Job summary
- Main area
- Community Urgent Care GP
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Salaried GP
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 267-MSGP-111-F
- Employer
- Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Witney EMU - Abingdon EMU - Henley RACU
- Town
- Witney Abingdon Henley
- Salary
- £92,832 - £114,743 per annum | pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Community Urgent Care GP
NHS Medical & Dental: Salaried GP
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.
We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible.
Job overview
We are recruiting for GPs to join our Community Urgent Care team across Oxfordshire.
This is an exciting opportunity for interested GPs to be part of an expanding team. As a Community Urgent Care (CUC) GP, working for the people of Oxfordshire, your role will be varied, interesting, and ultimately rewarding. Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust’s (OHFT) Primary, Community and Dental Care Directorate comprises of several services which provide same day, acute and urgent care to patients, close to, or where possible, in their own home as a safe alternative to secondary care.
We are looking for GPs with:
- Full GMC registration with licence to practice
- Completion of GP training (either JCPTGP certificate (pre 2005) or MRCGP
- NHS clinical experience in General Practice within urgent care and older people
Main duties of the job
As a CUC GP, your priority will be to help support and deliver our Community Urgent Care services, which operate 7 days a week, 8am till 8pm. As part of an agreed job plan, you will work at one or more of our same day emergency care units including weekdays and some weekends, taking a hands-on role to provide acutely unwell patients with further assessment and treatment as an alternative to secondary care. A key part of this role, will also see you, as part of an MDT, provide expert and senior triage of new Same Day referrals into Oxfordshire’s Single Point of Access (SPA) and medical cover and support to our Urgent Community Response (UCR) home visiting teams (in conjunction with secondary care).
There are also opportunities to learn, teach and engage in personal development activities.
This is a substantive role and full time/part time hours are available - flexible hours can be considered that fit with the service model. Shifts are between 9 and 12 hours (including unpaid breaks) arranged during weekdays, some weekends and public/bank holidays. CPD time is provided.
Working for our organisation
As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team” Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”
At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
- Competitive salary to be agreed with individual applicants as per Trust PayScale for GPs, recognising the requirement for some work in the out-of-hours period.
- Excellent opportunities for career progression.
- Individual and Trust wide learning and development
- Generous annual leave
- NHS Discount
- Pension scheme
- Lease car scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Mental Health First Aiders
- Staff networking and support groups
- Opportunities to learn, teach and engage in personal development activities.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please read the accompanying job description and supplemental information. We would strongly advise, and welcome, applicants to approach beforehand to discuss the role, and for further information, please contact:
Dr Rachel, McVea, GP Lead cSDEC
Telephone 07530459635 or email [email protected]
Person specification
Registration
Essential criteria
- Full GMC registration with licence to practice
- Up to date with appraisal and revalidation requirements
Experience
Essential criteria
- Active NHS clinical experience in:- General Practice with demonstrable experience in working with urgent care and older people
Desirable criteria
- Subspecialty experience of working at the Interface between general medicine and primary care;
- Experience of working with virtual ward rounds.
- General (or Community) & Acute Geriatric Medicine; OR General Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Urgent care
Personality
Essential criteria
- Ability to work in a high functioning MDT with respect for the roles and experience of other team members
Desirable criteria
- Able to tolerate a degree of clinical risk
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Completion of GP training (either JCPTGP certificate (pre 2005) or MRCGP)
Desirable criteria
- Higher degree or equivalent in relevant field of medicine, Postgraduate teaching qualification
- Relevant post-graduate diplomas e.g. Diploma in Geriatric Medicine
Clinical Skills
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) and its application
Organisation & Management Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to understand how organisations work most effectively
- Commitment to active clinical governance
- Ability to promote effective team working
- Capacity to prioritise workload
- Active participation in clinical audit
- Commitment to interagency partnership working
Desirable criteria
- Relevant experience of administrative, management and leadership roles of senior medical staff
- Inter-agency partnership working and development
Leadership Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to work within a collaborative multidisciplinary framework, and to share leadership responsibilities with senior colleagues of other professions
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of national and local agendas in respect of primary care commissioning, frailty pathways, and urgent care agendas.
Teaching & Academic Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience in supervising medical trainees
- Application of research evidence to clinical practice
Desirable criteria
- Undergraduate and postgraduate medical teaching.
- Experience of mentoring or teaching non-medical clinical colleagues
- High quality research as evidenced by publications and citations.
Communication Skills
Essential criteria
- Must have good skills in communication with patients, relatives, colleagues and staff of other organisations.
- Good spoken and written English
Desirable criteria
- Good IT skills, familiarity with EMIS, Cerner, Adastra
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
- Dr Rachel, McVea
- Job title
- GP Lead cSDEC
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07530459635
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