GP - Intermediate Care

Newcastle General Practice Services Ltd; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 100,000; Part time

Job summary

A community healthcare provider in Newcastle upon Tyne seeks a General Practitioner to support rehabilitation services for older patients. This role involves managing a clinical caseload, working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, and leading clinical governance. Ideal candidates must be fully qualified, possess leadership experience, and demonstrate commitment to professional development. This position offers flexibility with sessions primarily on Monday and Thursday mornings, contributing to a dynamic healthcare environment.

Qualifications

• Commitment to continuing professional development
• Experience as a medical practitioner with older people
• Experience of multidisciplinary team working

Responsibilities

• Manage a clinical caseload of medically stable patients within intermediate care.
• Work closely with the multidisciplinary team to provide individualized care.
• Provide visible leadership to promote a fair culture.

Skills

Ability to run a service and participate in management process

Flexible approach to service delivery

Ability to communicate well with patients and colleagues

Understanding of Clinical Governance

Competent in clinical system management and data handling

Excellent organisation and time management skills

Ability to network and build collaborative relationships

Ability to teach clinical skills

Education

Fully Qualified GP MRCGP for at least 3 years

GMC full registration and currently on a performers list

Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT)

Higher postgraduate qualification related to the speciality

Postgraduate qualification in medical education

Job description

Weare looking for an existing General Practitioner to work with the Community andOlder Peoples Medicine Services, two sessions a week, to support a clinicalcaseload of patients undergoing rehabilitation alongside a multidisciplinaryteam to promote recovery of function and a return to independent living wherepossible.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will work as an integral member of the intermediate care team as the named clinician for a cohort of 10-15 patients. They will be expected to oversee and coordinate a Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment for patients who have either stepped up from the community to avoid acute hospital admission or are clinically stable following and acute admission.

It is expected that the post holder will provide clinical sessions within the intermediate care unit/rehabilitation ward for 2 sessions per week. Ideally sessions will be worked in the morning on a Monday and Thursday.

About us

NewcastleGP Services (NGPS) is an ambitious and innovative membership organisation,providing support to 27 GP Practices across Newcastle. A small, friendly andprofessional team based in Gosforth, we deliver a range of services, includingGP cover across Urgent Treatment Centres, mobile outreach clinics, EnhancedAccess, managing a primary care staff bank, as well as providing financial andadministrative assistance to five of the seven Primary Care Networks (PCNs) inthe city. Our mission is to ensure that voice of Newcastle Primary Care isheard, and that we work on behalf of our members to deliver services at theright scale.

TheNewcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the mostsuccessful teaching NHS Trusts in the country. We have one of the highestnumber of specialist services of hospitals in the UK. With around 14,000 staff,the Newcastle Hospitals is one of the regions major employers. We have along-standing reputation for high quality clinical care with our staffscommitment to excellence reflected in our consistent performance at the highestlevel. We are committed to being an employer of choice offering our staffsuperb benefits, looking after their wellbeing, and providing access tohigh-quality education, training, career progression and support which enablesthem to provide healthcare at its best, with people at our heart.

Job responsibilities

TheGP in intermediate care will have the following responsibilities:

Clinical

Tomanage a clinical caseload of medically stable patients within intermediatecare/rehabilitation ward

Towork closely with a Multidisciplinary team to provide individualised care topatients promoting return to independence via a Comprehensive GeriatricAssessment

Workclosely with the hospital Older Peoples Medicine team and community frailtyteams

Adegree of flexibility will be required in keeping with the variability anddemands of the case mix

Managementand Leadership

Activeinvolvement in clinical governance process within intermediatecare/rehabilitation ward

Providevisible leadership to promote a fair and supportive culture responsive to theneeds of the diversity of our patients, visitors and workforce.

Research

Nospecific commitments but enthusiasm for audit and quality improvement would bewelcomed and research opportunities exist within Older peoples medicine.

Teaching

Therewill be no formal teaching required within the post. There may be occasionalstudents working in the clinical areas. There is an expectation the ethos ofthe team will support ongoing learning and development and therefore informalclinical teaching to MDT members around individual patients and cases will beexpected.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Fully Qualified GP MRCGP for at least 3 years
• GMC full registration and currently on a performers list
• Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT)
• Evidence of a commitment to continuing professional development
• Possess a valid UK work permit (if appropriate)
• Evidence of a commitment to continuing professional development (CPD)
• Higher postgraduate qualification related to the speciality (geriatric medicine)
• Leadership and management experience
• Postgraduate qualification in medical education
• Publications in the last 2 years as first author

Qualities

• Committed to share in professional, managerial and teaching responsibilities necessary to fulfil the obligations of the Directorate to the Trust and its workforce
• Alignment with the Trusts Core & Professional Behaviours
• Flexible approach to service delivery and committed approach to development
• Committed to share in professional, managerial and teaching responsibilities necessary to fulfil the obligations of the Directorate to the Trust and its workforce
• Proactive and positive attitude
• Demonstrates personal and professional integrity
• Punctual and reliable
• Personable and approachable
• Commitment to the delivery of high-quality care and continuous service improvement

Experience

• Working as a medical practitioner with experience of working with older people
• Demonstrates a high level of professional practice and experience in disease management
• Experience of multidisciplinary team working
• Previous and current experience of working in primary care
• Experience of handling confidential information and an up-to-date knowledge of data protection legislation
• Experience of team working and independently managing clinics
• Experience of supervising junior staff
• Experience of participation in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching
• Evidence of involvement in and understanding of research methodology and publication of findings

Other

• Committed to working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• The ability & willingness to travel to sites
• Member of defence union (MPS/MDU)
• Evidence of an annual NHS appraisal
• Full driving licence

Skills

• Ability to run a service and participate in management process
• Flexible approach to service delivery and committed approach to development
• Able to communicate well with patients and colleagues
• An understanding of Clinical Governance
• Competent in clinical system management and data handling
• Confident in using Microsoft applications and Outlook
• Excellent organisation and time management skills
• Ability to network and build collaborative relationships
• Ability to teach clinical skills
• Understanding of management goals

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.