Salaried GP & Clinical Lead (UTC)

Salaried GP & Clinical Lead (UTC)

Closing date: 03 August 2026.

Watford Urgent Treatment Centre offers an opportunity to join one of the NHS's most progressive and innovative Urgent and Emergency Care services. Unlike many Urgent Treatment Centres that operate through externally commissioned providers or as standalone services, our UTC is fully integrated within West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, enabling General Practitioners to work alongside Emergency Medicine Consultants, Advanced Clinical Practitioners, Emergency Nurse Practitioners and a highly skilled multidisciplinary team. This integrated model provides seamless patient care, direct access to diagnostics and speciality services, and the opportunity to influence patient flow across the wider urgent and emergency care pathway.

Main duties of the job

• Independently assess, diagnose and manage patients presenting with urgent illness and injury.
• Provide assessment and treatment for both adult and paediatric patients within the scope of the UTC.
• Request, interpret and act upon appropriate investigations.
• Prescribe medicines safely in accordance with national and local prescribing guidance.
• Refer patients appropriately to Emergency Department, Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC), specialty teams, community services and General Practice.
• Support clinical streaming and navigation to ensure patients receive care in the most appropriate setting.

Job responsibilities

Working in close partnership with the UTC Matron and UTC Operational Lead (the UTC Triumvirate), the Clinical Lead will provide strategic and clinical leadership for the service.

Clinical Governance

• Lead the UTC clinical governance programme.
• Review clinical incidents, complaints, patient safety events and learning outcomes.
• Lead significant event analyses and mortality reviews where appropriate.
• Ensure compliance with NHS England UTC standards, Trust policies and CQC requirements.
• Promote a culture of continuous learning, patient safety and clinical excellence.

Person Specification

• Full GMC registration with a licence to practise.
• Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in General Practice (or within six months of award).
• Knowledge of assessment, diagnosis and management of undifferentiated illness and minor injuries across all age groups.

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.

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