Get to the INDUCTION and ensure you get your logon and password for the rota ASAP
- Shifts available: Base – triage; Base – clinics; mobile
- Locations include: Denton, UHSM, CMFT, Ashton, Oldham
- Opportunity to be observed directly with immediate feedback
- Unique situations: deaths; palliative care; home visits with driver etc
- Think of you patient management as a GP and how it affects OOH service management
- See as many people yourself as you can ….this is better for learning and development
- Good acute management experience
- Get to know other services available for patients – locally, city wide and communicate well
Challenges
- Ensure you aim for equal numbers of mobile and base sihifts – this varies with each centre
- Can be difficult to book – get in early and space them out
- Out of Hours link: http://www.nwpgmd.nhs.uk/general-practice/out-hours
Contact Details
Information Officer (Go To Doc Urgent Care)
The Forum, 2 Tameside Business Park, Denton, Manchester M34 3QS
Office Hours: 08.00 am – 04.00 pm
Direct line tel: 0161 934 2802 (please note no answer phone facility)
Office tel: 0161 336 3252
Office fax: 0161 336 3009