Job summary
JOB DETAILSJob Title: Salaried Urgent primary care PractitionerPay Band: £87k - £107k
Hours of Work: to be agreed
Directorate: Primary, Community and Therapies Group
Department: Urgent primary care
Base: Morriston Hospital
Main duties of the job
Swansea Bay UHB has responsibility for the health of over 270,000 people and is one of the largest providers of integrated healthcare in the UK. With a budget of over £1 billion and employing 17,000 people, the Health Board provides acute, tertiary, intermediate, mental health, community and primary care services to people in Bridgend, Neath, Port Talbot, Swansea and beyond. We are a University Health Board working in partnership with Swansea University, Swansea School of Medicine, the School of Health Science and the Institute of Life Science
About us
Swansea Bay UHB Urgent Primary Care Service is offering an exciting opportunity for highly motivated, enthusiastic and experienced GPs to provide Urgent Primary Care Services to Swansea Bay UHB residents and visitors, you will participate as a key member of the Urgent Primary Care teams in providing access, support and advice for all Urgent Primary Care presentations within the unscheduled model of care. You will be able to choose to work within a number of SBUHB unscheduled and emergency care services including: Urgent Primary Care, 111 Contact first, Acute GP Unit and ED GP sessions.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will be an employee of Swansea Bay University Health Board and will beable to choose to work within a number of SBUHB Unscheduled and Emergency Careservices:- Urgent Primary Care out of hours - undertaking triage of telephone calls at baseand remotely, treatment centre face to face appointments and home visits and anyadministration associated with patient care. The post holder will be expected todevelop and support the dissemination of best practice which would include thedelivery of staff training for other disciplines within the service. The post holder willassist the Lead Clinician in ensuring Clinical Governance is fully embedded in thework of the team.2- UPCC Urgent Primary Care Centre triaging and seeing patients redirected froma number of services (ED,111 Contact first , 111 clinical Hub ,WAST and GMSPrimary Care) with primary care conditions during in hours period- 111 Contact first Telephone triage of ED/MIU outcome calls from 111 to ensurepatient directed to most appropriate healthcare professional- AGPU Triaging calls from General Practice to care navigate to hospitaladmission/Ambulatory care/ Community services. The clinician will also assess andtreat patients on ambulatory care pathways.- ED GP sessions Triage and see patients with primary care problems presentingto ED
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Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will be an employee of Swansea Bay University Health Board and will beable to choose to work within a number of SBUHB Unscheduled and Emergency Careservices:- Urgent Primary Care out of hours - undertaking triage of telephone calls at baseand remotely, treatment centre face to face appointments and home visits and anyadministration associated with patient care. The post holder will be expected todevelop and support the dissemination of best practice which would include thedelivery of staff training for other disciplines within the service. The post holder willassist the Lead Clinician in ensuring Clinical Governance is fully embedded in thework of the team.2- UPCC Urgent Primary Care Centre triaging and seeing patients redirected froma number of services (ED,111 Contact first , 111 clinical Hub ,WAST and GMSPrimary Care) with primary care conditions during in hours period- 111 Contact first Telephone triage of ED/MIU outcome calls from 111 to ensurepatient directed to most appropriate healthcare professional- AGPU Triaging calls from General Practice to care navigate to hospitaladmission/Ambulatory care/ Community services. The clinician will also assess andtreat patients on ambulatory care pathways.- ED GP sessions Triage and see patients with primary care problems presentingto ED
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Person Specification
English
Essential
- GMC Registration
- Evidence of professional indemnity
Desirable
- Awareness of local issues and their impact on the health of the locality.
English
Essential
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Desirable
- Understanding of the clinical and developing agenda
Person Specification
English
Essential
- GMC Registration
- Evidence of professional indemnity
Desirable
- Awareness of local issues and their impact on the health of the locality.
English
Essential
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Desirable
- Understanding of the clinical and developing agenda
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
