Specialty Doctor UTC | Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 08 May 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £59,175 - £95,400 pr-rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 07 June 2025 |
| Location: | Kingston upon Thames, KT2 7QB |
| Company: | Kingston Hospital Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7178307/396-2794-MS |
Summary
We are aligning our Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC) team at Teddington Memorial Hospital and Kingston Hospital to ensure we continue to deliver a high standard of care to our local community. We are recruiting enthusiastic and dynamic SAS doctors to join our supportive and friendly team during this exciting time. The post holder will be located at the Kingston Hospital UTC.
The UTC is co-located with the busy Emergency Department which sees 120,000 patients a year across Type 1 and Type 3 activity including Paediatrics. The UTC manages a broad range of presentations across both minor illness and injury and operates 0800 – 0000 seven days week. The workforce is a collaborative team across disciplines including;GP’s, junior doctors in training, Bank GPs, Advanced Clinical Practitioners (ACP), Urgent care Practitioners (UCP) staff nurses and Health Care Assistant (HAC). As a teaching environment, supporting the educational and clinical development of junior trainees and non-medical teams (including Nurse Practitioners, ACPs, to support their development within extended roles.
The SAS will support the UTC to deliver care of the highest clinical standards,will work with the Service manager, lead GP and clinical team to ensure effective overall performance of the UTC.To ensure effective coordination and liaison with community, primary, secondary care, LAS and voluntary sector to provide a seamless service to the patients and their carers’ and prevent hospital admission where urgent care is required.Provide specialist advice relating to minor illness and/or injury to UTC team, local healthcare teams, patients, relatives and carers.At all times the post holder will act in a manner consistent with the GMC’s code of conduct.
Development and staff wellbeing
Your growth and personal happiness matters to us. After all, we can’t expect the best from you if we don’t invest in your development and nurture your wellbeing. From the moment you join us, we’re committed to fostering your professional and personal development within a supportive, empowering environment. Whether you’re just starting your career or looking to advance further, we provide you with the tools and opportunities you need to succeed. We actively support colleagues to take part in research, quality improvement and innovation, whatever their role or level in the organisation.
To support your wellbeing, we offer an extensive range of resources, including an on-site staff nursery at Kingston Hospital, wellbeing practitioners, regular wellbeing classes, dedicated staff physiotherapist, comprehensive occupational health services, 24/7 employee assistance programme, and a range of other support and activities.
We also take every opportunity to thank and recognise the work our teams do, through weekly ‘shoutouts’ and patient feedback, monthly and annual awards.
Wherever you work across our organisation, we look forward to welcoming you.
To provide triage where required. To complete consultations with assessment, treatment and management of patients of all ages presenting with urgent and primary care problems at the UTC.
· To record full clinical notes using the UTC IT systems. Complete coding requirements on the clinical record in line with the Trust requirements.
· Complete all admin work relating to consultations.
· Work as part of the wider clinical team- supporting Nurse Practitioners, HCAs, and GP colleagues. To manage referrals of UTC patients on to acute specialties, A&E or community services where required.
· To support the redirection of patients to their registered GP where appropriate.
· Give education to patients on healthy living and disease prevention, give education to patients on appropriate use of NHS services.
· Prescribe medicines in accordance with UTC formulary and dispense medicines from stock where available, complete discharge letters for all patients seen in the UTC. Use all internal and external referral pathways for patients in the UTC.
· Adopt a reflective approach to clinical practice, to report all incidents and work with the team to investigate incidents. Prepare response for any complaints concerning their work.
· Follow the Trusts Safeguarding Children and Safeguarding Adults policies.
· To restrict the use of diagnostics according to the specification of the UTCs.
· To maintain full registration with the GMC.
This advert closes on Wednesday 21 May 2025