children with primary care needs.

Main duties of the job

• Provide comprehensive and competent assessment, advice and treatment for primary care problems following relevant guidance where appropriate
• Maintain accurate and comprehensive records of all consultations
• Make appropriate referrals to secondary care or other agencies when appropriate.
• Work collaboratively and supportively with other health care professionals.
• Advise patients of the scope and limitations of the service and direct them to other services where appropriate.
• Prescribe according to national and local evidence based guidelines.
• Maintain appropriate professional standards as defined nationally by General Medical Council and with relevant locally agreed standards

About us

At Wirral Community Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust our priority is to provide safe, high quality care to our communities every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. We strive to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care.

Located in Wirral in North West England, we provide primary, community health care services to the population of Wirral, Cheshire East, St Helens & Knowsley. We play a key role in the local health and social care economy as a high-performing organisation with an excellent clinical reputation.

Our expert teams provide a diverse range of community health care services, seeing and treating people right through their lives both at home and close to home. Our vision recognises the important role we play in delivering integrated care with partners in the local health economy. Our hard working staff support us to embed an open, just and compassionate culture and in turn we support them by providing an inclusive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development.

Job description

Job responsibilities

As above, also to include

• Maintain skills and knowledge relevant to primary care in these settings.
• Attend appropriate educational events to maintain or develop skills essential to working in these services.
• Review and amend CPD needs according to experience, clinical incidents, difficult cases etc
• Maintain adherence to GP appraisal and revalidation
• Include PCD work in PDP
• Ensure knowledge of, and compliance with, appropriate policies, procedures and guidelines.
• Ensure that an appropriate balance is struck between commitment to these services and other professional commitments so that good clinical standards are maintained.
• Participate in significant event analysis, audit, or other meetings as appropriate, such as GPOOH forums.
• Be aware of and adhere to GMC guidance at all times
• PCD services operate on National Holidays. Therefore, GPs may be required to work some Bank Holidays.
• As much notice, as possible, usually a week, should be provided should any GP need to cancel a shift
• If the service becomes stretched for whatever reason (e.g., a flu epidemic) GPs may be requested to cover extra hours

Please refer to the full job description and person specification for further details.

Person Specification

Qualifications and professional training

Essential

• Current Registration with General Medical Council
• Recognised General Practitioner Qualification
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Performers list inclusion

Experience and knowledge

Essential

• Experience of clinical assessment in urgent Primary Care settings
• Interpretation of laboratory results relevant to Primary care
• Current skills and knowledge relevant to Primary Care in the OOH setting
• Experience of managing complex cases independently

Desirable

• Evidence of participation in relevant clinical audit/evaluation

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.

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

Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

GPOOH Urgent Treatment Centre

Arrowe Park Road

Wirral

CH49 5PE

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.wchc.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)