Salaried GP in Urgent Treatment Centre: Sponsorship Available

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust

Job summary

– Up to £13,195 per session, dependent on experience and working hours

– Session length

o 4 hours: Weekdays 0700-1900

o 3 hours: Weekends

o 3 hours: Weekdays 1900-0700

  • – Paid Supporting Professional Activity/CPD session (Pro-Rata)
  • – Study leave and study budget
  • – 20 minute appointments
  • – Substantive contract

This is for the appointment of a new GP in our Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC). To confirm this vacancy is for candidates who are registered as a GP on the GMC register.

Our Urgent Treatment Centre is co-located within the Emergency Departments (ED) at both Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells hospitals.

Candidates must be willing to work closely with our ED colleagues, to provide care for those with more minor presentations, as well as using appropriate urgent investigations (blood tests, imaging, ECG’s)

It is desirable the post holder has experience working autonomously, as a General Practitioner and is competent in interpreting chest radiographs and ECG’s.

Please see the job description (JD) for details of the shifts we currently have available within the UTC’s. We kindly ask that you only apply if you are able to commit to the shifts specified.

Main duties of the job

The UTC offers appointments 24/7. Patients with minor injuries and urgent illnesses are assessed and treated by our team of GP’s, nurses and physiotherapists. 30-50% of all emergency department attendances are re-directed to our UTC team.

Our UTC clinics offer around 2000 appointments, between our sites, per week.

The MTW UTC GP is an exciting and evolving “hybrid role”. Our GP’s must combine traditional community GP skills, with access to immediate secondary care-based investigations; allowing us to fully complete most episodes of care. In doing so, we aim to maximise patient safety, satisfaction and efficiency of patient flow.

Please note that the job plan provided is illustrative and may be subject to variation following mutual agreement between the post-holder and the Clinical Director after appointment. The post-holder will join a team of eleven GP in managing patients.

The job plan illustrated within the Job description is what vacant shifts are available for your choosing, you as the candidate are able to choose which shifts you wish to apply for, on applying for this post please note which shifts you are able to commit to.

Currently no other hours/days will be considered.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • oMB BS (or equivalent)
  • oRegistered with GMC GP Register
  • MRCGP

Desirable

  • oDistinctions, scholarships, prizes
  • oOther degrees, e.g. BSc, MSc, MD
  • Previous experience working within urgent care/emergency medicine/OOH GP services.
  • At least 1-year experience, working independently as a GP
  • Competent interpretation of chest radiographs
  • Competent interpretation of ECG’s

Audit

Essential

  • oUnderstand the principles of audit

Desirable

  • oEvidence of participation in audit projects

Research

Essential

  • oAn understanding of general principles, scientific method and interpretation of literature

Desirable

  • oEvidence of personal research projects and their presentation
  • oPublications in peer-reviewed journals
  • GCP training
  • Experience of recruitment to portfolio and commercial clinical trials
  • Completion of training in clinical research skills/ procedures e.g. Good clinical practice course.

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.

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).

Closing Date: 13 October 2026

To apply for this job please visit apps.trac.jobs.