Bank Specialist Doctor NC

Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization is seeking a dedicated doctor for rehabilitation services at Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust. The role involves managing patient care in a community setting, ensuring the best recovery paths while working closely with diverse populations. Applicants must have GMC registration and relevant specialty training, with a commitment to fostering a supportive environment for patients and families. The organization values diversity and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Single occupancy accommodation in Central London

Support with gaining your driving license

Car lease scheme

Training, support and development in your career

Qualifications

• Must have a GMC license and relevant training.
• At least two years of experience in a rehabilitation setting.
• Experience in the NHS and working with patients with frailty.

Responsibilities

• Manage medical care of patients referred for rehabilitation.
• Prevent unnecessary admissions/readmissions to acute hospitals.
• Facilitate optimal discharge for patients.

Skills

Knowledge of GMC 'Duties of a Doctor'

Experience of using SystmOne and ICE

Education

GMC registered with a licence to practise

Completed Foundation Training (FY1 and FY2)

Two years post-Foundation Training experience

Up to date Resuscitation and Safeguarding Training

Speciality Doctor with training in relevant area

MRCP, DGM or equivalent

Job description

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Site Finchley Memorial Hospital / Edgware Community Hospital, Town Hertfordshire Salary £58.91 Bank Salary period Hourly Closing 13/06/2025 14:00

Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 14 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster, Hillingdon, Sutton, Kingston - and Hertfordshire.

We are rated Good by the Care Quality Commission and are ranked among top NHS employers. Community healthcare is our focus and our passion. We champion the role of community health professionals to make sure our patients get great care closer to home.

At Central London Community Healthcare, we promote equality and foster an inclusive environment where our diverse workforce feels they belong and are treated with fairness, respect, and dignity, enabling everyone to reach their full potential.

CLCH aims to create a culture where staff feel supported, valued and respected for what they do and where the values we seek to show to our patients are the same values we show to each other, in line with the NHS People Plan and Our NHS People Promise and our own strategic Equality values and objectives.

Job overview

Job Purpose

Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust (CLCH) delivers the Stroke and General community in-patient rehabilitation service for Barnet.

The unit provides a comprehensive community-based step-down facility that supports patients’ rehabilitation and recovery in a community setting, with an active therapy programme.

Ongoing assessments for those patients who are medically optimised but who require further assessments outside of the acute setting in relation to their health and social needs and future living arrangements are also undertaken where necessary.

All run a 24/7 service with nurses always present with doctors/therapists available in core hours.

Main duties of the job

· To manage the medical care of patients referred to the ward for rehabilitation. The doctor will be the only medic resident on the ward – there are Consultant reviews twice weekly (Ward round and MDT) and Consultant advice is available by phone.

· Manage any medical deterioration on the ward as appropriate and with the advice of the ward Consultant. (Consultant is based off-site). Patients are required to be deemed Medically Optimised to be transferred for rehabilitation, but due to Frailty and comorbidities may require medical input during their rehabilitation admission. Treatment options depend on severity of issue and include both management on the ward and transfer of care to acute hospital ward/hospice.

· To proactively work to prevent unnecessary admission/readmission to an acute hospital – including daily review of patients on the ward.

· To facilitate appropriate discharge from the Unit to the optimal location for the patient wherever possible including their own homes.

· To support patients, carers and families.

Working for our organisation

Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster - and Hertfordshire.

Just as we care about our patients’ wellbeing, we care about yours!

We can offer you:

• A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
• Single occupancy accommodation in Central London – (we can help you find accommodation in London, support you with your deposit)
• Support with gaining your driving license *T&C’s apply
• Car lease scheme *T&C’s apply
• Flexible working options
• Training, support and development in your career

At CLCH we appreciate and are proud of the diversity in the communities we serve and the workforce we employ. Applications are open and welcome to anyone, regardless of your age, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, and disability. We are proud to say that we follow the workforce race equality standard and 28% of our senior staff (8A and above) are from a BAME background. CLCH also has active BAME and LGBTQI networks.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To promote an environment for recovery, ongoing community-based care and assessment with the flexibility to develop the service provision as needs change.
• Clerk in new patients. On admission patients should be reviewed – full medical history should be taken, the patient should be examined, full notes entered to SystmOne and medications prescribed.
• Review of ward patients including those identified by ward doctors.
• Ongoing assessment of patients with minor problems that are manageable in the community.
• The ward doctor will be responsible for making their own contemporaneous notes in SystmOne and written patient records.
• Ordering of investigations such as non-urgent bloods, x-rays, swabs, urine, and other specimen microscopy/culture samples.
• Undertake basic interventions including but not limited to, phlebotomy, insertion of cannulas, insertion of catheters.

Person specification

Education/Qualification

• GMC registered with a licence to practise.
• Completed Foundation Training (FY1 and FY2)
• Two years post-Foundation Training experience
• Up to date Resuscitation and Safeguarding Training.
• Speciality Doctor with training in relevant area e.g., Elderly Care Medicine, Rehabilitation Medicine.
• MRCP, DGM or equivalent

Experience

• At least two years experience working as a Doctor in a rehabilitation setting
• Experience of working in the NHS
• Experience working with patients with frailty
• Previous experience working in a ‘community hospital’, rehabilitation service or frailty service would be an asset

Skills and Knowledge

• Knowledge of GMC ‘Duties of a Doctor’
• Experience of using SystmOne and ICE

Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification.

Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.

Interview arrangements will be communicated via email so please check your email regularly following the closing date.

At CLCH we appreciate and are proud of the diversity in the communities we serve and the workforce we employ. Applications are open and welcome to anyone, regardless of your age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, ethnicity, religion, and disability.

We are proud to say that we follow the workforce race equality standard and 28% of our senior staff (8A and above) are from a BAME background. CLCH also has active BAME and LGBTQI networks:

Disability and Wellbeing Network (DAWN)

Race Equality Network

Rainbow Network which supports LGBTQI staff.

Each network has a champion who is an executive director at the Trust and they hold regular meetings to discuss issues and make plans to improve CLCH.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.