UEC Hub GP

We are currently recruiting an experienced Triage GP to work in our Urgent Emergency Care Hub service 8am – 8pm on a Friday.

Granta Medical Practices Background

We are pioneers in gaining the advantages of scale whilst maintaining the best of site based work in smaller teams.  Our PCN was formed following the partnership-merger of several highly respected practices into a single practice. We aim to look after our population like ‘traditional’ general practice but with the resources of a fully integrated PCN consistently behind you.  Our multidisciplinary cross site team helps guide the right issue to the right professional first time – enabling GPs to enjoy being GPs.  We are just the right size and are committed to shaping and delivering excellence in primary care for our 59,000 patients whilst being sustainable and rewarding for our fantastic team.

We are proud to be one of a select percentage of practices nationally to hold a CQC ‘outstanding’ rating over sequential inspection cycles.

What is the UEC service:

The UEC Hub operational team, oversees the delivery and function of the UEC Hub single point of access (SPoA) on behalf of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough ICS. This includes the provision and management of the system UEC Hub Trusted Assessors.

The service currently operates 7 days per week from 8am – 8pm; The Hub is accessible to Healthcare Professionals and accepts urgent/same day response referrals for patients who are registered with a Cambridgeshire and Peterborough GP Practice, and aged 18 or over.

The UEC Hub is a partnership between community, ambulance, primary care, acute services and social care that brings together a multidisciplinary team (MDT), that can prevent avoidable ambulance dispatches and conveyances, emergency department (ED) attendances and hospital admissions. Ensures timely transfer of appropriate patients from ambulance stack into alternative receiving services by improving interoperability, for example implementing interoperability toolkit messaging as a minimum

This requires:

• visibility of patients waiting for an ambulance dispatch
• access to shared records
• ability to transfer a case between MDT members as required
• visibility of appropriate waiting lists and real-time capacity
• ability to book directly into and referral to key services

Job Summary

The post holder will be a fully qualified experienced General Practitioner, who will work within our Urgent Emergency Care (UEC) Hub, supporting the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough single point of access for our Urgent Community Response (UCR) and wider admission avoidance pathways. This is an integral part of the out of hospital care model designed to ensure that patients receive appropriate care and treatment as close to home as possible.

The hub receives referrals from a range of health and care professionals which require triages and assessment to determine the right care at the right time for the patient to ensure they can remain safely at home.

The UEC Hub operate 365 days per year, from 8am – 8pm seven days a week

What we are looking for:

The post-holder will make him/herself available to:

• Triage support for the UEC and UWACS team
• Clinical Support of Frontline Practitioners
• Clinical Admin Support
• Guiding the Trusted Assessor
• Undertaking clinical assessment and triage of referrals coming into the hub, supporting the single point of access into our community admission avoidance pathways; which may include health, social care and voluntary sector services.
• Provide high level clinical expertise and decision-making regarding patient care; including prioritising factors involved in the presenting conditions through clinical reasoning based on knowledge of current professional opinion, client’s prognosis and other physical, social, emotional and mental health issues.
• Working with providers to understand capacity and capabilities, to ensure patients are seen in the right place at the right time based on their clinical presentation/needs.
• Conduct regular clinical audit reviews of pathways, referrals and outcomes.
• Contribute to the service key performance indicators to sustain high standards of patient care and service delivery.
• Report incidents, manage incidents and complaints to reduce risk; in line with agreed protocols and in partnership with the hub Operational Lead.

If you are interested in applying for this role, please contact cpicb.humanresources.granta@nhs.net