Overview
This is an exciting opportunity to deliver high-quality urgent and primary care within a dynamic, multidisciplinary environment. You will work alongside the UTC Lead GP, Advanced Clinical Practitioners, Emergency Care Practitioners, nursing teams, and specialty services to ensure safe, effective, and patient-centred care. You will practise in accordance with GMC Good Medical Practice standards and uphold Trust values of Care, Respect, and Communication.
Deliver high-quality urgent and primary care consultations for patients of all ages.
Undertake clinical triage as required.
Assess, diagnose, treat, and manage acute presentations within UTC scope.
Make appropriate referrals to acute specialties, A&E, community services, or the patient\'s registered GP.
Prescribe in accordance with UTC formulary guidelines.
Provide health promotion and education, including appropriate use of NHS services.
Complete accurate clinical documentation and coding using electronic patient record systems (Cerner iCare).
Produce discharge summaries and referral documentation in a timely manner.
Practise within UTC diagnostic specifications.
Working for our organisation
Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:
Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
Improving the experience of staff with disability
Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
Making equalities mainstream
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Quality & Safety
Maintain full GMC registration and participate in revalidation.
Contribute to clinical audit, quality improvement, and service development.
Report incidents via Ulysses and participate in reflective practice.
Adhere to safeguarding policies for adults and children.
Maintain high standards of infection prevention and control.
Identify and escalate risks in line with Trust risk management processes.
Team & Service Contribution
Work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.
Support and supervise colleagues where appropriate.
Attend team meetings and contribute to service performance targets.
Promote equality, diversity, and inclusion in all aspects of care.
Maintain professional, courteous communication with patients, carers, and colleagues.
Education & Professional Development
Participate in appraisal and personal development planning.
Engage in ongoing CPD to maintain clinical excellence.
Contribute to teaching and mentorship of nurses, students, and MDT colleagues.
Support an evidence-based practice culture within the UTC.
Maintain statutory and mandatory training compliance.
What We\'re Looking For
Full GMC registration with licence to practise.
Experience in urgent care, primary care, or emergency settings.
Strong clinical decision-making skills.
Excellent communication and teamwork abilities.
Commitment to quality improvement and reflective practice.
We reserve the right to close the post before the stated closing date, please apply early. We do not contact applicants with the outcome of the shortlisting. If you have been shortlisted, you will receive an invite to an assessment day or interview.
As a local employer and anchor institution we work closely with our community to recruit locally and we welcome applications from the widest variety of people to ensure our workforce are reflective of the local communities which we serve. We encourage all suitable candidates to apply including if you are Black, Asian or other ethnic minorities, live with a disability (visible or not) or are LGBT+. We have a number of active staff networks including Disability, LGBT+, Multicultural Inclusion and Women\'s staff networks to bring staff together and celebrate diversity across our whole workforce.
Please note that sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route is subject to Trust allocation and UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) approval.
We are seeking an experienced and motivated Salaried GP to join the Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC) at University Hospital Lewisham.
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, (LGT), is a community-focused provider of local and acute care, delivering high-quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich, and Bexley. We provide whole-life care and are here to support our communities to live healthier lives as well as taking care of them when they need us the most.
Employing almost 7,500 colleagues, affectionately known as Team LGT, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham, and at over a dozen community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary\'s Hospital in Sidcup.
We have recently launched our new vision and values to mark the LGT10 - the tenth anniversary of our Trust forming in 2013. Our trust vision is to be exceptional. In the quality of our patient care; our support for colleagues; and in the difference we make through our partnerships and in our communities.
To achieve this we value Respect, Compassion, and Inclusion; Being accountable over staying comfortable; Listening over always knowing best; and Succeeding together over achieving alone. You can read more about our visions and values here
Our hospitals and community sites provide a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services, as well as emergency and planned care. The Trust is rated as "good" or "outstanding" in over three-quarters of the services inspected by the Care Quality Commission.
Every year our work includes performing 10,000 procedures in our theatres; bringing seven and a half thousand new lives into the world; carrying out 570,000 visits to patients in their homes or communities and providing emergency care for more than 300,000 patients arriving in our busy Urgent and Emergency Departments.
LGT is a centre for the education and training of medical students enrolled with King\'s College London\'s GKT School of Medical Education. We are a training centre for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals. We are pioneering new roles that will support the changing needs of our patients and are one of the largest employers of physician associates in the country.
We are committed to working with our partners to deliver the best outcomes for our local communities. This means playing an active role in the South East London Integrated Care System (ICS), and in formal partnerships including the South East London Acute Provider Collaborative, provider partnerships with our local mental health trusts and borough-based boards of the ICS in Bexley, Greenwich and Lewisham.
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