General Practitioner

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

Job summary

West London NHS Trust is seeking a Care Home GP to enhance primary care delivery within Ealing care homes. You will gain dedicated time in allocated homes, building relations with residents and staff to provide high-quality, holistic care in a less ad-hoc setting.

You will join a multidisciplinary team with experienced nurses, prescribing pharmacists, and administrators, working under a Clinical Lead Care Home Service.

Qualifications

• Must be a GMC registered GP.
• Commitment to patient-centred care.
• Ability to make professional autonomous decisions.
• Strong communication skills with residents, staff and relatives.

Responsibilities

• Provide face-to-face weekly consultations in care homes.
• Conduct telephone triage and planned care consultations.
• Sign and check repeat prescriptions electronically.
• Prescribe generically in line with formulary and NICE guidance.
• Handle clinical queries, paperwork, and private report writing when needed.
• Develop care and treatment plans with patients and care homes.
• Initiate investigations and referrals as appropriate.
• Participate in audits and learning events.
• Collaborate with the primary health care team to meet performance indicators.

Skills

GMC registered GP

Patient-centred care

Autonomous decision-making

Communication skills

Job description

We are excited to offer an innovative opportunity to enhance primary care delivery to care homes in the borough of Ealing. As a Care Home GP, you will value having dedicated time in your allocated care homes to build relationships with residents and staff and provide consistent, high-quality care. This is far more enjoyable than the pressures of ad‑hoc care home visits which you may have experienced in other roles! Trust us on this, we have experienced that too.

As a valued member of our multidisciplinary team, you will receive robust support from fellow GPs and an experienced group of nurses, including advanced nurse practitioners, prescribing pharmacists, and administrators.

Who We Are Looking For

• A qualified GMC registered GP.
• A diligent and reliable team member.
• A commitment to patient‑centred care.
• An interest in frailty or medicine of the elderly (although this can be developed during the post)
• Preferred working days - Mondays & Fridays.
• 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)

West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.

Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ over 5,000 staff, of whom 59% are BME. Our turnover for 2024-25 is over £500m.

The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’.

The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Anita Logendra Job title: Clinical Lead Care Home Service Email address: [e-mail]