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Post: Salaried GP
Pay: £73,850 - £110,775 (dependent on skills & experience and pro-rata to the hours worked)
- Golden hello £2500 offered paid in instalments over first 6mths pro rata
Hours:Full time is 37 hours
Accountable to:Organisational Medical Director
Reports to:Organisational Medical Director
Location:The Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC), Doncaster Royal Infirmary, Armthorpe Road, DN2 5LT. With the possibility of supporting at the Same Day health Centre and Virtual Triage as service demand requires.
Interview date: 13th June 2025
Role: The post holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team of professional and administrative colleagues, working in a range of Planned and Urgent Care services within Doncaster, with the flexibility to be available across different sites, and providing remote support if the need arises. You will provide consultations and appropriate clinical management of patients attending with injury and illness to services, either face to face or virtually. As well as broad clinical practice within supportive, dynamic teams, the post includes regular dedicated time for Continuing Professional Development and study leave. The post holder also has additional responsibilities:
The role will provide additional mentorship and support to new and evolving roles in our clinical workforce and to clinical trainees of all professions.
The role will contribute to the Clinical Governance agenda within the specified location/Business Unit.
The role will contribute to clinical innovation across the organisation, including development of the current UTC service at Doncaster, in line with the NHS long term plan and UTC model
The role will contribute to clinical digital developments and integration across the organisation.
The role will play a pivotal part in developing partnerships with relevant stakeholder organisations ensuring effective care pathways.
The post holder will:
- Provide, as part of a core team of salaried GPs, Advanced Clinical Practitioners and other Clinicians, high quality clinical services to the populations we serve in line with local and national priorities.
- In general, the post holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP working in Planned and/or Urgent Care.
- Keep contemporaneous, accurate and legible records of all patient contacts and contribute to electronic data recording and audit as directed by the service.
- Contribute to evaluation/audit, Patient Safety Incident Investigations (PSII) and clinical standard setting within the service.
- Develop and encourage positive working relationships with local GP Practices, housing, social work, voluntary services, drug and alcohol, mental health, dental, secondary care and other appropriate services.
- Participate in organisational, operational and strategic planning where appropriate/required.
- Engage with continuing professional and personal development. Eight days study leave per year will be provided, pro rata, for CPD following discussion with the Organisational Medical Director during the appraisal process. All study leave must be approved by the post holders line manager.
- Participate in Significant Event analysis and Patient Safety Incident Investigations (PSII).
- Support the Management team and Clinical Nurse Manager(s) to ensure all service KPIs/targets are met, and look for improvement over and above the set commissioned targets
- Monitor and lead improvements to standards of care through supervision of practice, clinical audit, and evidence-based practice, teaching and supporting professional colleagues and providing skilled professional leadership
- Contribute to the Clinical Governance agenda within the service by leading audit and research as part of the multi-disciplinary team within the area of expertise
- Clinical Governance duties including attending clinical governance meetings, managing incidents, complaints and audit.
Our key expectations are:
Self-awareness Living authentically
Adaptability- Being ready to adjust depending on the situation
Openness What you see is what you get
Positivity with a real sense of being able to strive for the impossible
Generosity of spirit- Everyday should be an opportunity to act with kindness
Ability to have fun Taking the role seriously, whilst being yourself
FCMS
We are a high-performance team with complimentary talents and skills, who consistently show high levels of innovation, focusing on the best quality of care for our patients. We pride ourselves on an open and honest culture and show dedication towards peer support, maximizing individual strength and personality, valuing new ideas to help strengthen and celebrate what a great service we offer!
Come and be a part of our amazing team!
- We offer NHS Pension
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Career Development Opportunities
- Attendance Bonus
- Staff Benefit Scheme
- Free Tea & Coffee
- Eye Care Contributions
Our Why: To nurture an environment of inspiration, innovation and disruption so this people in our world receive exceptional healthcare for this generation, and the next.
Values: Our organisational culture is very important to us, so it is vital that the successful candidate lives and breathes complimentary values and behaviours. Our behaviours should be in line with our values which form part of our Company DNA:
Fun: People rarely succeed unless they are having fun. Happiness is healthy!
Awesome: We arent here to be average, were here to be awesome!
Humble: Were here to make a difference to the lives of others, NOT to see how important we can become
Brave: We challenge the norm. We have the courage to get the difficult jobs done
Oompf: We have natural oompf! Its infectious!
Go-getting: We are intuitive to changing needs and respond quickly which we do with energy, ideas, and positivity
Professional
The post holder will:
Ensure full accreditation and requirements of practice to include full registration with GMC license to practice, membership of an appropriate defence body (if required) and delivery of annual evidence for appraisal or accreditation purposes in keeping with national requirements
Demonstrate a commitment to lifelong learning and audit to ensure evidence based best practice. Attend training, professional meetings and organised events.
Maintain the highest standard of cleanliness and hygiene at all times. Remain aware of and compliant with all Infection Prevention and Control guidelines.
Work within the boundaries of your relevant professional Code of Conduct.
Communication and working relationships
Communicates effectively with other team members
Communicates effectively with patients and carers
Communicates effectively with other healthcare professionals
Takes all appropriate steps to minimise conflict
Health and safety
The post holder will:
Comply with safety policies, procedures and guidelines for self and others
Comply with the organisations Business Continuity Plan
Refrain from the wilful misuse or interference with equipment provided in the interest of Health and Safety
Report as soon as is practically possible any hazards or defects
Report as soon as is practically possible accidents or untoward incidents and ensure appropriate incident reporting documentation is completed
Be actively involved as an appropriate departmental representative
Make effective use of training to maintain knowledge and skills
Physical effort and working conditions.
The post holder will:
Be responsible to ensure all aspects of the Manual Handling guidelines are followed, providing appropriate risk assessments
Be responsible for managing clinical care following required Policies and Procedures pertaining to bodily fluids, infection control and COSHH regulations resulting in frequent exposure to highly unpleasant working conditions
Be responsible for managing challenging situations and people, with some exposure to hazards, e.g., violent and abusive patients, child abuse, critically ill patients
Manage own time effectively within variable shift patterns
Most challenging part of the role:
Ability to work under pressure in an ever changing, challenging specialist environment whilst maintaining excellent standards of patient care
Dealing with difficult situations and people by demonstrating and exercising critical thinking skills when faced with incomplete or lack of information or complexity.
Manage patient and public expectations of the service within set national targets and time constraints
Manage effective change and development within clinical areas, maintaining highly specialised knowledge and competences
Any other duties considered relevant to the post and commensurate with the post holders grade and as agreed by their line manager.
The main duties and responsibilities above are not exhaustive and should merely be regarded as a guide. These are subject to periodic review and may be amended to meet the changing needs of the service. The job holder will be expected to participate in this process and the company would aim to reach agreement to changes.
The job holder will be expected to conduct any reasonable activities according to the service needs at that time.
Disability Confident Employer - As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy
DBS - The role is subject to a DBS check which will require three forms of valid ID to be produced and verified. The onboarding process is also subject to an Occupational Health check, suitable professional references and eligibility to work in the UK (with the requirement to provide relevant documentation as evidence).
Person Specification
Qualifications - Essential
Relevant Professional Qualification
GMC Registration
Minimum of 6mths experience in Urgent Care
Other - Essential
Self-motivated
Authentic
Approachable with warm personality and good sense of humour!
Experience - Essential
Experience of working independently as an unsupervised practitioner in the primary or urgent care setting
Portfolio of evidence showing achievements in practice/speciality
Evidence of excellent clinical record
Maintained development of clinical leadership skills
Evidence of significant involvement in change
Awareness of impact of evidence-based practice within Primary Care and/or Urgent care/OOH.
Desirable
Demonstrates ability and knowledge on how to undertake audit and feedback to clinicians
Skills, Knowledge & Competencies - Essential
Demonstrate the ability to work in highly demanding environments
Evidence of diplomacy and negotiation skills
Able to demonstrate imaginative and effective use of resources
Able to articulate personal development needs
Implementation of audit/research recommendations
Excellent communication and leadership skills
Competent in use of IT packages such as Microsoft Word and PowerPoint
Knowledge of current clinical and professional issues
Desirable
Experience of working with clinical IT systems including Adastra, and/or System 1 or EMIS.
Specific Job Requirements - Essential
Remaining calm under pressure
Able to manage varying workloads
High emotional intelligence
The organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. You will be expected to fulfil your mandatory safeguarding training at the level applicable to this role.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
