Job summary
You will be required to work within the limits of your competency in minor illness and minor injury and will be an integral part of a team which also includes primary care GPs, emergency nurse practitioners, health care assistants and advanced clinical practitioners.
Patient contact will be by both planned appointments arranged via 111 and the walk in 'see and treat' model,most situations present the kind of clinical problem that a general practitioner would see in acute primary care situations. At busy times this may change to 'triage and wait' but it will not usually involve the use of telephone advice except to clinical colleagues on request.
Patients will normally be seen within a 15-minute consultation time which may increase with those presenting with less well differentiated problems or more severe illness. Those patients requiring further investigation or intervention will be transferred to the Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital when stabilised.
Main duties of the job
To work as a skilled General Medical Practitioner within the integrated clinical team at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Urgent Treatment Centres (UTCs) providing acute primary care patient assessment and management.
A key part of the role will be to support other professionals, i.e. emergency nurse practitioners triage nurses and healthcare assistants, in the UTC.
The timing of the UTCs is as follows:
Wansbeck General Hospital
North Tyneside General Hospital
Hospital/Hexham
We are operating a front door streaming service at The Northumbria, planned to run from:
08:00-22:00
About us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Ability to analyse clinical information through patient assessment
Diagnoses will be made based on history and examination and access to a basic set of observations if necessary.
Dipstick testing of urine is possible as is access to X ray investigation and if the post holder has skills in X ray interpretation this can be used.
There is remote on-shift clinical advice from ED consultants and relevant specialty consultants.
Able to determine a clinical plan of action.
Ability to recognize the limits of their competence and take the necessary action
Respond to emergency situations as they arise
Post holder required to plan and organize patient care within the limits of their level of skill and work with the site nurse lead to support patient flow and meet key performance indicators including triage times, and the 4 hour target
The post holder will be required to plan short term adjustments to their own workload depending on clinical need in the UTC.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- UK Medical Degree or recognised equivalent
- MRCGP or equivalent qualification
- Full registration with a license to practice on the National Performer's List
- Experience of working in Primary Care in the United Kingdom
- Clinical skills necessary for managing acute presentations in primary care.
- BLS (or higher level) training within the last 12 months
Desirable
- Experienced in using GP IT clinical systems
- ILS /ALS qualification
- Previous Urgent / Emergency care experience
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.
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
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Wansbeck General Hospital
Woodhorn Lane
Ashington
NE63 9JJ