Virtual Wards GP - Worthing

NHS Jobs; Lancing; On-site; AUD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Jobs is seeking a Virtual Ward GP in Australia to act as the senior clinical decision maker within the UCR Team, providing daily clinical leadership and medical oversight during contracted service hours. You will triage new referrals and admissions, support MDT decision making, assist with medication reviews with pharmacists, and prepare discharge summaries to accompany patient management plans.

The role emphasises governance, quality improvement, and professional development, with

Responsibilities

• Act as the senior clinical decision maker within the UCR Team and provide daily clinical leadership.
• Triage new referrals and admissions, support MDT decision making, and ensure appropriate escalation.
• Assist with medication reviews with pharmacists and prepare discharge summaries with patient management plans.
• Maintain accurate contemporaneous documentation and discharge planning records, including SystmOne entries.
• Contribute to clinical governance, quality improvement, audits, and service development to promote collaborative multidisciplinary working.

Job description

The Virtual Ward GP role is to act as the senior clinical decision maker within the UCR Team and providing daily clinical leadership. The following duties are the core responsibilities of the Virtual Ward GP: adhering to the timetable of daily scheduled clinical activities holding the responsibility for medical decisions made during the contracted service hours appreciating the complexity of patients with multi-morbidity, frailty and polypharmacy where involving specialists is necessary providing care in line with recommended best practice as established through clinical guidelines providing medical advice and supporting decision-making to the members of the wider MDT through all stages of the patient journey: at triage of new referrals or admission to the virtual ward during daily handovers and Board rounds in an urgent / on-call capacity support pharmacists with medication reviews when needed upon discharge with a written discharge summary supporting and guiding the development of patient management plans, including:

• RESPECT forms
• DNAR forms
• Personalised Care and Support Plans
• Ceiling of care reviewing and prescribing medications, with clinical input from the VW Pharmacy Team proposing the use of digital monitoring where it may be appropriate, and:
• setting thresholds for escalation acting upon signs of deterioration work with the MDT to support clinical decision-making based on readings from POC/remote monitoring equipment.

requesting diagnostic investigations and managing test results providing virtual consultations or home visiting where clinically required keeping accurate and contemporaneous documentation, including: keeping accurate and up to date records on SystmOne supporting with writing of discharge summaries liaising with other health professionals / providers for advice, such as: the patients primary care team / GP acute medical teams where advice may need to be sought palliative care teams mental health teams identifying deteriorating patients and escalating care when needed and in line with patient wishes support the development of the multidisciplinary team by: identifying opportunities for development supporting or signposting to training providing supervision instilling a culture of self-directed learning and professional development working with the B&HF Clinical Lead and SCFT Leads on matters related to clinical governance and service improvement, for example:

• audit
• quality improvement
• complaint handling
• promoting a culture of continuous improvement to promote a culture of collaborative team working

Please see full Job Description attached for further information.