Frailty GP | Up to £13,700 per session | School-hours available | Permanent contract

Menlo Park Recruitment; Bodmin; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 14,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension

6 weeks annual leave + bank holidays

Indemnity paid by practice

Study leave

Job summary

Menlo Park Recruitment is seeking a General Practitioner for a permanent frailty role in mid Cornwall. The post focuses on continuity of care for housebound elderly patients within a multidisciplinary team, with no duty doctor rota and sessions that fit around school hours.

Working 4–6 sessions weekly (Mon/Wed core), typically 9am–2pm, with a 6 weeks leave entitlement and NHS Pension. Salary per session ranges from £11,595 to £13,668, with indemnity paid by the practice.

Qualifications

• Qualified GP and GMC-registered to practise in the UK.
• Interest in frailty and care of older people within a team.
• Experience with multidisciplinary care is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Provide GP care for a defined elderly group in frailty team.
• Carry out comprehensive geriatric assessment and care planning.
• Home visits and care home reviews as required by cases.
• Engage in proactive care and admission avoidance strategies.

Skills

General Practice

Geriatrics

Care planning

Home visits

Education

GP qualification

Job description

Background

This is a permanent frailty GP role built around continuity of care: a defined group of older, housebound and care home patients, looked after by one team that gets to know them well. There is no duty doctor rota, sessions can fit around school hours, and you do not need a formal special interest in frailty, just a real interest in caring for older people. Recurrent funding means this is a long-term post, not a fixed-term pilot.

Location

The role covers a mix of coastal, market town and rural communities across mid Cornwall, with south coast harbours and open moorland close by. St Austell is around 20 minutes away by car, Truro around 35 minutes and Plymouth around 50 minutes.

The Practice

Permanent post within an established neighbourhood frailty team, backed by recurrent fundingExperienced multidisciplinary team including a senior nurse lead, frailty nurses, care coordinators, an occupational therapist and a pharmacy technicianShort daily team huddle and a monthly complex case MDT, with community and supporting services involvedGP colleagues provide additional sessions across the week, so you are not the only Doctor coverReal scope to shape how the service develops as it moves towards more proactive care

Your Role

4 to 6 sessions per week, with Mondays and Wednesdays as core days (half or full days)School hours pattern available, roughly 9am to 2pm spread across the weekNo duty doctor commitmentResponsive work, including acute reviews and home or care home visits where a case needs GP inputProactive work, including care planning, comprehensive geriatric assessment and admission avoidanceTriage shared with the frailty nursesACP and senior nurse supervision, teaching and quality improvementThe role flexes with your sessions: more sessions means more hands-on visiting, fewer means more senior advice and coordination

Salary and Benefits

• £11,595 to £13,668 per session
• Permanent contract6 weeks annual leave plus bank holidays1 week study leaveIndemnity paid by the practiceNHS Pension

Requirements

You must be qualified as a General Practitioner and registered with the GMC and UK performers list.