We are seeking a dedicated GP or Consultant to join our Virtual Ward, Hospital at Home team, transforming care for adult patients as an alternative to hospital admission where clinically appropriate to receive acute level care in the community. This is an opportunity to lead and shape a multidisciplinary team that brings together professionals from a range of health care professions such as medicine, advanced clinical practice, nursing, pharmacy, therapy, and community services.
Our Virtual Ward team delivers acute level care to patients in their own homes by providing a multi-disciplinary approach to care either face to face or remotely depending on need. This aligns closely to the two-hour urgent community response strategy to offer an alternative to hospital inpatient care.
Why Join Us?
* Shape a developing service: by contributing to the design and growth of this innovative service at its early stages.
* Balanced schedule: work Monday-Friday with on call on a weekend rota basis.
* Purposeful work: improve patient outcomes by addressing complex, acute level needs in a community setting.
* This is a cross bay service with base to be negotiated upon appointment.
* Opportunity to deliver acute level care differently in an innovative, proactive community team.
Who We Are Looking For
We are looking for a Consultant or GP with expertise in general medicine, frailty, and the complexities of community care. Candidates should be confident in independent decision-making, safe risk management and are passionate about working with patients in a collaborative, multidisciplinary team.
Full-time, part-time and sessional-based cover would be considered.
Responsibilities
As the Clinical Lead, the role will cover core hours and support an on call rota. Applicants must have the ability and means to travel across the area as required.
* Leading the service with overall responsibility for the clinical caseload, service development, and innovative practice for the Service.
* Leading MDT meetings to foster collaborative care strategies.
* Conducting clinical assessments through home visits or remotely.
* Providing leadership and support for the team with senior clinical decision-making.
* Making autonomous clinical decisions, ordering appropriate investigations (e.g., blood tests, X-rays, CT scans, ECGs), and referring patients to other services as needed.
* Screening patients for early disease risk factors using national and local guidelines, providing counselling, and promoting health education.
* Reviewing clinical correspondence and investigation results, ensuring timely action.
* Supporting clinicians and supervising medical students.
* Contributing to audits and participating in educational and team meetings.
About Us
We operate from three main sites: Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, Heysham Primary Care Centre in Heysham, and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal. FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services. WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses. All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, daycase and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* MRCGP, MRCP or equivalent
* GMC Registration
* CCT in General Practice, General Medicine or other relevant speciality
Experience
* Previous experience managing undifferentiating acute medical illness in community or acute settings as a senior, independent clinician
* Experience of supervision of junior medical colleagues and/or Advanced Clinical Practitioners
* Effective experience in a leadership role
* Experience working as part of multidisciplinary team in any setting
Desirable
* Experience leading multidisciplinary team in the community setting (being part of MDT in community = 1)
* Previous experience as Clinical Lead, Consultant or GP Principle
Skills
* Competence interpreting clinical investigation results such as blood results, ECGs and medical imaging
* Ability to holistically manage adult patients presenting with acute and chronic health issues in a community setting
* Maintain up to date appraisal and revalidation.
Personal
* Has access to own car and ability to drive across Morecambe Bay as required
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