Urgent Care Doctor

Salaried Urgent Care Doctor - Preston & Chorley

Salaried Urgent Care Doctor £95,025 to £105,788 per annum (Additional rate enhancements apply for evening, weekend and overnight working).

gtd healthcare is one of the largest NHS commissioned Primary and Urgent care providers in North West England. We are looking for dedicated and proactive Salaried Urgent Care Doctors to work within our urgent care services at Royal Preston Hospital and Chorley Hospital.

We are recruiting for both full time and part time hours with a minimum of 12 hours per week across Monday to Sunday for evening, overnight and weekend working. Our services operate 24/7 providing vital patient care.

As part of the medical gtd healthcare team, you will deliver urgent primary medical care in line with current evidence based best practice during both the out of hours and in hours periods (dependent on the service area and contractual requirements). This will be face to face assessment in a range of treatment locations. This post may develop to include telephone triage and home visits dependent on the post holders development needs.

You will be part of a busy and proactive team and the wider organisation. We are keen to develop and support staff to excel their career aspirations whilst making a positive difference to patients and the community. We put our people at the heart of everything we do. We are a values driven organisation and we are passionate about providing the best possible healthcare for our patients.

• Provide timely clinical care to gtd healthcare urgent care patients in the form of advice or face to face consultation whilst on shift.
• To ensure that where appropriate, the patient is referred for further management with the relevant service, e.g. secondary care specialties, community services.
• To proactively communicate with the Clinical Shift Leads and Senior Care Co‑ordinators to ensure the smooth running of the shift.
• To be responsible for prioritisation and timeliness of all consultations assigned to the shift.
• Work with colleagues to maximise effective and efficient delivery of care to patients.
• To work within the prescribing formulary, taking account of the minimum length of prescribed treatment.
• Provide clinical advice to both internal and external other staff as required (e.g. Clinical Shift Lead, Senior Care Co‑ordinator, Triage Nurses, other GPs, District Nurses).
• Represent gtd healthcare in a professional manner when in contact with the general public and other professionals.
• Support locally developed urgent care pathways and community alternatives to admission, e.g. DVT service, alternative to transfer (ATT/PATS) scheme with NWAS.
• To support streaming of patients to or from co‑located A&E services.
• On call shifts (optional):
  Doctors on call are expected to respond to phone requests within 5 minutes of call and to be able to attend at any of our centres within 1 hr.

For further details, please refer to the attached job description.

At gtd healthcare we believe we do things differently. Our not‑for‑profit ethos, with a drive to innovate care offers patients the best experience possible and a unique opportunity to transform services. We put our people at the heart of everything we do. We are a values driven organisation and we are passionate about providing the best possible healthcare for our patients.

Benefits package

• Paid indemnity cover.
• 2 sessions per year for appraisal and pre‑appraisal preparation.
• One week study leave per year pro rata.
• Opportunities available for protected medical leadership time.
• Opportunities for portfolio working across primary and urgent care, in or out of hours & further development e.g. GP trainer, fellowship schemes, Minor surgery and other specialist courses.
• Partnership opportunities available with GMS practices.
• Living wage employer.
• Access to Wagestream, which provides flexible and on‑demand access to stream your pay , in real‑time, when picking‑up extra shifts.
• 30 days annual leave, rising to 32 after five years of continuous service.
• Flexible working hours and policies.
• Family friendly and carer policies.
• Opportunities to apply for innovation and quality awards.
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