Job summary
- Are you excited by primary and urgent care?
- Do you enjoy working in a dynamic busy environment?
MedOCC is a primary medical care service providing two functions. One function is the provision of primary care Out of Hours services for Medway and Swale and the second function is to provide the primary care element of the urgent treatment centre at Medway Foundation Trust.
The Out of Hours primary care provision also delivers the cellulitis and DVT pathways for both Medway and Swale. The service is provided out of hours between the hours of 18:30 pm to 08:00 am on weekdays and from 18:30 pm Friday through to 08:00 Monday morning, plus Bank Holidays.
The urgent treatment centre primary care element operates 8am to 8pm including weekends, treating patients with a wide range of medical presentations referred via 111 and streamed by the UTC front door.
The clinical team operate a rostered shift system. MedOCC has multiple pathways in and out of our service and have direct referral routes to all MCH services and many more with our partner organisations such as SECAmb, MFT, KMPT and Primary Care.
Main duties of the job
On top of that, we offer 32 days' annual leave, the full eight days bank holidays, and up to 10 days' study leave per annum (full time equivalent). As an out of hours service, you would be expected to work your share of bank holiday sessions, but these are remunerated at an increased rate. Bank holidays do include Christmas and Easter breaks and there is an expectation that these are shared fairly between the salaried team. We also pay medical defence indemnity in full - including for any additional work you may choose to do for MCH, and reimburse your annual GMC fees.
All in all, I feel this is a highly competitive package.
About us
So what else?
- This is your chance to join a progressive and innovative service in a social enterprise that is patient and staff focused - you'll even have the opportunity to become an MCH shareholder.
- We encourage staff to get involved in exploring new ways of working and service development.
- We'll provide well established, in-service training, one to one supervision, and appraisals with regular support.
- You'll be able to develop your skills in a friendly and supportive team.
Would you like to work flexibly?In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important work life balance is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.
The small print
- Informal visits can be arranged on request.
- We will offer you the choice of two pension schemes; the NHS Pension scheme and the scottish widows group pension scheme.
- MCH encourages all staff to be double COVID vaccinated to protect themselves, their colleagues, their family and their patients.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We work hard with potential new recruits to agree a regular timetable, such that they work the same days and the same times each week. The MedOCC sessions can be in-hours (which we take to be between 7:00am and 7:00pm) or evenings, weekends or overnights by mutual agreement with the pay being significantly higher for the out of hours sessions. We do encourage our team members to contribute regular out of hours shifts as part of their set rota. The rota is mutually agreed in line with where the service need is greatest in the first instance, personal circumstance and flexibility is however considered.
Should you join our salaried team, you would also be most welcome to sign up for as many or as few additional MedOCC out of hours sessions as you wished (subject to working time directive limits), either on a regular or occasional basis. Our salaried team get first choice of such availability. This would be agreed as overtime once WTE hours have been completed at basic rate. If you wish to apply for a purely zero hours role, please do so as you too are most welcome.
Flexibank hours are also available for this job role. If you wish to apply for zero hours please specify this in your application. This will be further discussed at interview.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
We work hard with potential new recruits to agree a regular timetable, such that they work the same days and the same times each week. The MedOCC sessions can be in-hours (which we take to be between 7:00am and 7:00pm) or evenings, weekends or overnights by mutual agreement with the pay being significantly higher for the out of hours sessions. We do encourage our team members to contribute regular out of hours shifts as part of their set rota. The rota is mutually agreed in line with where the service need is greatest in the first instance, personal circumstance and flexibility is however considered.
Should you join our salaried team, you would also be most welcome to sign up for as many or as few additional MedOCC out of hours sessions as you wished (subject to working time directive limits), either on a regular or occasional basis. Our salaried team get first choice of such availability. This would be agreed as overtime once WTE hours have been completed at basic rate. If you wish to apply for a purely zero hours role, please do so as you too are most welcome.
Flexibank hours are also available for this job role. If you wish to apply for zero hours please specify this in your application. This will be further discussed at interview.
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Person Specification
GP qualification
Essential
Permission to work in UK
Essential
Good attitude
Essential
MCH Values
Essential
- Caring and compassionate, delivering quality and value and working in partnership
Person Specification
GP qualification
Essential
Permission to work in UK
Essential
Good attitude
Essential
MCH Values
Essential
- Caring and compassionate, delivering quality and value and working in partnership
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 (Opens in a new tab).
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 (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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 (Opens in a new tab).
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 (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
