Address OOH GPs needed to provide face to face patient care in Oxfordshire!
(Very competitive rates of pay offered)
Dear GP Colleagues,
Oxfordshire’s GP OOH service provides urgent medical advice and assessment to all patients living in the local area when normal primary care is closed. Operating between 6:30pm to 8am and 24 hours across weekends and bank holidays, the service provides advice and treatment for patients that have either called 111 or have entered the service through other means and require urgent primary care management. The service is provided by a multi-disciplinary team that includes GPs, Nurse and Paramedic practitioners, administrative and operational colleagues all working together to provide clinical care from up to 6 bases, over the telephone or during a home visit.
The service now requires additional GPs to join our team and provide face to face patient care.
This is an incredibly exciting time to join Oxford Health and our OOH service in particular as it forms a key component in the delivery of new services that will provide high quality medical care to patients in the community and as close to their own home as possible. Not only can you expect interesting and varied work dealing with acute medical problems in patients both young and old, you will also work with an excellent multidisciplinary team and benefit from the extensive programme of work we are undertaking to improve our systems and processes so that you feel supported and remain focused on your clinical work. You will also have opportunities to undertake alternative clinical roles, teaching, learning, and personal development offered by all of our community services as a whole.
We are therefore keen to recruit additional sessional (bank) or salaried GPs to our team that are at any stage of their career and can work any number of Hours up to full time. This may be colleagues who have recently completed GP training or GPs that are further along in their career and wish to develop their portfolio career or are simply looking for a new challenge. We can offer an individually tailored induction programme to help you settle into your role followed by ongoing professional support from case review and peer feedback, all of which is designed to help you become an experienced and skilled OOH clinician.
Generally, the role requires similar skills to those of an in-hours GP although the following additional skills are desirable but not essential (as support and learning opportunities can be provided)
Experience in palliative care and use of controlled drugs
Catheter Managemen
Summary of Sessional (bank) Role
We offer very competitive pay rates of up to £120/hour (depending on timing of shift)
Base visiting (patients attending a clinic appointment) or home visiting sessions available throughout the week including overnight sessions or a combination of all (support with telephone triage is required between face to face patients)
For sole remote telephone triage work – please see our separate advert and JD
Regular, advanced block booking and ad hoc sessions available
No absolute requirement to undertake a minimum no. of sessions for F2F work
Online or app based booking system for shift
Summary of Substantive role
Competitive rate of pay of up to £131,773FTE (pro rate for part time roles)
CPD and study leave allowanc
Summary of role for either substantive or sessional GPs
Locations in Banbury, Bicester, Oxford, Witney, Abingdon and Henley
Typical session is 4-5 hours in length which can be combined with further sessions to follow on i.e. back to back sessions
Overnight sessions are usually 9 hours in length (11pm to 8am)
For home visiting sessions and overnights, the GP will be accompanied by a driver in a trust vehicle.
An individualised and rigorous induction programme with scheduled follow up meetings
Clinical performance feedback and opportunities to discuss cases.
Access to NHS Pension (as an officer)
Online or app based booking system for shifts
Ability to pick up additional sessions of any length when we experience high volumes of 111 referrals
Online payslips and P60s
Streamlined mandatory training requirements
Dedicated GP liaison officer and point of contact for any non-clinical issues that may arise
Support from a growing operational and back office team for the in hours and Out of Hours period
Limited admin and paperwork
Shift based work so start and finish on time
Regular support and communication from the clinical leadership team
Opportunities to undertake Quality Improvement, research, and other innovation project
We are especially keen to hear from GPs that are passionate about delivering high quality patient centred care in the community, and whether you are salaried or sessional we encourage and actively listen to feedback and ideas for service delivery and change, implementing them where appropriate.
Finally, if you are interested in working with us but would like to discuss the role further, please do not hesitate to contact Sandra Parker (details below) who will arrange a phone call with one of us from the clinical leadership team.
We look forward to hearing from you and hopefully becoming part of our team!
