Bank GP Out of Hours

Job summary

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (GHC) and Integrated Care-24 (IC24) are pleased to share that they will soon be taking over the Out of Hours Urgent Care Service and are looking for bank GP's to join us.

IC24 and GHC are two different companies. IC24 is a not for profit organisation that provides responsive, safe, high-quality urgent healthcare to over six million patients in the UK. GHC provides joined-up mental health, physical health and learning disability services to people of all ages across Gloucestershire. This is in our hospitals, community building and primarily in people's own homes.

The Integrated Care Service covering Clinical Assessment service, Home visits and Out of Hours are looking for a BANK GP's (alternatively known as sessional) to join our team on the home visit and the out of hours side.

We are looking for Bank GP's both in our Home Visits and Out of Hours parts of the structure. Both type of work come with the same Bank rate card, please see attachment.

Main duties of the job

As a GP working within the IUCS they will use their clinical expertise and professional knowledge to assess and manage patients in face to face settings, working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to deliver a high quality and patient centred service when in hours General Practice is closed. Example of duties include:

• Aim to provide timely high quality clinical care and assessments during base visits and home visits.

To support telephone triage in the Clinical Assessment Service between patients requiring face to face care

To manage acute and chronic presentations across adult and paediatric patients, within the OoHs

To deliver personalised, evidence informed medical care to all patients in contact with OoHs.

About us

We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust.

The annual NHS Staff Survey gives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust. For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views (58.5%). It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that:

• 89.7% believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users;
• 73.3% would recommend the organisation as a place to work;
• 82.4% agree that care of patients and service users is the organisations priority;
• 76.7% would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative

Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work.

Employer details

Employer name

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Edward Jenner Court

Pioneer Avenue, Gloucester Business Park

Brockworth

GL3 4AW

Employer's website

https://www.ghc.nhs.uk/who-we-are/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Edward Jenner Court

Pioneer Avenue, Gloucester Business Park

Brockworth

GL3 4AW

Employer's website

https://www.ghc.nhs.uk/who-we-are/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

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