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About the role

County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting salaried General Practitioners to join its Urgent Treatment Centres, providing safe, effective and patient-centred urgent care for children and adults. You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team delivering a 24-hour, seven-day service across County Durham. The role includes daytime, overnight and weekend working across agreed UTC locations, in line with your rota and job plan. Working autonomously within the agreed service scope, you will assess and manage undifferentiated illness and injury, identify patients requiring emergency or specialist care and support timely access to appropriate treatment. You will be clinically accountable to the Clinical Lead and operationally accountable to the General Manager. The nominal base is University Hospital of North Durham withwork across the Trust's UTC sites. Full-time and part-time applications are welcomed. You will also have opportunities to teach and support colleagues, contribute to clinical governance and improve services through evidence and patient feedback.

You will assess, diagnose and treat patients presenting with urgent illness and injury, prioritising clinical need and recognising serious illness or deterioration. You will agree treatment plans, prescribe safely, request and review appropriate investigations, and arrange referral, discharge or follow-up. You will provide face-to-face consultations and telephone assessment where commissioned. Home visits will be undertaken where included in the agreed service model and job plan. Clear communication, shared decision-making and recorded safety-netting advice will be central to your practice. You will maintain accurate clinical records and provide structured handovers, including outstanding results and unresolved risks. Working with advanced practitioners, nurses, pharmacy and operational colleagues, you will support safe patient flow and provide clinical advice within your competence. You will contribute to safeguarding, incident learning, audit, quality improvement and teaching, while maintaining professional registration, appraisal, revalidation and required training.

Person specification

Essential

Able to travel across Trust sites to meet the requirements of the post, with reasonable adjustments where required.
Able to work the agreed rota and service operating hours as specified in the job plan.
Demonstrates patient-centred care, respect, compassion and behaviours consistent with Trust values.
Commitment to equality, inclusion and responding to individual patient needs.
Willingness to raise concerns, reflect on practice and act on feedback.
Ability to assess, diagnose and manage undifferentiated presentations within the agreed UTC service scope.
Ability to recognise serious illness, clinical deterioration and safeguarding concerns, and arrange timely escalation or referral.
Sound clinical judgement, including recognition of personal limits and when to seek advice.
Knowledge of safe prescribing, antimicrobial stewardship and evidence-informed practice.
Ability to communicate clearly and sensitively with patients, families and colleagues, including explaining uncertainty and providing safety-netting advice.
Ability to prioritise clinical workload and make safe decisions in a busy service.
Ability to work autonomously and collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.
Knowledge of consent, mental capacity, confidentiality and professional responsibilities.
Ability to maintain accurate electronic clinical records.
Understanding of clinical governance, incident reporting, audit and quality improvement.
Clinical experience gained through GP training or subsequent practice in assessing and managing acute and undifferentiated illness.
Experience caring for patients across the age range including children and adults.
Experience of multidisciplinary working, referral and clinical handover.
Evidence of participation in clinical audit, quality improvement or learning from incidents and patient feedback.
Recognised primary medical qualification.
Completion of GP specialty training, or an alternative recognised route to entry onto the GMC GP Register, by the date of appointment.
Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to general practice and urgent care.
Safeguarding and resuscitation training appropriate to the role, or willingness to complete required updates before undertaking relevant duties.
Full GMC registration with a current licence to practise.
Inclusion on the GMC GP Register by the date of appointment.
Participation in appraisal and revalidation appropriate to professional requirements.

Desirable

Knowledge of local urgent care pathways and community services.
Experience using SystmOne.
Skills in telephone assessment and remote consultation.
Additional clinical skills relevant to the agreed UTC scope, including minor injury assessment and management.
Experience working in an urgent treatment centre, out-of-hours service, emergency department or comparable urgent care setting.
Experience supporting or supervising multidisciplinary colleagues.
Experience teaching healthcare professionals or learners.
Experience contributing to service development or clinical pathway improvement.

Salaried GP, Urgent Treatment Centres CDDFT

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Person specification