Job summary
- Main area
- Emergency Department
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 4.5 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 423-6928782
- Employer
- Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Airedale General Hospital
- Town
- Steeton
- Salary
- £52,530 - £82,400 pro rata per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 17/02/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Specialty GP Urgent Treatment Centre
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
Be part of our future landscape
At Airedale, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications irrespective of people’s age, lived experience of living with a disability or long-term conditions, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
Increasing our diversity and supporting our organisation to be more inclusive is a key priority here at Airedale and our teams are at the centre of how we work towards this.
We appreciate all people may have diverse and individual needs and we pride ourselves on supporting all people to thrive and flourish at work. We have frameworks in place that support reasonable adjustments and flexible working for colleagues throughout their working lives which starts at recruitment.
These are exciting times for Airedale. We have the once-in-a-career opportunity to be involved in the planning and building of a completely new hospital here on our Steeton site by 2030. By joining us now you’ll be a key part of our journey over the next few years, with the chance to input into a state-of-the-art, modern healthcare facility that will deliver care to our communities for decades to come. We are also on the journey to a new electronic patient record, part of our wider ambition for our digital future – a future that builds on our significant telemedicine and digital care success. Ultimately, what makes Airedale special is our people. Not just our staff, but our volunteers, patients, visitors, and wider population who make up the Airedale family. This is a Trust that sits at the heart of our community, and our communities are very proud of their Trust.
Job overview
Are you looking for a new challenge? An opportunity to work in a welcoming and supportive secondary care team?
Our new £4 million UTC opened in July 2024. We are looking for a GP to work in the unit, seeing primary care presentations as well as a wider range of patients with minor injury and ambulatory illness.
We are looking for friendly and enthusiastic primary care colleagues to join our popular and well-regarded team.
You will be on the Performers List and will have ongoing work in Primary Care enabling you to maintain your Performers List status. You will have recent significant experience in Emergency Medicine You will be keen to learn and to expand your scope of practice beyond Primary Care presentations.
Main duties of the job
The shifts will initially be 1300 to 2100 though this may change as the unit develops. Some weekend working will be required.
In order that the postholder(s) are able to work in primary care and also maintain their Performer’s List status the posts will be less than full time. It is envisaged that the post holder would work one or two shifts per week in the UTC and the remainder of their time in primary care. You will be supported with appropriate supervision and training and have access to paid study leave.
Working for our organisation
With some of the most iconic countryside in the UK on our doorstep, some of the best towns to live in the UK within 15 minutes, great schools and local amenities, cultural diversity, and a short train ride to the cosmopolitan cities of Leeds, Manchester and Bradford, Airedale has something to offer everyone.
Airedale Hospital is an award-winning NHS trust providing high quality, personalised care to over 200,000 people from a widespread area covering 700 square miles of mixed urban and rural populations on the edge of the beautiful Yorkshire Dales National Park. Our Emergency Department sees over 70,000 patients a year and is one of the most sought-after departments for training in the UK (GMC NTS).
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on this vacancy, please see attached full advert, job description and person specification.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Completed a minimum of 5 years postgraduate medical experience including at least 6 months of Emergency Medicine.
- Ongoing special interest in Emergency Medicine
Desirable criteria
- Involvement in Quality Improvement projects
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication and teamworking skills
Desirable criteria
- Excellent teaching skills
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Full GMC registration with a licence to practice
- MRCGP
- Current performers list status
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Meg Crossley
- Job title
- EM Consultant and clinical lead for the UTC
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01535292299
- Additional information
Alex Kirke
Patient Service Manager
Urgent Care and flow
01535 292287
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