Job summary
- Main area
- GP
- Grade
- GP
- Contract
- 3 months (Fixed term for 3 months)
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 844-7535031
- Employer
- Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- GPOOH Urgent Treatment Centre
- Town
- Wirral
- Salary
- £76,038 - £114,743 Per Annum Pro Rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/12/2025 23:59
Employer heading
GP
GP
Wirral Community Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust's common purpose:
We will support you and your community to live well.
Our values:
Compassion
Supportive and caring, listening to others.
Open
Communicating openly, honestly and sharing ideas.
Trust
Trusted to deliver, feeling valued and safe.
Wirral Community Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust provides high quality community health and care services which are responsive to the needs of our local population. Services are delivered by our dedicated and innovative multi disciplinary professionals and supported by equally committed staff behind the scenes. We strive to continue developing and improving our services by working with and listening to our populations, partners, commissioners and staff.
WCHC offers you a great opportunity to be a part of a talented, passionate and committed team delivering excellent community based services across Cheshire and Merseyside.
Job overview
An opportunity has arisen for a GP post within Wirral Community Trusts GP out of hours service to provide overnight cover (12:00-08:00) .
These are overnight shifts for our GP led service which provides primary care consultations, assessment and treatment on the phone or face to face. The face to face consultations may be at the centre or on a home visit to the patients home or temporary residence
Main duties of the job
- Provide comprehensive and competent assessment, advice and treatment for primary care problems following relevant guidance where appropriate
- Maintain accurate and comprehensive records of all consultations
- Make appropriate referrals to secondary care or other agencies when appropriate.
- Work collaboratively and supportively with other health care professionals.
- Advise patients of the scope and limitations of the service and direct them to other services where appropriate.
- Prescribe according to national and local evidence based guidelines.
- Maintain appropriate professional standards as defined nationally by General Medical Council and with relevant locally agreed standards
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
As above, also to include:
- Maintain skills and knowledge relevant to primary care in these settings.
- Attend appropriate educational events to maintain or develop skills essential to working in these services.
- Review and amend CPD needs according to experience, clinical incidents, difficult cases etc
- Maintain adherence to GP appraisal and revalidation
- Include PCD work in PDP
- Ensure knowledge of, and compliance with, appropriate policies, procedures and guidelines.
- Ensure that an appropriate balance is struck between commitment to these services and other professional commitments so that good clinical standards are maintained.
- Participate in significant event analysis, audit, or other meetings as appropriate, such as GPOOH forums.
- Be aware of and adhere to GMC guidance at all times
- PCD services operate on National Holidays. Therefore, GPs may be required to work some Bank Holidays.
- As much notice, as possible, usually a week, should be provided should any GP need to cancel a shift
- If the service becomes stretched for whatever reason (e.g., a flu epidemic) GPs may be requested to cover extra hours
Please refer to the full job description and person specification for further details.
Person specification
Experience and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- 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
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of participation in relevant clinical audit/evaluation
Qualifications & Professional Training
Essential criteria
- Current Registration with General Medical Council
- Recognised General Practitioner Qualification
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Performers list inclusion
Skills and Attributes
Essential criteria
- Strong communication skills
- Excellent patient care
- Ability to identify problems and refer patients to the appropriate agency
- Ability to adhere to policies and procedures
- Effective team member
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Shows initiative, reliability and insight
- Willing to work flexibly should the need arise in the service
- Commitment to the service
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Toni Shepherd
- Job title
- Deputy Director of Operations - Integration
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Please contact Toni for additional details.
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