Community Rehabilitation Doctor

Job overview

FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY FOR GPs LOOKING TO DIVERSIFY THEIR CLINICAL WORK AND JOIN OUR COMMUNITY HOSPITAL REHABILITATION AND FRAILTY TEAM, WITHIN OXFORD HEALTH HOSPITALS.

Applicants are invited to apply as soon as possible. Closing date for applications will be midnight 13th January  2025. Interviews will be held from 20th January  2025.

In recent years we have developed a team of GPs that provide medical cover to our community hospital wards across Oxfordshire. Our GPs are thriving, thoroughly enjoying their role in these settings and working as part of a highly effective multi-disciplinary team. We are now looking to recruit additional GPs to our team of medics as the service continues to develop.

This is a great opportunity for any GP with the following benefits:

• Hours available from a minimum of 8 hours a week and potentially up to full time (37.5 hours a week), Monday to Friday daytime hours
• Currently no out-of-hours commitment although this may be needed in the future as the service develops – subject to agreement between the doctor and their line manager
• Competitive salary plus NHS pension and employment benefits
• Low amount of paperwork and administrative duties
• Opportunities for teaching and mentoring clinical staff, for personal development and for working across our other clinical services if desired

Main duties of the job

The role of the GP for their designated Community Hospital site will include:

• 1.        Proactive assessment of new admissions to the ward including ‘medical clerking’ within the clinical IT system, medication review and prescribing and escalation planning. 2.        Performing a Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment alongside the MDT to optimise patient health and working with the patient, their family and the MDT to create advanced care plans. 3.        Responding to medical concerns as they arise including history taking, examination, investigation, diagnosis, treatment and onward referral when appropriate. 4.        Planned formal weekly review of all patients on a ward round and involvement in weekly MDT meetings.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The detailed role and responsibilities of the GP for their designated Community Hospital site will include:

1. Attendance at MDT meetings and ‘board reviews’ leading on patient recovery and timely discharge.

2. Work with and provide senior guidance to trainee doctors, and trainee and qualified advanced clinical practitioners.

3. Working collaboratively with colleagues outside the hospital setting who work in our Intensive Community care and First Contact Care Pathways.

4. Undertaking clinically related administrative duties such as reviewing investigation results and writing discharge letters.

5. Offering clinical support, mentoring & teaching to other clinical staff and students on the ward.

6. Participating in the organisation and delivery of clinical governance, audit and quality improvement activities that may be required from time to time.

7. Read bulletins and action emails sent to their Oxford Health account.

8. Undertaking appropriate CPD as agreed by the annual appraisal process.

9. To contribute to the development of the service to influence change and continued improvement.

10. When required, provide remote senior medical advice and support to clinical staff at any one of the community hospital sites.

For a detailed list of the roles and responsibilities for this post, please see the attached job description.