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Job summary

Main area
Flexible
Grade
(Very competitive rates of pay offered)
Contract
Bank: Flexible
Hours
  • Part time
  • Flexible working
  • Other
0 hours per week (Flexible)
Job ref
267-MSGP-104
Employer
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Abingdon
Town
Abingdon
Salary
(Very competitive rates of pay offered)
Closing
26/06/2024 23:59

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Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust logo

F2F General Practitioner, Out of Hours Service

(Very competitive rates of pay offered)

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.

We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible.

Job overview

OOH GPs needed to provide face to face patient care in Oxfordshire!

(Very competitive rates of pay offered)

Dear GP Colleagues,

Oxfordshire’s GP OOH service provides urgent medical advice and assessment to all patients living in the local area when normal primary care is closed. Operating between 6:30pm to 8am and 24 hours across weekends and bank holidays, the service provides advice and treatment for patients that have either called 111 or have entered the service through other means and require urgent primary care management. The service is provided by a multi-disciplinary team that includes GPs, Nurse and Paramedic practitioners, administrative and operational colleagues all working together to provide clinical care from up to 6 bases, over the telephone or during a home visit.

Main duties of the job

The service now requires additional GPs to join our team and provide face to face patient care.

This is an incredibly exciting time to join Oxford Health and our OOH service in particular as it forms a key component in the delivery of new services that will provide high quality medical care to patients in the community and as close to their own home as possible. Not only can you expect interesting and varied work dealing with acute medical problems in patients both young and old, you will also work with an excellent multidisciplinary team and benefit from the extensive programme of work we are undertaking to improve our systems and processes so that you feel supported and remain focused on your clinical work. You will also have opportunities to undertake alternative clinical roles, teaching, learning, and personal development offered by all of our community services as a whole.

Working for our organisation

We are therefore keen to recruit additional sessional (bank) or salaried GPs to our team that are at any stage of their career and can work any number of hours up to full time. This may be colleagues who have recently completed GP training or GPs that are further along in their career and wish to develop their portfolio career or are simply looking for a new challenge. We can offer an individually tailored induction programme to help you settle into your role followed by ongoing professional support from case review and peer feedback, all of which is designed to help you become an experienced and skilled OOH clinician.

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Generally, the role requires similar skills to those of an in-hours GP although the following additional skills are desirable but not essential (as support and learning opportunities can be provided)

  • Experience in palliative care and use of controlled drugs
  • Catheter Managemen 

Summary of Sessional (bank) Role

  • We offer very competitive pay rates of up to £120/hour (depending on timing of shift)
  • Base visiting (patients attending a clinic appointment) or home visiting sessions available throughout the week including overnight sessions or a combination of all (support with telephone triage is required between face to face patients)
  • For sole remote telephone triage work – please see our separate advert and JD
  • Regular, advanced block booking and ad hoc sessions available
  • No absolute requirement to undertake a minimum no. of sessions for F2F work
  • Online or app based booking system for shift

Summary of Substantive role

  • Competitive rate of pay of up to £131,773FTE (pro rate for part time roles)
  • CPD and study leave allowanc

Summary of role for either substantive or sessional GPs

  • Locations in Banbury, Bicester, Oxford, Witney, Abingdon and Henley
  • Typical session is 4-5 hours in length which can be combined with further sessions to follow on i.e. back to back sessions
  • Overnight sessions are usually 9 hours in length (11pm to 8am)
  • For home visiting sessions and overnights, the GP will be accompanied by a driver in a trust vehicle.
  • An individualised and rigorous induction programme with scheduled follow up meetings
  • Clinical performance feedback and opportunities to discuss cases.
  • Access to NHS Pension (as an officer)
  • Online or app based booking system for shifts
  • Ability to pick up additional sessions of any length when we experience high volumes of 111 referrals
  • Online payslips and P60s
  • Streamlined mandatory training requirements
  • Dedicated GP liaison officer and point of contact for any non-clinical issues that may arise
  • Support from a growing operational and back office team for the in hours and out of hours period
  • Limited admin and paperwork
  • Shift based work so start and finish on time
  • Regular support and communication from the clinical leadership team
  • Opportunities to undertake Quality Improvement, research, and other innovation project

We are especially keen to hear from GPs that are passionate about delivering high quality patient centred care in the community, and whether you are salaried or sessional we encourage and actively listen to feedback and ideas for service delivery and change, implementing them where appropriate.

Finally, if you are interested in working with us but would like to discuss the role further, please do not hesitate to contact Sandra Parker (details below) who will arrange a phone call with one of us from the clinical leadership team.

We look forward to hearing from you and hopefully becoming part of our team!

Person specification

Registration

Essential criteria
  • Full GMC registration with licence to practice as a General Practitioner
  • Inclusion on Medical Performers List

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of working in either in, or out of hours General Practice in the last 12 months
Desirable criteria
  • GP OOH Experience or other urgent care settings

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Ability to make appropriate assessments in the management of Primary Care patients
  • Ability to use the current evidence base and clinical audit to support decision-making
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of conducting clinical audit

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Sandra Parker
Job title
GP Liaison Manager, Oxfordshire OOH service
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07770 346493
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