Salaried GP Out of Hours Urgent Primary Care Practitioner

Job summary

Do you share our Health Board values; Caring for each other; Working together; Always improving? If so we would love for you to come and work for Swansea Bay University HB.

The urgent primary care team are looking for qualified GPs to provide out of hours Urgent Primary Care Services to Swansea Bay UHB residents and visitors, and to participate as a key member of the Urgent Primary Care Out of Hours (UPC OOHS) team in providing access, support and advice for all UPC OOHS presentations within the unscheduled model of care.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be an employee of SBUHB: main hours of work will be during the out of hours period, i.e. evenings, overnights and weekends

Clinical

To respond to medical problems presented by patients, i.e history taking, examination, investigation where appropriate, diagnosis, treatment and referral as needed.

Service Management

Attending appropriate meetings when required commensurate with the development of the service through use of protected admin time. T

To monitor and advise on adequate drug stock levels wherever they are stocked in line with the Out of Hours Formulary in conjunction with the Prescribing and Pharmaceutical Advisor in the Local Health Board

Service Improvement

To undertake audit activities as appropriate and guided by the Welsh annual Medical Appraisal and Revalidation requirements.

Communications

To work collaboratively and co-operatively with the OOH teams, SBUHB staff and Local Authority staff and to ensure a safe, efficient delivery of OOH

Personal and People Development and People Management

To complete mandatory training and the requirements of the NHS GP appraisal process and individual PADR. Compliance with the Welsh Annual Appraisal system and successfu

Information Processing

Ensuring that adequate and appropriate clinical records are maintained and to contribute to active audit of the service

About us

Swansea Bay University Health Board has responsibility for the health of around 390,000 people in the Neath Port Talbot and Swansea areas, with a budget of around £1 billion and employing 12,500 people. 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. The HB has three major hospitals providing a range of services: Morriston and Singleton hospitals in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot hospital in Baglan, Port Talbot.

The Health Board is part of A Regional Collaboration for Health (ARCH), which is a partnership with Hywel Dda UHB and Swansea University. Aimed at improving the wellbeing and wealth of Southwest Wales.

Swansea is Wales' second largest city and sits on the five-mile sweep of Swansea Bay. An ideal base for exploring South-West Wales, there is also much on offer for visitors in Swansea itself. Swansea has a range of shops, cosy cafes, great restaurants, art galleries as well as being able to offer good outdoor lifestyle with its beautiful coastline and beaches on the Gower Peninsula. Swansea also has excellent sporting facilities including the Wales National pool and Swansea.com stadium home to the Ospreys and Swansea City Football Club.