Sessional (Bank) General Practitioner, Out of Hours (OOH) Service

Sessional (Bank) General Practitioner, Out of Hours (OOH) Service

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 is now seeking to recruit a limited number of additional Bank GPs to join our bank workforce in the GP OOH service. The current vacant shifts are predominantly face to face and available in the evening and overnight period 7 days a week - priority will be given to GPs who can commit to working face to face shifts during the evenings and overnights.

If you are an interested GP and are seeking daytime shifts across the week or only telephone triage work, please be aware that availability of these shifts is limited.

About us

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, but 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.

Job responsibilities

We are therefore keen to recruit 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.

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

PLEASE SEE JOB DESCRIPTION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

Person Specification Registration

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

Experience

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

Ability and Knowledge

• 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
• Experience of conducting clinical audit

Qualifications

• Completion of GP training (either JCPTGP certificate (pre 2005) or MRCGP)

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.

Banbury, Bicester, Oxford, Witney, Abingdon and Henley

Banbury, Bicester, Oxford, Witney, Abingdon and Henley