gp out of hours work andrew baldwin. getting started in a gp/itp post, or as an st3, you are...
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GP Out of Hours WorkAndrew Baldwin
Getting started
In a GP/ITP post, or as an ST3, you are required to undertake a total of 24 hours OoH work for each 4 month rotation
In ST3 this totals 72 hours for the year Local OoH care is provided by
‘Integrated Care 24’, formerly South East Health, formerly SeaDoc
IC24 also provide 111 triage
Register with IC24 Contact IC24 and request a ‘Registrar
Application Form’ • Jo Langridge• Integrated Care 24• Unit 6• Hunns Mere Way• Woodingdean Office Campus• Brighton• BN2 6NX
[email protected] Tel: 01233 505527
Register with IC24 Complete and return the application form You will also need to provide:
• An up-to-date CV
• Copy of your Hep B status certificate
• Evidence to confirm your eligibility to work in the UK (eg copy of passport)
• Evidence of your National Insurance number (eg copy of p45 or NI card)
• Evidence of resuscitation training
• Copy of GMC registration document
• Copy of DBS (CRB) disclosure
• Copy of Medical Defence Insurance Certificate
Sign-up for shifts Once registered you will be sent login details for RotaMaster.
This will allow you to view and book suitable shifts. Go to the RotaMaster website
http://southeasthealthlimited.com/securitylogin.asp Enter your username and password
Sign up for shifts Click on the ‘More Registrar Shifts’ bar and
enter the area you wish to work. This will show all the supervisors and their
availability.
Place and types of shift
Rother, Hastings, Bexhill, Eastbourne, Newhaven, Uckfield (or Brighton)
Primary care centre Car shift ‘Delta’
Sign up for shifts Click on the shifts you wish to request and then ‘send’. This will generate an automatic e-mail to you showing
the shifts you have requested. This email is not a confirmation. Once the rota has been uploaded (usually about twice
a day) you will be able to see the shifts on the first page under ‘Registrar Shifts’.
Ignore the text saying ‘You have no confirmed shifts at this time’, the software only classes paid shifts as confirmed.
If your shifts are not shown contact Kate Orton [[email protected]] to ask for confirmation
CLEO
Consultations are recorded electronically on CLEO, which also requires a username and password.
If you have not been sent a login for CLEO, contact Jo Langridge
Remember to take the log-in details with you to your shift.
Traffic light system
Recording your OoH shift
Take a form with you Remember to ask your supervisor to sign this
at the end of your shift Scan and upload to ePf plus write a reflection if
you wish
Go to http://kssdeanery.org/general-practice/trainees/gp-specialty-training/ooh-training
On the right-hand navigation panel click on ‘COGPEd OOH paper_2007 revision 2010’ to download a word document.
p61 (!) is the template page for recording an OoH session. Print out this page and take it with you to your shift.
Example consultation
Telephone: 33yr old male Reason: needs prescription for
‘oralmorph’ What next?
Before contacting the patient: Look at previous consultations on CLEO
• x6 contacts since January
• Each time requesting oramorph
• Given 100ml on x3 occasions Contact psych liaison
• Is this person known for substance misuse? IC-24 have no policy on providing/replacing
controlled drugs• What would you do?