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Salaried General Practitioner, Urgent Treatment Centres
The closing date is 08 April 2026
County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust has five urgent care centres across the Trust.
We are looking to recruit forward-thinking enthusiastic General Practitioners to join our team of salaried GPs working in our out of hours Urgent Treatment Centres.
We have out of hour vacancies available primarily in Durham Urgent Treatment Centre, but some out of hours shifts are also available in Peterlee and Bishop centres.
Our urgent care centres provide a home visiting service, telephone advice and face to face consultations for patients requiring urgent and emergency care.
Main duties of the job
Working on SystmOne in our out of hours service you will receive referrals from 111, paramedics and walk in patients.
You will be expected to prioritise and co-ordinate your workload in collaboration with the Shift Coordinator, which includes telephone and face to face consultations, laboratory results, home visits and walk in patients who attend our service with minor injuries and illnesses.
You will be working alongside advanced practitioners and healthcare assistant/drivers.
About us
If you are being interviewed you must accept an interview slot in the system to continue, even if you have arranged with the manager.
You must be able to produce ALL certificates stated essential in the person specification or you will not be able to complete pre-employment checks.
We provide hospital services from two acute sites - Darlington Memorial Hospital and University Hospital of North Durham. We have a centre for planned care in Bishop Auckland and provide care from community hospitals in Chester-le-Street, Shotley Bridge, Barnard Castle, Sedgefield and Weardale as well as over 80 other community-based settings and providing care in patients' homes.
We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented.
Full Job Descriptions can be found in the adverts supporting documents.
For the most up-to-date information on visa requirements and eligibility, please check online to determine whether you can apply.
Job responsibilities
Working in collaboration with our other centres and local Emergency Departments we provide an out of hours GP led urgent treatment service.
As part of a whole team approach to providing effective cover across all our Urgent Treatment Centres, you may be asked on occasion to work across other sites.
Person Specification
Special Requirements
* Ability to remain alert at unsocial hours.
* Positive approach to change.
* Flexible to service needs.
Experience
* Recent general practice experience including out of hours work.
* Experience of telephone consultations.
* Paediatrics.
* Palliative Care.
* Mental health.
* Minor Injury Management.
Special Skills & Knowledge
* Primary Care.
* GP Out of Hours National Quality Requirements.
* Good verbal, written and electronic communication skill.
* Ability to safely and confidently prioritise patients presenting problems.
* Ability to identify and assess complex problems.
* Good organisational skills.
* Knowledge of local services.
* Mobility around the area.
Qualifications
* Hold appropriate medical qualification to practice medicine in the UK.
* Fully registered with General Medical Council with current Licence to Practice.
* Hold a certified GP qualification.
* Registered on a regional Performers list with no restrictions to practice.
* Not suspended or disqualified from practice or on any conditional inclusion list with any NHS organisation.
* DCH/DCCH and or DRCOG.
* Relevant experience of working independently in General Practice.
Statutory Registration
* GMC registration with no working restrictions.
* GP Qualification.
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.
County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust
£109,725 to £145,478 a year MSGP scale per annum pro rata
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