Job Description
Job summary
Salary: £11,500 per session per annum (employed) or up to £15,000 per session per annum if self-employed; Up to 5 sessions per week
Contract Duration: Permanent or self-employed
Job Location: Practice sites across South Tandridge PCN (Oxted Medical Practice, Pond Tail Surgery and Lingfield Surgery) with regular home visiting to frailty patients
In this role, a successful applicant will manage the PCN clinical frailty pathway (Hub) that all practices within this PCN can refer into. The post holder will provide a well-triaged frailty service and offer care in patients' homes, providing a high-quality patient experience and a collaborative way of working across the system to reduce unplanned admissions to hospital. The Frailty General Practitioner will be responsible for providing clinical leadership to the frailty hub team and medical leadership to the wider community team of Community Matrons, District Nurses, Pharmacists, etc. The PCN has worked together over several years and is therefore mature in its collaboration with member practices as well as external provider organisations. Our team of experienced clinical leads & GP Partners will provide regular supervision.
Main duties of the job
As a Frailty General Practitioner, you will be responsible for proactive triage and management of the PCNs frail patients who have been referred.
These referrals will come from a range of sources, including those proactively identified in-house. Management of this cohort includes developing care plans for patients at risk of hospital admission and using your clinical skills to diagnose and treat patients accordingly in order to improve their care. This will involve a holistic MDT approach to patient care, liaising with other professionals responsible for the patients care, referring to other teams as necessary, as well as liaising with secondary care, community care, social care, mental health services and other local providers.
We screen and shortlist suitable candidates as applications are received. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early and without notice if we fill the position. Therefore, we encourage early applications to avoid disappointment.