Dacorum Proactive Care Team - Neighbourhood Link GP

NHS; Hemel Hempstead; On-site; GBP 73,000 - 111,000; Full time

Job summary

Join the Dacorum Neighbourhood Proactive Care Service as a General Practitioner in a leading NHS service. You will play a vital role in delivering community-based, person-centered care focusing on holistic assessments and care coordination. This is an exciting opportunity with professional development and flexible working options.

Benefits

Comprehensive induction into community service

Flexible working options

Training, support and career development

Car lease scheme

Qualifications

• Minimum of two years core GMS experience in General Practice.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Training in leadership and/or management.

Responsibilities

• Work as part of a multidisciplinary team for residents with frailty.
• Undertake proactive assessments to enhance health.
• Identify actions to prevent hospital admissions.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Multi-disciplinary teamwork

Time management

Decision making

Education

Full GMC registration

General Practice CCT or equivalent

Higher degree (e.g., MSc, MD)

Job description

Dacorum Proactive Care Team - Neighbourhood Link GP

We are recruiting a passionate and proactive GPto join the Dacorum Neighbourhood Proactive Care Service.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role ina new team delivering community-based, person-centred care for residents. The focus will be on holistic assessments, care coordination, addressing health inequalities and delivering on the strategic ambition of a 'neighbourhood health service'.

Main duties of the job

You'll work as part of a multidisciplinary team supporting a cohort of residents with moderate to severe frailty who have had 2 or more unplanned admissions within the last year, linking them to health, social care, and voluntary sector services.

This service will see the shift from reactive care to proactive identification by using risk stratification searches within Primary Care records. The searches will identify a cohort of patients who would benefit from targeted intervention to improve outcomes, their overall experience and reduce the likelihood of further unplanned admissions. The service will operate alongside a number of other acute and community services, with the ability to step patients up in to appropriate services - including the highly successful virtual ward models in South and West Hertfordshire.

This role presents as an excellent opportunity to work in a topical area of service delivery within the NHS right now and will provide the opportunity to gain service development skills .

About us

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
• Car lease scheme *T&C's apply
• Flexible working options
• Training, support and development in your career

To have a full look at our benefits and what it's like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits

Job responsibilities

Full job description and person specification are included in the attached file.

Working alongside nurses, AHPs, pharmacist, and case coordinators, you will be undertaking a range of proactive assessment and interventions to enhance health and wellbeing in this patient group, identifying actions which can be taken to prevent hospital admission, avoid unnecessary admission to care homes, and support patients to live well. This will be delivered in partnership with the patient's usual registered GP.

There is a requirement to have face to face contact with patients in a clinic setting, or in the patients own home including in a care home when appropriate.

**Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full roles and responsibilities.**

Person Specification

Education /Qualification

• Full GMC registration and on National Performers List
• General Practice CCT or equivalent (eg MRCGP, JCPTGP)
• Satisfactory Appraisal within the last 12 months (or within the most recent 12 months of work, if currently on a career break)
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Higher degree e.g. MSc, MD or other higher degree
• Extended experience in complex case management/geriatric medicine
• training in leadership and/or management

Experience

• Minimum of two years core GMS experience in General Practice
• Primary care home visiting
• Safeguarding training and practical experience
• Face to face consultations
• Demonstrate an ability to lead and motivate individuals and teams
• Ability to anticipate and plan for change
• Good working knowledge of professional requirements and standards for healthcare professionals including appraisals
• Evidence and experience of networking with a wide range of stakeholders including the public, external commercial organisations and national strategic bodies
• Experience in care of the elderly medicine and in A&E/Urgent care setting
• Experience in the audit, quality improvement, clinical governance
• Experience undertaking GP sessions in SW Herts
• Experience in developing patient centred healthcare

Skills & Knowledge

• Willing to work unsupervised and make decisions
• Good written and oral communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to manage time effectively
• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Proven ability to set clear direction and articulate a compelling vision
• Knowledge of the national, regional and local policy and priorities for healthcare
• Knowledge of clinical governance systems to secure quality and safety
• Influencing and negotiating skills
• Strategic and operational leadership skills
• Demonstrated ability to lead a multi-disciplinary team
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively e.g. report writing; thesis
• Experience of acting in the capacity of an appraiser for the purposes of medical revalidation
• Experience of acting as case investigator for case investigation
• Formal research training; demonstrated ability to design a research or audit project
• Formal training in teaching methods; demonstrated ability in teaching / training.

Key Attributes

• Ability to communicate effectively with patients, colleagues, managers, patients, relatives, other agencies and staff at all levels
• Energy and enthusiasm
• Ability to work under pressure
• Flexible approach
• Caring attitude to patients, carers and colleagues
• Vision for the development and enhancement of community health and providing care closer to home

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£73,113 to £110,330 a yearPer Annum, inclusive of London Weighting, pro rata (part time)