Specialist Doctor Community Services

NHS; Wakefield; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Part time

Job summary

The NHS is seeking a compassionate Specialist Doctor to lead the Hospital at Home programme within their Adult Community Service team. This pivotal role emphasizes delivering holistic, patient-centred care to enhance community health outcomes, while reducing hospital admissions and promoting integrated working across care settings. The successful candidate will have a strong focus on clinical leadership, innovation in patient care, and will work closely with multidisciplinary teams to ensure high-quality medical support for patients in their homes.

Benefits

Supportive work-life balance

Diverse and inclusive work environment

Qualifications

• Minimum of 12 years medical work with 6 years in a relevant specialty.
• Experience in community or acute care essential.
• Commitment to continuous professional development.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Hospital at Home programme, supporting integrated patient care.
• Provide assessment, diagnosis, and treatment for acute and chronic conditions.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure seamless patient care.

Skills

Clinical Leadership

Collaboration

Patient-Centered Care

Innovation

Education

Medical Degree from recognised medical school

MRCP or equivalent

Job description

We are seeking a compassionate andforward-thinking individual to join our Adult Community Service team as aSpecialist Doctor and clinically lead the expansion of our Hospital at Homeprogramme.

This pivotal role focuses on deliveringholistic, patient-centred care in the community, reducing hospital admissions,and enhancing integrated working across acute, primary, and social caresettings. You will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to providehigh-quality medical care at home, ensuring patients receive timely support inthe most appropriate setting.

Key Responsibilities:

Lead the Hospitalat Home programme, supporting step-up and step-down care

Provide clinicalassessment, diagnosis, and treatment of acute and chronic conditions

Coordinate withED, inpatient wards, radiology, and primary care teams to ensure seamless care

Developpersonalised care and prevention plans, including Respect plans

Educate patientsand families to promote self-management and health awareness

Supervise and mentorjunior staff and advanced care practitioners

Contribute toquality improvement, clinical governance, and strategic planning

What Were Looking For:

Specialist Doctorwith experience in community or acute care

Strong clinicalleadership and collaborative working skills

A passion forinnovation in integrated, patient-centred care

Commitment tocontinuous professional development and service improvement

Main duties of the job

Lead the Hospitalat Home programme, supporting step-up and step-down care

Provide clinicalassessment, diagnosis, and treatment of acute and chronic conditions

Coordinate withED, inpatient wards, radiology, and primary care teams to ensure seamless care

Developpersonalised care and prevention plans, including Respect plans

Educate patientsand families to promote self-management and health awareness

Supervise and mentorjunior staff and advanced care practitioners

Contribute toquality improvement, clinical governance, and strategic planning

About us

We are an acute trust caring for over half a million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work.

We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust.

If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.

Application guidance: We understand that more applicants are using AI technology to help with their applications. While these tools can be useful, they cannot fully capture your skills, knowledge, and experience. Its important that you personalise your application. Relying solely on AI is not recommended, as it may reduce your chances of success. Our screening process is thorough, so if you have used AI, please make sure to disclose this on your application form.

Job responsibilities

This post is offered on a part time (6 PA) basisalthough other less than full time applications will be considered. The postwill complement our existing consultant workforce, and individuals will workcross-site but the successful applicant will work predominantly supportingHospital at Home.

The Community Services Division is supportedby the Divisional Clinical Director, Allied Health Professionals, CommunityNursing and Therapists. The post being offered to complement the existingworkforce.

Clinical responsibilities will include:

Patient Care providing comprehensivemedical care to adults within the community, including diagnosis, treatment,and management of acute and chronic conditions.

Hospital at Home expansion clinicallyleading the Hospital at Home programme and its expansion developing effectivein reach services that facilitate admission alternatives, shortest possiblelength of stay and support patients in receiving care in the place they callhome through step up and step-down care.

Clinical assessment conduct in depthassessments and consultations, generating comprehensive management plans forthe current episode and future crisis / escalation.

Collaboration Work collaboratively withallied professionals, primary care networks, emergency department staff,inpatient and rehabilitation, divisions of medicine and acute care, radiologyteams (in hospital and CDCs), adult social care, VCSE and other stakeholders toensure coordinated and seamless care for patients. Promoting care at home whereappropriate.

Prevention and Care Plans Collaborate withpatients and multidisciplinary teams to develop comprehensive care plans,including Respect plans that honour patients' care preferences and values.Strong focus on preventive measures to enhance overall health outcomes andreduce the risk of hospital admissions.

Health Promotion Engage in community healthinitiatives and promote preventive care strategies that empower patients andtheir advocates to take charge of their health. Working to developneighbourhood models of care to ensure they are effectively integrated into theTrusts ways of working.

Patient Education Educate patients andfamilies about health conditions, treatment options, and lifestyle changes toempower them in their health journey. Supporting them to self-manage theirconditions to promote the most effective use of community resources.

Documentation Maintain accurate andup-to-date patient records, adhering to NHS standards and regulations.

Quality Improvement Participate in clinicalaudits and quality improvement initiatives to enhance service delivery andpatient care.

Supervision and Training Provide guidanceand support to junior staff and medical students, fostering a culture oflearning and development. Provide supervision and development support toAdvanced Care Practitioners and allied care professionals within the trust and(when agreed) educational support within community partners eg care homes.

Working arrangements will consist of thefollowing:

Hours across Monday to Friday currently 0830:1700.

Supporting Professional Activities in accordance with theTrust Framework, with at least aminimum of 1 SPAs included in the core 6PA timetable. Additional SPA or DCCtime may be commissioned in line with the skills of the successful candidateand changing requirements of the service.

Person Specification

Experience

• Shall have completed a minimum of 12 years medical work (either continuous period or in aggregate) since obtaining a primary medical qualification of which a minimum of six years should have been in a relevant specialty in the Specialty Doctor and/or closed SAS grades. Equivalent years experience in a relevant specialty from other medical grades including General Practice and from overseas will also be accepted.

Leadership and team working

• Awareness of their leadership as a clinician and demonstrates appropriate leadership behaviour; managing situations that are unfamiliar, complex or unpredictable and seeking to build collaboration with, and confidence in, others.
• Demonstrates understanding of a range of leadership principles, approaches and techniques so can adapt leadership behaviours to improve engagement and outcomes appreciates own leadership style and its impact on others.
• Develops effective relationship across teams and contributes to work and success of these teams- promotes and participates in both multidisciplinary and inter-professional team working.
• Critically reflects on decision-making processes and explains those decisions to others in an honest and transparent way.
• Critically appraises performance of self, colleagues or peers and systems to enhance performance and support development.
• Demonstrates ability to challenge others, escalating concerns when necessary.
• Develops practice in response to changing population health need, engaging in horizon scanning for future developments.
• Specific educational interests and evidence of educational ideas or project work.

Professional values and behaviours, skills and knowledge- underpinning Trust values

• Practices within the professional values and behaviours expected of all doctors as set out in GMC Good Medical Practice and the Generic Professional Capabilities Framework including current licence to practice from the GMC Demonstrates the underpinning subject-specific competences i.e. knowledge, skills and behaviours relevant to the role setting and scope
• Clinically evaluates and manages a patient, formulating a prioritised differential diagnosis, initiating an appropriate management plan, and reviewing and adjusting this depending on the outcomes of treatment
• Manages the difficulties of dealing with patients with complexity and uncertainty in the care of patients; employing expertise and clinical decision-making skills of a senior and independent/ autonomous practitioner.
• Critically reflects on own competence , understands own limits, and seeks help when required
• Communicates effectively and is able to share decision-making with patients, relatives and carers; treats patients as individuals, promoting a person-centred approach to their care, including self-management.
• Respects patients dignity , ensures confidentiality and appropriate communication where potentially difficult or where barriers exist e.g. using interpreter and making adjustments for patients with communication difficulties
• Demonstrates key generic clinical skills around the areas of concern; ensuring humane interventions, prescribing medicine safely and using medical devices safely.
• Adheres to professional requirements, participating in annual appraisal, job planning and reviews of performance and progression.
• Awareness of legal responsibilities relevant to the role, such as around mental capacity and deprivation of liberty data protection, equality and diversity.
• Applies basic principles of public health; including population health, promoting health and wellbeing, nutrition, exercise, vaccination and illness prevention.
• Has personal insight into own strengths and weaknesses.
• Evidence of multidisciplinary team working
• Understanding and personal fit with Trust Values and Behaviours
• Demonstrates awareness of the current UK Healthcare system and the need to develop services in line with current policy

Professional Registration

• Please state full GMC number
• Full Registration and a Licence to Practice with the General Medical Council OR be eligible for the same and have this prior to commencement

Qualifications

• Medical Degree from recognised medical school
• MRCP or equivalent
• Prizes or Awards Achieved
• Audit or Case Presentations at a local, regional and national level
• Higher degree or qualifications such as a Masters

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.