Job Introduction
Are you a GP? Primary Care 24 (PC24) are seeking highly skilled and motivated GP’s to join our workforce with opportunities within Primary Care, Out Of Hours & Alder Hey. We employ salaried and bank workers within Primary Care and are currently recruiting for flexible salaried GPs in Out of Hours, so offer the flexibility to fit around you.
Salary: £108,664.00-£130,398.00 per annum (pro rata) or £76.43-£91.48 per hour for Bank staff
Department: Out of Hours, Primary Care, Alder Hey & Intermediate Care Beds.
Location: Various locations within Merseyside, Sefton & Halton; including Wavertree Head Office
Shifts: Full time/part time and bank positions available (depending on department)
What will I be doing?
Out-of-hours (OOH): Onsite including home visits - Salaried Shifts available
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Carry out medical services with due care and attention, using skills and experience in accordance with good medical practice.
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Triage patients over the phone and make a clinical decision about appropriate care.
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Investigate and diagnose with a care plan/management to follow.
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Medicine management and occasional urgent test management.
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Conduct home visits and face-to-face Urgent Care Centre appointments. .
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Work closely with operations and clinical staff
Primary Care: Onsite in our GP practices - Bank Shifts available
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Carry out medical services with due care and attention, using skills and experience in accordance with good medical practice.
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Focus on the needs of the patient, investigating and diagnosing with a care plan/management to follow.
- Medicine management and occasional urgent test management.
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Integration of social prescribing into the care of our patients
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Work with and support all clinical colleagues & operational teams.
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Work with clinical leads and medical director to challenge and improve the service.
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Ensure all clinical reports are kept to the highest standard.
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Consider the needs of the community and the wider determinants of health.
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Keep great clinical records.
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Collaborative working with other health care professionals and providers to bring optimal expertise around the individual patient. This includes secondary care and community NHS professionals and the use of all communication pathways available e.g. advice and guidance.
Alder Hey: Onsite - Salaried, Fixed-Term & Bank Shifts available
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Assess, diagnose and provide advice, care and management to children and young people presenting with undiagnosed or undifferentiated illness via face-to-face assessments, within our paediatric primary care streaming.
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Demonstrate clinical reasoning, critical thinking and autonomous practice, supported by APNP colleagues in the Urgent Care Centre based on site at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital.
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Provision of high quality holistic clinical care, aligned with current healthcare standards
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Focus on the needs of individual patients and develop a shared decision-making approach where appropriate
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Collaborative working with other health care professions and providers to bring optimal expertise around and individual patient. This includes secondary care and community NHS professionals and the use of all communication pathways available e.g. advice and guidance.
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Integration of social prescribing into the care of our patients
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Working with the clinical leads and medical director to challenge and improve the service
Intermediate Care Beds (Community Care): Onsite - Bank Shifts available
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Work as part of a multidisciplinary team to facilitate the safe and timely admission, rehabilitation and discharge of patients
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Provide medical oversight and support for the assessment, treatment and management of patients within the PC24 bed base.
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Conducting ward rounds both independently and with wider MDT colleagues
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Completing clinical reviews and summarising patients’ current and previous treatment
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Formulating comprehensive management plans with a focus on patient centred care.
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Referring to different clinical disciplines for expert opinion when required. Prescribing medication, including anticipatory medication, with careful consideration of patient needs.
What do I need?
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Full GMC Registration and licence to practice
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Up to date Enhanced DBS Certificate (we will apply for one for you if you aren't a member of the DBS Update Service)
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Understanding of clinical risk management and clinical governance
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Ability to take independent clinical decisions when necessary and to seek further advice from colleagues as appropriate
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Ability to manage own time and workload in line with SLA’
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Excellent interpersonal skills – ability to communicate sensitively
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Demonstrate skills in written and spoken English adequate to enable effective communication
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Competent in the use of IT systems including ADASTRA and EMIS system
What’s on offer?
Salaried:
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£108,664.00-£130,398.00 per annum (pro rata)
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Permanent salaried set shifts
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29 days annual leave pro rata - previous NHS Service will be taken into account
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NHS pension, car fleet & home electronics schemes
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Cycle to work scheme
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Eligible to apply for blue light card
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Colleague wellbeing package - which includes a doctor line, access to Westfield rewards, wellbeing support and gym discounts.
Bank:
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£76.43-£91.48 per hour
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Bank agreement, where you can bid for the shifts available that suit you
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NHS Pension Scheme
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Eligible to apply for the blue light card
About us –
Primary Care 24 (PC24) is a not-for-profit social enterprise established in 2004, predominately delivering NHS contracts. The majority of our surplus is reinvested in patients and staff. We believe that primary healthcare should be accessible for everyone and are committed to delivering the best quality care we can, challenging social exclusion and working locally, where and when we can, to support our communities. We combine the best of the NHS with social enterprise innovation, developing solutions for NHS primary care and caring for our clinicians so that they can, in turn, care for our patients.
Come join our proud team!
Please view the JD for the role you are interested in. Once you apply, we will be in touch to discuss if you prefer salaried or bank, individual shifts, salary and location depending on your department preference.
This vacancy may close before the closing date if the recruiting manager deems sufficient applications have been received. Therefore, it is advised to complete your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
