General Practitioner -Urgent treatment centre: Sponsorship Available

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

The role will require colleagues to provide care for those with more minor presentations, use appropriate urgent care tests, assess patients that may or may not require secondary care referral and to instigate initial management for these patients when required.

Community urgent care covers the Urgent Treatment Centre at Newton Abbot and satellite minor injuries units, and therefore the role is not site specific.

Main duties of the job

You will be a source of clinical advice /guidance for multi -professional colleagues.

The role will coordinate the flow of the UTC throughout the shift, liaising with the Emergency department and with management/operational colleagues.

You will ensure safe and effective handover of care for patients within the UTC.

The role will contribute to clinical governance processes.

You will provide clinical supervision to allied health professionals/junior colleagues.

You will demonstrate that you are a dynamic and assertive clinical leader, focussed on driving high standards of patient care and experience.

Person Specification

essential criteria all met

Essential

  • Essential criteria all met – years of experience

Desirable

  • leadership training

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: 29 October 2026

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