Job summary
- Main area
- Urgent Treatment Centre
- Grade
- GP
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job share
- Job ref
- 432-MI2601
- Employer
- East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Ipswich
- Town
- Ipswich
- Salary
- £76,038- £114,743 per annum
- Closing
- 10/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
UECC General Practitioner
GP
We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England. Our scale provides exciting opportunities for development, innovation, research, education and training.
Talk to us about our range of flexible working opportunities, apprenticeships and staff benefits
Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is at the heart of all we do; and it forms part of the ESNEFT’s core activities. The Trust operates and relies on everyone treating each other with dignity and respect, to receive equitable and fair treatment in the implementation of Policies, Procedures and in its Practices, to foster positive work relationships, and finally to act with integrity as a professional within ESNEFT as well as a representative of the NHS as a whole. The EDI Agenda reflects the Trust values such as Optimistic, Appreciative and Kind. In line with the NHS Long Term Plan, People Plan, People Promise and a Model Employer intrinsic in the Equality Diversity and Inclusion Agenda, we consistently strive to improve, to take the learning into Action for a better ESNEFT.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity to join a progressive, multi professional team that recognises and upholds ESNEFTs drive to develop an outstanding Clinical workforce to support our patients.
We are looking for a qualified, experienced, enthusiastic and highly motivated GP’s to complement our established team in the Urgent Treatment Centre.
The Urgent Treatment Centre provides urgent medical treatment of acute illness and will give successful candidates the chance to work directly with colleagues in Emergency Medicine to further enhance their Clinical skills. The GP role will be at the forefront of service provision and integral in supporting the Multidisciplinary Team in the provision and delivery of prompt, safe and timely intervention.
The Centre is open 0800-0000, 7 days a week, including weekends and Bank Holidays with a variety of shifts available.
We are looking for cover 0900-1400 and 1800-0000 - Tues and Thurs morning and Saturday
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide professional leadership, clinical expertise and manage same day presentations of patients to ESNEFT’s Urgent and Emergency Care Centre in Ipswich
As a GP in the service you’ll be based in a fast pace dynamic environment and work in partnership with primary and secondary care colleagues, as well as other agencies, to secure a smooth patient journey across the whole patient pathway.
The Post holder will also act as a role model while promoting clinical effectiveness and delivering outstanding clinical practice.
Working for our organisation
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To provide clinical care to patients accessing the UTC. This will include consultation sessions, referring onwards and directing patients to self-care and community pharmacy wherever appropriate to do so.
To work closely with the wider teams in delivering high quality patient centred clinical care.
Ensure on-going CPD to keep abreast of new clinical developments and maintain an appreciation of the commitments and requirements of the wider clinical workforce.
To prescribe generically for all patients as appropriate to need and if non-generics utilised be able to provide appropriate clinical rationale working in partnership with medicines management colleagues.
To provide appropriate health promotion and preventative health care advice to all patients attending the Service.
Engage in the revalidation process and appraisal processes as relevant.
Provide data regarding performance against key performance indicators for the role.
Assisting Front Door Assessment Team (FDAT) to ensure patients seen in most appropriate clinical setting.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GMC
- Registered GP
- Evidence of continued professional development
Experience
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication (verbal & written) and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Ability to work with limited supervision
- Ability to handle a busy and varied patient list
- Good IT skills
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with multidisciplinary teams
- Caring with the ability to listen and empathise
- Willingness to learn new skills and to problem solve on a daily basis
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Nadine Darlow
- Job title
- Clinical Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01473 712233
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