GP Lead, Virtual Ward (Home Care)

Alliance for Better Care; Worthing; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Alliance for Better Care (ABC) is recruiting a General Practitioner to lead the UCR Team within the Virtual Ward service in Worthing. You will act as senior clinical decision maker, delivering daily leadership, triage, and decisions for a 30–50 bed virtual ward.

Your week includes face-to-face clinics at the UCR base and some remote sessions on Tuesdays/Thursdays, with occasional travel across Sussex and supervision of ACPs and MDT development.

Qualifications

• Senior GP with leadership responsibilities in urgent care settings.
• Experience in virtual ward or hospital-at-home models is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Act as senior clinical decision maker within the UCR Team.
• Provide daily clinical leadership and supervision of MDT.
• Triage referrals and support discharge planning.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Medical decision making

Communication skills

Teamwork

IT systems (EMIS/SystmOne)

Time management

Audit experience

Clinical governance

Education

GP qualification (CCT)

General Practitioner, GMC

MRCGP

Post-CCT experience in GP settings

Tools

EMIS

SystmOne

Docman

Job description

Alliance for Better Care (ABC) is recruiting a General Practitioner to lead the UCR Team within the Virtual Ward service in Worthing. You will act as senior clinical decision maker, delivering daily leadership, triage, and decisions for a 30–50 bed virtual ward.

Your week includes face-to-face clinics at the UCR base and some remote sessions on Tuesdays/Thursdays, with occasional travel across Sussex and supervision of ACPs and MDT development.