NHS
General Practitioner (GP) Frailty Team
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Job Description
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- Experience managing frail or elderly patients, including long-term condition reviews.
- Familiarity with medication reconciliation and managing complex polypharmacy.
- Strong team-working skills and ability to work within a multidisciplinary team.
- Excellent communication skills with patients, carers, and healthcare professionals.
- Evidence of continued professional development.
- Additional relevant post graduate qualification.
- Experience of supporting or leading the development of new ways of working.
- Enthusiasm and interest in working at a population level and in the development of working at a PCN scale.
- Full GMC registration with a licence to practice.
- Membership of a recognised Medical Defence Organisation.
- MRCGP or equivalent post-graduate qualification.
- Experience managing frail or elderly patients, including long-term condition reviews.
- Familiarity with medication reconciliation and managing complex polypharmacy.
- Strong team-working skills and ability to work within a multidisciplinary team.
- Excellent communication skills with patients, carers, and healthcare professionals.
- Evidence of continued professional development.
- Additional relevant post graduate qualification.
- Experience of supporting or leading the development of new ways of working.
- Enthusiasm and interest in working at a population level and in the development of working at a PCN scale.
- Full GMC registration with a licence to practice.
- Membership of a recognised Medical Defence Organisation.
- MRCGP or equivalent post-graduate qualification.
Job summary
We are looking for an exceptional GP to join the Townships 1 Primary Care Network in our expanding frailty team. You will collaborate with paramedics, pharmacy technicians, and nurses to deliver acute care, proactive hospital discharge reviews, and long-term condition management. You will be working as part of the expanding team recruited through the NHSE pilot with a chance to actively shape the project as it develops.
Main duties of the job
The GP in the frailty team will work closely with a multidisciplinary team, including a paramedic, nurses, and pharmacy technicians, to deliver high-quality care for frail and elderly patients.
We expect the role to build on the work we have done so far in this area (information on how the work started can be found here: Podcast - Tom Holdsworth & Julia Clifford - Supporting frailty in Sheffield - Ockham Healthcare) The successful candidate would have an opportunity to work alongside colleagues to shape the project and we would be looking for an individual who would enjoy the chance to influence the way the project is delivered.
This project is likely to attract interest both locally and nationally. It will be evaluated as part of the NHSE test site programme. Local systems will be looking to learn lessons on how a population level approach to frailty can improve patient outcomes. We are looking for an individual who will be able to bring an enthusiastic approach to making this work a success.
About us
Townships 1 is a forward thinking PCN that has worked hard to balance the benefits afforded by traditional ways of working in local practices with the potential for innovation that working at a PCN scale brings. The PCN successfully applied to be a site for the NHSE PCN test site programme which started in October 2024.
Locally there is a low turnover of staff in practices and the PCN. Townships 1 PCN has a wide variety of staff including a well-established social prescribing team, a paramedic with an interest in advanced care planning, an OT who has led our proactive approach to frailty, pharmacy professionals, first contact physio, health coaches and effective care co-ordination. There are strong relationships between the local practices and a substantial history of collaborative working.
The NHSE test site pilot will bring a 10% increase in clinical staffing across the PCN along with a chance to test new ways of working. We are particularly interested in building on our approach to proactive care.
Date posted
07 November 2024
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
£10,000 to £10,500 a session Depending on experience
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
W0028-24-0005
Job locations
Mosborough Health Centre
34 Queen Street
Mosborough
Sheffield
S20 5BQ
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15 Peaks Mount
Crystal Peaks
Sheffield
S20 7HZ
Hackenthorpe Medical Centre
15 Main Street
Sheffield
S12 4LA
Sothall Medical Centre
24 Eckington Road
Beighton
Sheffield
S20 1HQ
Owlthorpe Surgery
Moorthorpe Bank
Owlthorpe
Sheffield
S20 6PD
Birley Health Centre
120 Birley Lane
Sheffield
S12 3BP
Job descriptionJob description
Job responsibilities
Work with colleagues in the frailty team to identify patients who would benefit from proactive review.
Work with colleagues to undertake patient reviews in a holistic way.
Review patients recently discharged from hospital, at risk of decompensation or who have had contact with urgent care services.
Support medication reviews in collaboration with pharmacy technicians, ensuring safe and effective medication management.
Play a key role in expanding proactive care reviews for long-term conditions and frailty management.
Potential to be involved in some care home work, depending on the evolution of the project.
Work alongside a multidisciplinary team to ensure comprehensive and cohesive patient care.
Liaise with community partners such as district nursing, palliative care teams, and geriatricians to improve patient outcomes
Job responsibilities
Work with colleagues in the frailty team to identify patients who would benefit from proactive review.
Work with colleagues to undertake patient reviews in a holistic way.
Review patients recently discharged from hospital, at risk of decompensation or who have had contact with urgent care services.
Support medication reviews in collaboration with pharmacy technicians, ensuring safe and effective medication management.
Play a key role in expanding proactive care reviews for long-term conditions and frailty management.
Potential to be involved in some care home work, depending on the evolution of the project.
Work alongside a multidisciplinary team to ensure comprehensive and cohesive patient care.
Liaise with community partners such as district nursing, palliative care teams, and geriatricians to improve patient outcomes
Person SpecificationPerson Specification
Experience
Essential
Desirable
Qualifications
Essential
Experience
Essential
Desirable
Qualifications
Essential
Additional informationDisclosure 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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Townships 1 PCN
Address
Mosborough Health Centre
34 Queen Street
Mosborough
Sheffield
S20 5BQ
Employer details
Employer name
Townships 1 PCN
Address
Mosborough Health Centre
34 Queen Street
Mosborough
Sheffield
S20 5BQ
About the company
National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.