Care Home GP — Compassionate, Team‑Driven Primary Care

West London NHS Trust; Norwood Green; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

West London NHS Trust is seeking a Care Home GP to deliver high-quality primary care within care homes in the Ealing borough. The role emphasizes dedicated time in care homes, building relationships with residents and staff, and providing consistent clinical care as part of a multidisciplinary team.

You will work with GPs, advanced nurse practitioners, prescribing pharmacists, and administrators to support patient-centred care, with regular face-to-face reviews, telephone triage, and independent

Responsibilities

• Face to face routine weekly consultations for patients identified as needing a clinical review in the care homes.
• Telephone consultations both for acute triage and planned care.
• Checking and signing repeat prescriptions electronically
• Prescribe generically whenever appropriately and in accordance with the Practice prescribing formulary, NICE guidance and Good Prescribing Practice.
• Dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence as required including clinical administration and private report writing when agreed.
• Make professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems.
• Screen patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness
• Clinical management of the patients in a care home setting as appropriate including initiating investigations, reviewing results, making referrals to secondary care or to other providers as appropriate
• Develop care and treatment plans in consultation with patients, care homes and relatives in line with current clinical guidelines and protocols including end of life care and utilising the UCP platform.
• Participate in clinical audits, and learning event analyses and practice meetings
• Work with and provide support for other members of the primary health care team
• Play a lead role in the practice achieving agreed performance indicator targets (QOF, DES, Enhanced Services)

Job description

West London NHS Trust is seeking a Care Home GP to deliver high-quality primary care within care homes in the Ealing borough. The role emphasizes dedicated time in care homes, building relationships with residents and staff, and providing consistent clinical care as part of a multidisciplinary team.

You will work with GPs, advanced nurse practitioners, prescribing pharmacists, and administrators to support patient-centred care, with regular face-to-face reviews, telephone triage, and independent