Overview
Job overview
Please note that this is an internal only role and therefore only current employees of Oxford Health are eligible to apply.
Please note thatbank and substantive employees are eligible to apply.
Are you a community GP seeking additional substantive hours within an innovative and integrated team in Oxfordshire? Are you a bank GP looking to take on an exciting substantive role within the Trust? You will help support and deliver our Community Urgent Care services to proactively provide acutely unwell patients with further assessment and treatment as an alternative to secondary care.
You will be based in the Rapid Access Care Unit (RACU) at Henley (Townlands) Community Hospital with an excellent and skilled multidisciplinary team. There will be an opportunity to work in units or services within Oxford Health on a bank basis.
This is a part-time role, one day a week on a Monday. RACU is open 8:00-18:00, Monday – Friday and the shift time for GPs is 10:00 to 18:00 (8 hours), which includes one 30-minute unpaid break. You will also receive an additional 1 hour of paid time to undertake CPD flexibly outside of your rostered clinical time. You will be employed for a total of 8.5 hours per week. The unit is closed at weekends and Bank Holidays, so no out of hours work is required with this post.
We offer a competitive salary to be agreed with individual applicants based on the Trust’s pay scale for GPs.
Main duties of the job
As part of an agreed job plan, you will be based in the Rapid Access Unit (RACU) in Henley one day a week, taking a proactive role to provide acutely unwell patients with further assessment and treatment as an alternative to secondary care.
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:
* 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 refer to the job description and supplementary information document attached for further information.
Person specification
Registration
* Full GMC registration with licence to practice
* Up to date with appraisal and revalidation requirements.
Experience
* 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
Personal attributes
* Dynamic team player with a passion for older peoples’ care and a ‘can do’ attitude
* Ability to accept new ways of working
* Ability to work in a high functioning MDT with respect for the roles and experience of other team members
* To put patients at the centre of decision making, and treat them with care and compassion
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
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.
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
Documents to Download
267-MSGP-111-D JD.pdf (PDF, 247.8KB)
Supplementary Information (PDF, 384.6KB)
Recruiter Contact Details
Name: Dr Sachin Mandalia
Title: Consultant Medical Lead for Acute Emergency Care
Email: sachin.mandalia@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk
Telephone: 07701074040
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