Community General Practitioner (ARRS PCN)

Are you enthusiastic about providing holistic care for frail patients?

Do you want a role which transcends the traditional boundaries of health and social care?

Do you want an alternative to the current model of General Practice, where you can spend more time with the most complex patients?

Glossop PCN are looking for a Community GP to support our multi-disciplinary team providing healthcare to our housebound patients and patients in care or residential facilities across the PCN footprint, this role is being developed to integrate with the new neighbourhood aims and agendas.

To understand more about the role of a Community GP, please see the video link provided in the supporting information section.

Main duties of the job

Glossop PCN are seeking to recruit a team of Community GPs to work alongside a multi-disciplinary team providing care to housebound patients and patients in care or residential facilities, people with lower health outcomes and joined up care in the community, either in person or remotely.

The role will incorporate the home first, community second, admission last strategy.

This is an exciting opportunity to be at the forefront of the delivery of our new neighbourhood model, developing relationships and building stronger outcomes for the population. The role challenges the tradition routes of care and will bring us into a future of supporting our populations. It will involve true MDT working, building relationships with GP practices, voluntary sectors, secondary care, community care, schools and other neighbourhood groups this list in not exhaustive.

This is an evolving service, so you will have the opportunity to contribute to the development of Team Up!

The aim for the service is to ultimately provide a holistic approach to acute on-the-day/rapid response services, enhanced health in care homes and enhanced proactive care for older people with frailty and patients with multi-faceted health problems.

There is also the opportunity to undertake a sessional ARRS GP role alongside this role, should you wish to also keep some more traditional surgery work.

About us

Glossop PCN is made up of four forward thinking and progressive practices (population 33,000) who have developed friendly and effective working relationships with each other.

Your employer would be Simmondley Medical Practice, who operate as the lead practice for the Primary Care Network, and you would be entitled to NHS pension with 30 days annual leave pro rata plus bank holidays and study leave.

Working in conjunction with Community GP colleagues and other Clinical Professionals you will cover service hours (initially 08:00-18:30 Monday to Friday), working across the Glossop area. The number of sessions you undertake is negotiable and will be discussed during the interview process.

Job responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day clinical leadership for the multi-disciplinary team including debriefing after visits if needed
• Home visiting for clinically complex cases e.g., end of life care, diagnostic uncertainty, complex prescribing decisions
• Senior clinical triage for the Acute Home Visiting service
• Build relationships across the extended team including, but not limited to social care, ambulance, social prescribers, community, and mental health clinicians.
• Opportunity for involvement in service development as the team expands
• Involvement in MDT meetings
• Provide holistic comprehensive assessment and enhanced advance planning
• Maximise best care in the patients own homes to reduce the need for hospital or care home admissions.
• Provide end of life care in line with the patients wishes
• Quality improvement activity
• Opportunities for teaching and mentorship

Person Specification

Skills & Abilities (Assessed by Application & Interview)

Essential

• The ability to understand the competencies of others and support them to work within and at the top of those competencies. Also, to recognise and act when others are going beyond their competency.
• Ability to work effectively across traditional organisational and professional boundaries.
• Excellent organisational and communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively as a member of a team.
• Ability to work effectively with colleagues, patients and external organisations.
• Ability to triage patients in order of clinical need.
• Effective communication, verbally and in writing.
• Full driving license required as travelling required for the role.
• Committed to the development of integrated community teams.

Desirable

• Leadership of service delivery / change.

Experience

Essential

• Experience and evidence of an interest in care of the Elderly
• Understanding of adult safeguarding and Deprivation of liberty procedures
• Experience of multidisciplinary working

Desirable

• Knowledge and experience of carrying out Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment
• Experience of medical education/clinical supervision
• Experience of using EMIS or another clinical system
• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team.

Qualifications

Essential

• A vocationally trained and accredited GP
• Current registration with GMC
• On the GP performers list

Desirable

• MRCGP
• Evidence of leadership development

Aptitude & Personal Qualities (Assessed by Application & Interview)

Essential

• Flexible, supportive, collaborative.
• Recognise the benefits of multiagency & multidisciplinary team working.
• Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

Values, Drivers & Motivators (Assessed by Application & Interview)

Essential

• A passion for excellent, holistic, patient centred care for older people with frailty.

Employer details

Employer name

Glossop Health Team (Glossop Primary Care Network)

Address

15a Pennine Road

Simmondley

Glossop

Derbyshire

SK13 6NN