Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity to work for our Urgent Care Out of Hours Service / GP out of hours.
We are seeking motivated and dedicated clinicians who have experience in urgent primary care, who are excellent team members, willing to work as part of a growing and multidisciplinary team.
We provide out of hours care for the population of Wirral which is a peninsula in the Northwest of England between Liverpool and Chester.
We are offering regular or ad hoc bank contracts at a competitive hourly rate of pay.
The emphasis of what we need is on weekend working at any time of day or night, and also mid week overnight shifts. There may be opportunity to work in the midweek evening as well but the primary need is weekends and overnight.
Main duties of the job
We use SystmOne as our electronic patient record. We have fully integrated access via NHS Connect, to the in hours GP record on EMIS (including free-text and coded data) and the local hospital records on Cerner (including ED d/c letters / Radiology, Pathology, Microbiology, Histology results).
Our patients come from various sources and clinical colleague referrals, giving you exposure to a wide range of clinical matters, and the ability to discuss with many different specialties. Currently we can consult:
- Patients care navigated for initial telephone consultation via NHS111
- Local health care practitioners asking for remote advice, including community nurses, specialist palliative care nurses and community pharmacists)
- Abnormal blood results taken in hours, called through from the local labs
- Paramedic referred patients who can be stepped down to avoid unnecessary conveyance to hospital
- Care home referred patients
- Face to face patients transferred from the ED or Walk in Centres
- Home visits
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 and social 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
Our sessions are flexible:
- They can vary in length
- We can accommodate short / last minute requests for extra hours
- You can work a regular shift, or ad hoc depending on your availability
- No fixed patient appointments / no personal; allocation of patients. The expectation is that you would consult @ 3 patients per hour on average.
Core benefits:
- Use of Systm1 texting to facilitate text communication (Systm1 video suite also available)
- Fully enabled hardware with Jabber voice calling and recording software
- Immediate access to a full support team of shift managers / shift administrators / call handlers / fellow clinicians
- Detailed and informative induction guide showing numerous processes and policies
- Regular education sessions through the year
- Pension and PAYE
- Funded induction and orientation to our service including a meet and greet and Q/A session with a service lead.
- Dedicated clinical governance including proactive and reactive audit, and review of consultations to support your continuing professional and personal development.
Opportunity to work remotely from home - if required by the service
For further information or an informal chat, please contact the Clinical Director, Dr Eddie Roche @ edwardroche@nhs.net, or the service lead Ms Sarah Cowell @ s.cowell1@nhs.net
Job description
Job responsibilities
Our sessions are flexible:
- They can vary in length
- We can accommodate short / last minute requests for extra hours
- You can work a regular shift, or ad hoc depending on your availability
- No fixed patient appointments / no personal; allocation of patients. The expectation is that you would consult @ 3 patients per hour on average.
Core benefits:
- Use of Systm1 texting to facilitate text communication (Systm1 video suite also available)
- Fully enabled hardware with Jabber voice calling and recording software
- Immediate access to a full support team of shift managers / shift administrators / call handlers / fellow clinicians
- Detailed and informative induction guide showing numerous processes and policies
- Regular education sessions through the year
- Pension and PAYE
- Funded induction and orientation to our service including a meet and greet and Q/A session with a service lead.
- Dedicated clinical governance including proactive and reactive audit, and review of consultations to support your continuing professional and personal development.
Opportunity to work remotely from home - if required by the service
For further information or an informal chat, please contact the Clinical Director, Dr Eddie Roche @ edwardroche@nhs.net, or the service lead Ms Sarah Cowell @ s.cowell1@nhs.net
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
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
- Evidence of participation in relevant clinical audit/evaluation
Skills and Attributes
Essential
- Strong communication skills
- Shows compassion, and passion for Excellent patient care
- Ability to identify problems and refer patients to the appropriate agency
- Ability to adhere to policies and procedures
- Effective team member
- Self aware - strengths / weaknesses / personal qualities and skills (or skills gaps)
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Shows initiative, reliability and insight
- Willing to work flexibly should the need arise in the service
- Commitment to the service
Training and Education
Essential
- Willing to develop skills and knowledge to assist service development
Desirable
- Willing to support the skills and knowledge development of colleagues e.g. GP trainees and ACPs
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
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
- Evidence of participation in relevant clinical audit/evaluation
Skills and Attributes
Essential
- Strong communication skills
- Shows compassion, and passion for Excellent patient care
- Ability to identify problems and refer patients to the appropriate agency
- Ability to adhere to policies and procedures
- Effective team member
- Self aware - strengths / weaknesses / personal qualities and skills (or skills gaps)
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Shows initiative, reliability and insight
- Willing to work flexibly should the need arise in the service
- Commitment to the service
Training and Education
Essential
- Willing to develop skills and knowledge to assist service development
Desirable
- Willing to support the skills and knowledge development of colleagues e.g. GP trainees and ACPs
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).
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
