Salaried GP: Sponsorship Available

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust are looking for experienced GPs to join the Integrated Urgent Care Service (IUCS).

The overall aim of the Integrated Urgent Care Service is to provide a consult and complete model of care for people needing urgent care. The key features of the service include NHS 111, Clinical Assessment Service and Out of Hours services (face-to-face base and home visiting). The NHS 111 service will be provided by Health Advisors and Clinical Advisorshosted by our partner organisation, IC24. Where a senior clinical review is indicated, this will be completed within the Clinical Assessment Service, which will be jointly delivered by GHC Senior Clinical Leads based at Edward Jenner Court, Gloucester and remotely by IC24 CASclinicians. The post holder will act as the Senior Clinical Lead for CAS and be part of the rota covering the service 24/7.

This role is offered on a permanent basis. We currently have a range of hours and shifts available during the week and at weekends, between 08:00-00:00. These can be offered as a fixed pattern.

Please note that enhancements are offered, please see attached, for out of hours working and any CAS Senior Lead hours attract 3% if salaried before the enhancements are then added. For any bank hours you will see the different rates attached for the two types of roles.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will work collaboratively with the service team and have oversight of all clinical queues across the IUCS pathway to direct patients without delay to the correct parts of the urgent care system utilising the Gloucestershire Directory of Service.

The Senior Clinical Lead will provide support and guidance to all colleagues across the service ensuring everyone is confident and supported to work to the top of their license.

As a GP working within the service they will use their clinical expertise and professional knowledge to assess and manage patients as part of clinical telephone triage, working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to deliver high quality and patient centred service when in hours General Practice is closed.

Where required and available, the CAS will haveaccess to direct booking into the Out of Hours bases and Home visiting service and work closely with other community services within GHC such as Minor Injury and Illness Units, Rapid Response and Evening and Overnight District Nursing. The CAS will provide an enhanced assessment supported by the NHS Pathways Clinical Consultation Support (PaCCS) module to identify clinical need/risk. It will also oversee and take actions relating to any abnormal urgent pathology results communicated by Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GHFT) Pathology Service during the OOH period.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Basic Medical Qualification
  • Current and full registration with the General Medical Council
  • Inclusion on GP Performers list
  • Evidence of ongoing management and professional development
  • Satisfactory appraisal with the last 12 months (or within the most recent 12 months of work, if current career break)

Experience

Essential

  • Current and credible experience as a medical practitioner (GP)
  • Experience of driving improvement and ensuring patient safety through clinical governance systems.

Desirable

  • GP OOH Experience or other urgent care settings
  • Experience of working in an integrated service/system

Knowledge

Essential

  • Ability to make appropriate assessments in the management of Primary Care patients

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: 1 December 2026

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