Job Description
Job summary
Come and join our great Home Visiting Team in Canterbury! We work in an integrated and collaborative way with Canterbury GP Practices. We are proud of the services we provide and passionate about improving them further.
The visiting practitioner will work as part of the PCN visiting team undertaking both pre-arranged and same day visits to housebound patients and to those living in care settings. The role requires the practitioner to be able to assess and treat patients within their scope of practice as well as liaise with the patients' GP practice.
The team will be primarily in the community but based at out premises, The Annexe, Ethelbert Road Surgery and the focus of the role includes:
- Working with patients and their carers and the wider neighbourhood team
- Keeping patients at the centre of collaborative integrated neighbourhood working
- Delivering Care Home rounds under the supervision of the aligned practice
- Delivering a home visiting service to housebound patients across Canterbury
- Providing effective care planning and comprehensive assessments
- Supporting the development of effective systems and processes to ensure well-coordinated, high quality care that meets contractual requirements.
You will need access to transport to enable you to travel around the Canterbury practices' catchment area.
Main duties of the job
It is important to note that responsibilities will evolve so this is not designed to be an exhaustive list.
The role includes:
Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team within Canterbury Integrated Healthcare including involvement in weekly frailty and/or care home MDT meetings
Assess and triage housebound patients, including same day triage, and as appropriate provide definitive treatment (including prescribing medications following policy, patient group directives, NICE (national) and local clinical guidelines and local care pathways) or make necessary referrals to other members of the PCN team
Provide direct clinical care to patients using established clinical guidelines for both routine and urgent complaints. Advise patients on general healthcare and promote self-management where appropriate, including signposting patients to the PCNs social prescribing service and, where appropriate, other community or voluntary services.
Liaising with other professionals, families and carers to provide clinical information relating to patient management.
Working with practices to support the delivery of Enhanced Health in Care Homes. This can include admission assessments, supporting care home ward rounds and advanced care planning.
To apply please submit a CV and cover letter explaining why you would be suitable for this role.
Date for interviews: 4th November 2026