GP Pool
The GP Pool offers a range of different options: salaried or locum, face-to-face or remote, in and out of hours.
To include duty days, routine and remote sessions, as well as urgent primary care services.
Flexible Workforce Pool
Our Flexible Workforce Pool aims to support General Practice and improve staffing resilience. We currently offer a GP, ANP, Practice and Registered Nurse Pools to GP surgeries across Herefordshire. This offers our staff the flexibility in their career whether that is ad-hoc or regular shifts.
The service runs along several other services within Herefordshire General Practice giving our clinicians the chance of portfolio roles. The pools offer face-to-face and remote sessions for both salaried and locum members of staff, with options to work in and out of hours.
Please see the video opposite where Medical Director Dr Lauren Parry and Dr Frankie Howells talk around the opportunities of working flexibly across the county.
What is the Flexible Workforce Pool?
The pool includes a range of NHS professionals who have flexibility and understanding of the county. It can be accessed by practices to provide a stable workforce of clinicians for Herefordshire General Practice
The pool can be used by practices to fulfil last minute leave requirements or to support longer term need - with the potential to offer clinicians permanent jobs, where desired. It provides practices with the opportunity to build relationships with pool members as well as reducing the burden of accessing temporary staff.
Flexible Workforce Pools
ANP Pool
The ANP Pool offers flexible working across practices within the daytime, to support with duty days, routine and remote appointments.
Nurse Pool
The Nurse Pool includes Practice Nurses to support GP surgeries with face-to-face, pre-booked appointments at surgeries, including daily dressings and long term conditions reviews.
The registered Nurse Pool offers our pool of vaccinators the opportunity to work flexibly when covid and flu campaigns start up, as well as community nurses to support our district services.
Other Flexible Roles
We plan to develop a HCA pool as well as non-clinical roles including; Summarisers, Pharmacists, Dispensers, Receptionists and administrative staff
Benefits of working in the pool
All of Herefordshire uses an EMIS clinical platform, including in our out-of-hours environment. This enables joined up patient care as healthcare professionals can see patients' whole record including patients’ history before a diagnosis is made.
We offer rates of pay which reflect your experience and leadership, with opportunities to develop within Herefordshire General Practice.
CPD and training opportunities are provided which can be tailored to your requirements.
We are passionate about 24/7 General Practice and in enabling our workforce to 'make every contact count'.
Learning Management System
- Learning Management System (LMS)
All clinicians within the flexible pool have access and support through the Herefordshire and Worcestershire Training Hub's Learning Management system (LMS).
The LMS has a dedicated area for the flexible GP pool where clinicians can find resources, engage with the forum area, network and find links to opportunities and training.
When you get to the practice and PCN registration question there is the option “Flexible GP Pool” please select this for both.
If you have any difficulties, please contact traininghub@taurushealthcare.co.uk and they will be happy to help you.
If you are interested and would like an initial discussion please submit your CV to our recruitment team.
Interested in becoming a member of the pool?