Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

Salaried GP - Urgent Treatment Centre/Emergency Department

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Job summary

This 12-month post is designed for a qualified GP to work within the Bolton Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC). We are ideally looking for GPs with an interest in Emergency Medicine and are able to offer applicants the opportunity to rotate between the UTC and Emergency Department as agreed.

The UTC is currently run as a joint service between an out of hours GP provider and the Bolton Emergency Department. Since October 2022, the service was expanded from a traditional GP service, to see additional low acuity patients that meet a specific UTC criteria. A range of senior clinicians from Bolton ED have been working in the UTC to establish this service, and we are now looking to expand our workforce to provide a more robust staffing model.

Main duties of the job

Successful applicants will be expected to work independently within the urgent treatment centre to see and treat patients in a timely manner. Patients requiring further review should be referred accordingly.

Support is provided from the consultant in charge of the ED on shift with the service being located nearby to the ED for any in person discussions that are required.

The service is supported by a nurse associate who is able to support with diagnostics and observations.

About us

The ED operates 24-hour nurse assessment and has a well-established 24-hour nurse practitioner service.

Clinical areas - All clinical areas are equipped to a high standard and consist of:

Urgent treatment centre with 4 clinical assessment rooms and reception
6-bay adult resuscitation room
Main clinical quadrangle with 12 bays for flexible use; of these 2 are equipped
to resuscitation standard, two suitable for private examination
A recently built extension area adjacent to the quad with 5 additional cubicles and a 3-bed trolley area
A 3 bay rapid assessment/ambulance handover bay
4 ambulatory majors assessment cubicles
7 adult minor injury consultation rooms
Ophthalmic/ENT room
Mental health room

The Children's Emergency unit, provides an audio visually separate purpose-built area, a safe, efficient and convenient service for the emergency care of sick and injured children and young people up to the age of 16. The children's clinical areas are also equipped to a high standard and consist of:

2 bay resuscitation room
5 consultation rooms
3 observation bays

Date posted

17 November 2023

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Doctor - other

Salary

£68,975 to £104,085 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

241-805AA-23

Job locations

Royal Bolton Hospital

Minerva Road

Bolton

BL4 0JR

Job description

Job responsibilities

The UTC sees between 70-90 patients per day.

Candidates will be expected to use the allscripts electronic patients record (training provided) as well as a range of other IT systems

Candidates are expected to escalate patients of concern promptly to the consultant in change of the ED.

Candidates will be welcomed to share ideas and suggestions for service improvement

Job description

Job responsibilities

The UTC sees between 70-90 patients per day.

Candidates will be expected to use the allscripts electronic patients record (training provided) as well as a range of other IT systems

Candidates are expected to escalate patients of concern promptly to the consultant in change of the ED.

Candidates will be welcomed to share ideas and suggestions for service improvement

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

registered gp
nhs experience

Qualifications

Essential

GMC Registration

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

registered gp
nhs experience

Qualifications

Essential

GMC Registration

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).