Out of Hours Salaried General Practitioner | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 02 March 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £148,456 per annum, pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 01 April 2026 |
| Location: | Thatcham, RG18 3AS |
| Company: | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7842499/371-CHS1175 |
Summary
Berkshire Healthcare is seeking dedicated general practitioners (GPs) to join our Urgent Care Out of Hours service (WestCall) which provides urgent medical advice and assessment to all patients living in the Berkshire West area when daytime primary care is closed.
Operating weekdays between 6:30pm to 8am and 24 hours across weekends and bank holidays, our service provides advice and treatment for patients whohave called 111 and require urgent primary care.
We offer an individually tailored induction programme to help you settle into your role followed by ongoing professional support from clinical meetings, case review and peer feedback, all of which is designed to help you become an experienced and skilled out of hours clinician.
As part of our innovative team, we will provide you with all the diagnostic equipment required to undertake the role including access to the latest clinical software and point of care testing. We provide a driver and a vehicle for your home visits. Primary Care Centre health care assistants are at hand to take baseline observations on your patients as well as to assistyou in conducting ECG and urine analysis on request..
This role is a face-to-face clinical role based at our Primary Care Centre at the West Berkshire Community Hospital in Thatcham, Berkshire. The hours we currently have on offer are, alternate Saturdays 1800-2400hrs & alternate Sundays 1300-1900 and 1900-2400hrs
• Provide timely clinical care at our Primary Care Centres based at the West Berkshire Community Hospital.
• Access to hospital discharge letters and patient test results which facilitates safe patient care and minimises clinical risk.
• To ensure that where appropriate, the patient is referred for further management with the relevant service, e.g. secondary care specialities, urgent community response and other community services.
• To contribute to the training and development of Clinical and non-clinical staff, e.g. GP registrars, Trainee Advanced Practitioners, Paramedics.
• Work within local prescribing guidelines (SCAN/Microguide) with the ability to prescribe electronically.
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:
• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:
• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites
The “must haves” for this role:
1. MRCGP or equivalent
1. Inclusion on NHS England’s Medical Performers list
1. Ability to manage common acute illness presentations in both adults and paediatric patients
1. Maintain up to date appraisal and revalidation
1. Experience of working in primary care/OOH/Urgent Care
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification. We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted. For further application tips – see the help with your application document attached once you click apply.
If you’re someone who shares our passion for excellence and care, you belong at Berkshire Healthcare!
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to call: Dr Sandeep Sandhu on 0797 414 5674 or email sandeep.sandhu@berkshire.nhs.uk who’ll be delighted to help.
We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.
This advert closes on Monday 16 Mar 2026
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