Advanced Clinical Practitioner - GP Out of Hours Service
Abingdon
Full Time
£57,528 - £64,750 per annum
Expires: 16/09/2026
Band 8a
Permanent
About the Role
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Healthcare professional to work as an Advanced Clinical Practitioner assessing, diagnosing, and treating patients with a range of acute illness presentations. You will be responsible for telephone triage, base visits and home visiting. The shifts will be weekday, evenings, weekends and overnight.
The role will include leadership support overnight for visiting practitioners as a line manager ensuring training, HR issues, sickness management and 1:1 are completed.
The GP OOH is open Monday – Thursday 18.30-08.00 and Friday 18.30 – Monday 08.00.
We have 6 bases including Banbury, Oxford, Abingdon and Witney and you could be allocated shifts to any of these bases to support care delivery.
The successful candidate will have a strong clinical background in primary care, excellent communication skills, and a passion for providing exceptional patient care.
Main duties of the job
- To work within the GP Ooh service working in base, home visiting and telephone triage managing acute illness presentations.
- Act as a clinical expert taking a lead role in advancing the development of clinical practice.
- The post holder will provide holistic patient care within a variety of settings, inclusive of the patient’s residence and care settings within the community, from assessment of presenting
condition through to diagnosis, initial treatment and discharge, including the administration of medication within agreed clinical guidelines and protocols. - Support embedding research and quality improvement in the GP OOH service
- Supervision of staff
Working for our organisation
Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application you are encouraged to read the “candidate guide to making an application” which is attached to all roles. Please include details around qualifications (including years these were gained particularly if we need to assess for clinical roles that these are still valid) and ensure that the supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses the essential criteria found in the JD.
As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”
Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”
At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
- Excellent opportunities for career progression
- Individual and Trust wide learning and development
- 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
- NHS Discount
- Pension scheme
- Lease car scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Mental Health First Aiders
- Staff accommodation (waiting lists may apply)
- Staff networking and support groups
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application. The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.
Person specification
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates an understanding of Clinical governance within healthcare
- Ability to work autonomously in urgent care
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of portfolio of supervised practice in illness management
Advanced Practice
Essential criteria
- MSc in Advanced Practice/PG diploma in Advanced Practice
- Non Medical Prescriber V300
Desirable criteria
- Leadership/management experience
- Experience in supporting research projects/Quality improvement
- Experience in service development
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience working in Primary Care/Urgent Care services
- Able to confidentially complete telephone triage/base and home visiting for primary care
Documents to Download
Advanced Clinical Practitioner GP Out of Hours (PDF, 121.1KB)
Guidance Notes for Candidates Applying for a job at OHFT (PDF, 424.6KB)
Recruiter Contact Details
Name: Angela O'Neill
Title: Senior Clinical Lead
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: 07721813450