General Practitioner

NHS South Central and West Commissioning Support Unit

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Job summary

Location: Nationally Contract type: Fixed Term /Bank - Remote workingSalary: Core Hours (8am-6.30pm) £53.56/Hr Enhanced Hours (6.30pm-8am) £66.41/HrBenefits:

  • Annual Leave - 12.5% of each hour actually worked (subject to a maximum of 28 days (5.6 weeks including public and bank holidays)
  • Pension - NHS 'Officer' scheme (primary) and Nest (secondary)
  • Sick Leave - up to a maximum of four weeks in aggregate
  • CPD - a maximum of the pro rata FTE of one week (37.5 hours per year)
  • Mat/Pat - SMP/SPP statutory entitlement and maybe entitlement to Occupational Maternity/Paternity Leave and Pay
  • Shared Parental Leave
  • Flexible hours week on week to suit your commitments
  • Support to undertake remote working
  • Portfolio Career in an NHS organisation- opportunity to support the wider NHS system, work with various providers of NHS services and support NHS service innovation internally to help secure the future of the NHS

Want to know more? GP Workforce Solutions - NHS SCW Support and Transformation for Health and Care (scwcsu.nhs.uk)

Job summary

SCW is looking for General Practitioners (GP) to join our Clinical Workforce Solutions service, supporting Urgent Care including 111 and primary care to ensure patients can access the services they need.

This opportunity would be suitable for GPs looking to start or expand their portfolio, and increase their experience in remote triage and clinical assessment. Clinical advisory, educator and audit deployment shifts are also available.

Main duties of the job

Clinical Workforce Solutions supports Primary Care and Urgent Care services including 111 across England. At interview stage, we will discuss your preferences in relation to deployments and contracting arrangements, seeking to match those with what is currently available. This approach will continue to be kept under review over the length of your service.

There are currently a range of deployments and shift lengths that cover all days of the week including bank holidays between 8am-midnight. The work is a mixture of:

  • Remote assessments for Urgent care services and Primary care services
  • Clinical triage of patient funding applications
  • Advisory roles for SCW and/or other NHS organisations
  • GP Educator/Trainer roles
  • GP Auditors

If this sounds like you, apply today and a member of our team will contact you to discuss next steps. In your application, please specify your areas of interest and availability.

About us

SCW is an NHS organisation providing support and transformation services to health and care systems, helping them achieve the best possible outcomes for people, communities and populations.

We are aspiring to be the organisation of choice for portfolio clinicians, supporting you to become experts in virtual and remote working with the public. If you already work as a portfolio GP, or are wanting to take the first step and would like to find out more, we would love to hear from you.

As a GP joining SCW, we can support your portfolio career with an ever-increasing variety of deployments with a range of shift patterns.

As a valued member of the SCW family and the NHS, you will be contributing to improving person-centred care by enabling our local clinicians to provide appropriate face-to-face care in order to achieve optimal patient outcomes.

Date posted

15 December 2022

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Doctor - other

Salary

£53.56 to £66.41 an hour Core Hours (8am-6.30pm) & Enhanced Hours (6.30pm-8am)

Contract

Bank

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working

Reference number

891-CSU-7251AS-7

Job locations

Various

Nationally

BS1 3NX


Job description

Job responsibilities

Job responsibilities

To help us with ensuring we are best able to meet our customers and your needs in aligning you with appropriate deployments, please confirm the following in the supporting evidence section of your application:

  • Potential days and hours you are seeking
  • Your experience level in remote consultations or the disciplines mentioned in this advert
  • What, if any specific deployments you are most interested in
  • Whether you are seeking staff bank and/or fixed term contract(s)

Person Specification

Education

Essential

  • Current GMC Registration/Certificate
  • Be eligible for full registration with, and hold a current licence to practice with the GMC and inclusion on the Performers List at intended start date

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

  • Experience of patient triage
  • Capacity to apply sound clinical knowledge and awareness to full investigation of problems
  • Understands, respects and demonstrates the values of the NHS and managing a diverse range of patients (e.g. everyone counts; improving lives; commitment to quality of care; respect and dignity; working together for patients; compassion)

Skills & Capabilities

Essential

  • Capacity to adjust behaviour and language as appropriate to needs of differing situations
  • Capacity and motivation to take in others' perspectives and to treat others with understanding
  • Applicants must have demonstrable skills in written and spoken English, adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues, as assessed by the General Medical Council

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job responsibilities

To help us with ensuring we are best able to meet our customers and your needs in aligning you with appropriate deployments, please confirm the following in the supporting evidence section of your application:

  • Potential days and hours you are seeking
  • Your experience level in remote consultations or the disciplines mentioned in this advert
  • What, if any specific deployments you are most interested in
  • Whether you are seeking staff bank and/or fixed term contract(s)

Person Specification

Education

Essential

  • Current GMC Registration/Certificate
  • Be eligible for full registration with, and hold a current licence to practice with the GMC and inclusion on the Performers List at intended start date

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

  • Experience of patient triage
  • Capacity to apply sound clinical knowledge and awareness to full investigation of problems
  • Understands, respects and demonstrates the values of the NHS and managing a diverse range of patients (e.g. everyone counts; improving lives; commitment to quality of care; respect and dignity; working together for patients; compassion)

Skills & Capabilities

Essential

  • Capacity to adjust behaviour and language as appropriate to needs of differing situations
  • Capacity and motivation to take in others' perspectives and to treat others with understanding
  • Applicants must have demonstrable skills in written and spoken English, adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues, as assessed by the General Medical Council

Person Specification

Education

Essential

  • Current GMC Registration/Certificate
  • Be eligible for full registration with, and hold a current licence to practise from the GMC and inclusion on the Performers List at intended start date

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

  • Experience of patient triage.
  • Capacity to apply sound clinical knowledge and awareness to full investigation of problems
  • Understands, respects and demonstrates the values of the NHS and managing a diverse range of patients (e.g. everyone counts; improving lives; commitment to quality of care; respect and dignity; working together for patients; compassion)

Skills & Capabilities

Essential

  • Capacity to adjust behaviour and language as appropriate to needs of differing situations
  • Capacity and motivation to take in others' perspectives and to treat others with understanding
  • Applicants must have demonstrable skills in written and spoken English, adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues, as assessed by the General Medical Council

Values & Behaviours

Essential

  • Patient First - Customer Excellence, Aspirational, Collaborative, Insightful, Respectful
Person Specification

Education

Essential

  • Current GMC Registration/Certificate
  • Be eligible for full registration with, and hold a current licence to practise from the GMC and inclusion on the Performers List at intended start date

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

  • Experience of patient triage.
  • Capacity to apply sound clinical knowledge and awareness to full investigation of problems
  • Understands, respects and demonstrates the values of the NHS and managing a diverse range of patients (e.g. everyone counts; improving lives; commitment to quality of care; respect and dignity; working together for patients; compassion)

Skills & Capabilities

Essential

  • Capacity to adjust behaviour and language as appropriate to needs of differing situations
  • Capacity and motivation to take in others' perspectives and to treat others with understanding
  • Applicants must have demonstrable skills in written and spoken English, adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues, as assessed by the General Medical Council

Values & Behaviours

Essential

  • Patient First - Customer Excellence, Aspirational, Collaborative, Insightful, Respectful

Certificate of Sponsorship

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

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

NHS South Central and West Commissioning Support Unit

Address

Various

Nationally

BS1 3NX


Employer's website

https://www.scwcsu.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

NHS South Central and West Commissioning Support Unit

Address

Various

Nationally

BS1 3NX


Employer's website

https://www.scwcsu.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


For questions about the job, contact:

.

Nick Annetts

Nick.Annetts@nhs.net

Date posted

15 December 2022

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Doctor - other

Salary

£53.56 to £66.41 an hour Core Hours (8am-6.30pm) & Enhanced Hours (6.30pm-8am)

Contract

Bank

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working

Reference number

891-CSU-7251AS-7

Job locations

Various

Nationally

BS1 3NX


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