General Practitioner - Hospital @ Home

NHS; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Tees Valley is seeking a General Practitioner for their 'Hospital @ Home' service. The role involves providing strategic and clinical support to a multidisciplinary team focused on caring for frail patients at home. Candidates should possess a valid MRCGP qualification and at least 3 years of experience in primary care, with proficiency in frailty management. This position allows continuous improvement in patient care and supports proactive care strategies.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years clinical experience in primary care and associated specialties.
• Demonstratable experience in frailty management.
• Ability to meet the travel requirements of the post.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical, educational and strategic support to the team.
• Work in partnership with Consultants and GP in Older Person's Medicine.
• Support early discharge for inpatients when possible.

Skills

Clinical experience in primary care

Frailty management knowledge

Ability in using blended learning approaches

De-briefing skills

Education

MRCGP qualification

Postgraduate qualifications in medical education

Job description

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

General Practitioner - Hospital @ Home

The closing date is 16 January 2026

We wish to appeal to GPs with a desire to be involved in developing home delivered patient centred care who themselves strive to make a difference and be influential in shaping services for the future.

The lead decision maker post holder will work in partnership with our Lead GP and multi-disciplinary team (MDT) to grow the 'Hospital@Home' service, a frailty virtual ward serving frail people in Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland and working in partnership with North Tees for patients in Stockton and Hartlepool and the wider health and social care system.

Hospital@Home is a patient-centred care model with shared decision-making. There is an ongoing program offer to more clinical pathways, enabling more patients to be cared for at home.

Main duties of the role

The core functions of this post are:

• To provide clinical, educational and strategic support to the team, including Clinical skills development and knowledge tutorials
• To work in partnership with the Consultants and GP in Older Person's Medicine to establish an integrated frailty management system.
• To work in partnership with the leadership teams for Community Nursing and Therapies to support the development of the reactive team responding to frailty crisis in the community, preventing unnecessary hospital admission.
• To work in partnership with integrated neighbourhood teams including primary care networks and the leadership teams for Community Nursing and Therapies to support the development of the proactive team preventing frailty crisis in the community.
• Facilitate and support early discharge for inpatients where possible.
• Involvement in the development of proactive care service
• Provide senior clinical decision making to the team
• Develop networks with key stakeholders
• To provide pastoral support, mentorship and educational training in the management of frailty to staff within the healthcare economy
• Daily ward round/board round
• Continuity of care for patients and colleagues - same doctor each day for a run of preferably 3 days with handover of complex cases to out of hours staff and to the doctor taking over a run of shifts
• Discussion of cases with clinical staff who visit patients

About us

Our ambition is to become the place of choice for acutely ill frail patients with increasing access to diagnostics and home interventions, working in a collaborative, integrated, fluid approach to providing healthcare in the community rather than static bedded care. In addition to this we are developing a strategy for proactive care, these post holders will be key to its development of this, the initial focus should be on delivering proactive care to the most complex and vulnerable patients with the aim of reducing avoidable exacerbations of ill-health and improving the quality of care for older people.

These senior clinicians will work within an MDT with the aim of providing safe, excellent care for patients in their own home, providing continuity of care for patients and continuous improvement in quality and service development.

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) formain responsibilities of the role.

This vacancy will close when sufficient applications are received.

Person Specification

Knowledge and Skills

• Minimum of 3 years clinical experience in primary care and associated specialties (this experience could be gained alongside this role)
• Demonstratable experience in frailty management
• Experience & ability in using a wide range of blended learning approaches including simulation
• Has the ability to meet the travel requirements of the post
• Experience in using a blended approach to learning
• Knowledge, skill & competence in the use of specialist simulation equipment
• Experience in de-briefing skills
• Previous experience in Older Persons medicine

Qualifications and Training

• Qualified general practitioner (MRCGP) with current GMC licence to practice
• Communication and language skills (ability to communicate effectively in written and spoken English)
• Further postgraduate qualifications in medical education (e.g. Diploma or Masters)
• Post Graduate Certificate in Medical Education (PGCertMedEd)

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.

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust