We are looking for qualified, experienced, enthusiastic and highly motivated GPs to complement our established team in the Urgent Treatment Centre. This is an exciting opportunity to join a progressive, multi professional team that recognises and upholds ESNEFTs drive to develop an outstanding clinical workforce to support our patients. The Urgent Treatment Centre provides urgent medical treatment of acute illness and will give successful candidates the chance to work directly with colleagues in Emergency Medicine to further enhance their clinical skills. The GP role will be at the forefront of service provision and integral in supporting the multidisciplinary team in the provision and delivery of prompt, safe and timely intervention. The centre is open 0800-0000, 7 days a week, including weekends and Bank Holidays with a variety of shifts available. We are therefore happy to consider applicants on a full and part-time basis and would welcome a discussion regarding any shift plan you may be considering. We are also happy to consider applicants on a bank/locum basis as well as in a substantive role. If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you. The post holder will provide professional leadership, clinical expertise and manage same day presentations of patients to ESNEFT’s Urgent and Emergency Care Centre in Ipswich. As a GP in the service you’ll be based in a fast pace dynamic environment and work in partnership with primary and secondary care colleagues, as well as other agencies, to secure a smooth patient journey across the whole patient pathway. The post holder will also act as a role model while promoting clinical effectiveness and delivering outstanding clinical practice. Main responsibilities will include: Provide clinical care to patients accessing the UTC. This will include consultation sessions, referring onwards and directing patients to self-care and community pharmacy wherever appropriate to do so. Work closely with the wider teams in delivering high quality patient centred clinical care. Ensure on-going CPD to keep abreast of new clinical developments and maintain an appreciation of the commitments and requirements of the wider clinical workforce. Prescribe generically for all patients as appropriate to need and if non-generics utilised be able to provide appropriate clinical rationale working in partnership with medicines management colleagues. Provide appropriate health promotion and preventative health care advice to all patients attending the Service. Engage in the revalidation process and appraisal processes as relevant. Provide data regarding performance against key performance indicators for the role. Please see job description attached for more information. About the Candidate All applicants should have the following: Fully qualified GP with GMC registration. Annual appraisal and revalidation (when appropriate). Be on the NHSE medical performers list. Evidence of continued professional development. Ability to handle a busy and varied patient list. Excellent communication skills. Ability to work as a team. Good IT skills. About Us We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes. We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff. Our scale provides exciting opportunities for development, innovation, research, education and training. We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options. Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our staff health and wellbeing programme offer a variety of services. Our philosophy is that 'time matters' to everyone. Across the trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients. We are investing in our commitment to 'time m atters' with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients. Disclosure and Barring Service Check Please note 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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.