General Practitioner - Urgent Treatment Centre

Job summary

Would you like to develop your clinical experience in a dynamic multi-disciplinary team? The Hillingdon Urgent Treatment Centre provides our local community with the best possible care for patients with minor injuries and illnesses. We are looking for GPs to join our rapidly expanding service for evening, weekend and overnight shifts. Shift lengths negotiable starting from 6 - 12 hours duration, to fit in with your other commitments and activities.

We're based at Hillingdon Hospital, and are an integral part of providing seamless urgent care to our patients. Co-located with the Emergency Department, the UTC team comprises emergency practitioners, GP's, emergency medicine clinicians, registered nurses, patient champions and a dedicated admin and reception team. There are robust pathways for ongoing management into ED and the wider hospital teams, with easy access to diagnostics, same day emergency care and links with community colleagues

You will need to be a fully qualified GP on the GMC's GP register. We'd like you to have experience of working in UTC or similar environment. You'll be organised and efficient in record keeping and completion of paperwork, and have excellent time management skills - able to prioritise work and work under pressure. The UTC is open 24 hrs a day, 7 days a week including bank holidays and we would welcome applicants on a sessional, less than full time and full time basis with fixed shifts available or a rotation of in and out of hours shifts.

Main duties of the job

You will deliver care of the highest clinical standards and will work in conjunction with our Lead GP, Service Manager and the nursing team to ensure effective overall performance of the Hillingdon UTC.

As a GP employed directly by our NHS Trust you'll have access to an excellent range of benefits, including generous annual leave allowance, supportive and family-friendly policies, study leave, and most of all the opportunity to contribute your skills and experience and to help improve our service for the benefit of local people.

About us

The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute Hospital in the London Borough of Hillingdon and offers a wide range of services including accident and emergency, inpatient care, day surgery, outpatient clinics and maternity services. The Trust's services at Mount Vernon Hospital include routine day surgery, delivered at a modern treatment centre, a minor injuries unit and outpatient clinics.

The safety and well-being of our patients and of our staff is paramount and we are making urgent improvements to address this - particularly in infection prevention and control. We are making progress and going forward by working in partnership with local GPs, charities,community services, academic partners, our local authority, neighbouring hospitals and the wider North West London Integrated care system, and ensuring that we listen and work in partnership with our local population. We are absolutely focused on ensuring that our hospitalsprovide high quality, safe and compassionate care, while drive forward the building of the new Hillingdon Hospital.

We have over 3,500 members of staff that are proud to care for nearly half a million people, with a vision to be an outstanding provider of healthcare through leading health and academic partnerships, transforming services, to provide the best care where needed.