Gp - Intermediate Care/Hospital At Home
Tameside Hospital
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Job summary
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking GP leaders for Intermediate Care and Hospital at Home, with part-time hours and flexible practice arrangements. The Stamford Unit focuses on rehabilitation, complex discharge planning and step-up care for older adults, delivered in a patient-centered, multidisciplinary setting.
As a GP, you will oversee medical care, lead ward rounds and collaborate with ACPs, Nurses, Therapists and Social Workers to deliver safe, holistic
Qualifications
- Qualified GP with GMC registration and UK licence.
- CCT in General Practice.
- Full GMC Registration and National Performers List registration.
- Demonstrated ongoing professional development and leadership in primary care.
Responsibilities
- Provide senior clinical leadership across Intermediate Care and Hospital at Home services, seven days a week.
- Collaborate with senior managers to support Directorate objectives and ensure clinical engagement.
- Promote best practice and evidence-based care across the service.
- Drive continuous improvement to improve patient outcomes and pathways.
- Contribute to clinical governance and ensure robust processes are followed.
- Participate in audits, incident reviews and learning from complaints.
- Work flexibly to meet patient and service needs across settings.
- Engage with clinical networks to support system-wide learning and development.
- Support responsible use of resources and contribute to cost-improvement plans.
- Model Trust values and provide visible clinical leadership and professionalism.
Skills
Education
Job description
GP Intermediate Care/Hospital at Home - Various part time roles available, minimum 4PAs
Are you a GP passionate about high-quality, person-centred care? Do you enjoy multidisciplinary working and want to shape community-based medical services? We are expanding our Intermediate Tier Services and seeking motivated GPs to join our Intermediate Care and Hospital at Home teams.
This is an opportunity to contribute to a developing GP-led model focused on excellent care for older people, strong clinical leadership and integrated community pathways. Roles are part-time, with flexible PAs agreed at interview.
The Stamford Unit provides intermediate care beds offering rehabilitation, end-of-life care, step-up admissions and complex discharge planning. You will lead the medical care for a cohort of patients, undertake ward rounds and work closely with ACPs, Nurses, Therapists and Social Workers to deliver safe, holistic care.
Hospital at Home delivers acute-level care in patients' homes as an alternative to admission. Working with Urgent Crisis Response teams, advanced nurse and paramedic assessors and specialist respiratory and heart-failure services, you will complete telemedicine assessments and support coordinated, responsive care planning.
This varied role includes both bed-based and community acute work, with the chance to develop interests in older people's medicine and integrated care. A 1:4 weekend rota provides cover across the Stamford Unit and Hospital at Home services.
- Provide senior clinical leadership across Intermediate Care and Hospital at Home services, working with Divisional and Directorate leaders to ensure safe, high-quality care is delivered seven days a week in line with national and local standards.
- Work collaboratively with senior managers to support Directorate and Divisional objectives, ensuring strong clinical engagement and partnership working.
- Promote and share best practice, supporting a consistent, evidence-based approach across the service.
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement, identifying opportunities to enhance patient outcomes, strengthen pathways and support innovation.
- Contribute to the clinical governance agenda, ensuring robust governance processes are in place and followed.
- Participate in audits, incident reviews and complaints processes, ensuring learning is shared and embedded to improve safety and quality.
- Work flexibly to meet patient needs, service demands and wider team requirements across Intermediate Care and Hospital at Home.
- Engage with internal and external clinical networks, representing the service and supporting system-wide learning and development.
- Support responsible use of resources, contributing to financial balance and cost-improvement plans.
- Model the Trust's values and behaviours, providing visible clinical leadership and promoting professionalism, compassion and high performance.
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children.
Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.
We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:
- Compassion
- Accountability
- Respect
- Excellence
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+& Disabled people.
- flexible working
- 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- sick pay
- NHS Pension Scheme
- free eye tests and health checks
- gym discount
- free bicycle loan scheme
- salary sacrifice car scheme
- support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance
- and much more
Date posted: 20 October 2026 Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff Grade: Doctor - other Salary: £78,699 to £118,759 a year pro rata per annum Contract: Permanent Working pattern: Part-time Reference number: 245-MEDGPSU-03-26-A-A Job locations: Stamford Unit, Darnton Road, Ashton-on-Lyne, OL6 9RW, United Kingdom
The job description provides a comprehensive overview of the key duties and responsibilities associated with this role, while the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. The document is available to download from this page.
- Qualified GP
- General Practitioner (Certificate of Completion of Training CCT)
- Full GMC Registration
- National Performers List registration
- Diploma in Geriatric Medicine
- MRCGP
- Diploma in Immediate Medical Care
- Diploma in Urgent Medical Care
- Primary Care experience
- End of Life Care Experience
- Clinical Leadership Experience
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Experience of working with Urgent Care, A&E and Out of Hours
- Two years post-CCT in general practice
- Experience of working effectively in collaboration with other organisations
- Previous post CCT experience of working in virtual wards or community care settings
- Experience of providing supervision/support to an MDT
- High level of clinical knowledge and skills in line with that of an experienced GP
- Understands the importance of evidence-based practice and clinical effectiveness
- Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
- Strong IT skills (competent in the use of Office and Outlook)
- Effective time management (Planning & Organising)
- Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
- Problem solving & analytical skills
- Ability to follow clinical policy and procedure
- Ability to process information accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required
- Experience with clinical risk management
- Understanding of Clinical Governance and quality issues as well as health and social policy
- Knowledge of the current issues facing primary care and the wider NHS
- Experience with audit and able to lead audit programmes
- Ability and success in the implementation of change and/or service development within an organisation
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
Employer name: Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Stamford Unit, Darnton Road, Ashton-on-Lyne, OL6 9RW, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.tamesidehospital.nhs.uk/
Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Directorate Manager, Neah Bux, neah.bux@tgh.nhs.uk, 07824805070
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity.
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