GP with Extended Role

Package Description:
As a GP with Extended Role you'll be part of our valued team at our Swindon Intermediate Care Centre, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

With a competitive salary of (£63,696 - £102,689) FTE (Medical and Dental Payscale) and access to the NHS Pension, this position is designed to reward your dedication and skills.

• NHS Pension!
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life's emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where you're encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission
• Free tea, coffee, and milk at your base location

Job Introduction
We're committed to delivering outstanding care closer to home. We're looking for an experienced and motivated GP with Extended Role to join our innovative Inpatient Unit team, supporting older adults and patients with complex clinical needs across Swindon and North Wiltshire.

This is an exciting opportunity for a senior doctor seeking a leadership role within a progressive community healthcare organisation. You'll have the chance to shape services, provide clinical leadership, support fellow medical colleagues, and play a pivotal role in improving patient outcomes across our inpatient rehabilitation services.

As GP with Extended Role , you'll provide expert medical care across our community inpatient units, working closely with multidisciplinary teams to support patients requiring rehabilitation, recovery, and ongoing management following acute illness.

You'll lead clinical decision-making, contribute to service development, support medical workforce planning, and work alongside the Medical Director to oversee appraisals and job planning for medical colleagues.

Based primarily at Swindon Intermediate Care Centre , with occasional sessions at Savernake Community Hospital, you'll help ensure patients receive safe, effective, and person-centred care while supporting timely discharge and preventing unnecessary hospital admissions.

If you are interested or would like further information please: Febin Basheer: View email address on meeveem.com

Recruitment Advisor: Louise Ledward on View phone number on meeveem.com or View email address on meeveem.com

We are happy to answer any questions that you may have.

Main Responsibilities

• Provide senior medical leadership within community inpatient services.
• Undertake comprehensive assessment, diagnosis and management of patients with complex health needs.
• Lead and support multidisciplinary team (MDT) working, including ward rounds and case discussions.
• Develop and oversee care plans for predominantly older, frail patients with multiple long-term conditions.
• Support advance care planning discussions with patients and families.
• Lead medical appraisals and contribute to workforce development and job planning.
• Work collaboratively with community, primary care, hospital and social care partners.
• Promote continuous quality improvement, clinical governance, audit and research activities.
• Act as a professional role model and support training and development of colleagues.

A full list of responsibilities can be found in the attached job description.

Ideal Candidate
We're looking for a compassionate and experienced clinician who is passionate about delivering high-quality care in community settings.

Essential Requirements

• Full GMC Registration with a current license to practice.
• Minimum of 4 years' postgraduate clinical experience.
• Experience assessing and treating patients within inpatient and/or community settings.
• Experience working within multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience managing older adults and patients with complex long-term conditions.
• Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD).
• Strong communication and leadership skills.
• Understanding of clinical governance, quality improvement and patient safety.

Desirable

• MRCP, MRCGP, Diploma in Geriatric Medicine, MSc, MD, PhD or equivalent qualification.
• Experience leading clinical teams or service improvement initiatives.
• Knowledge of alternative models of care and admission avoidance services.
• Previous experience in medical leadership roles.

About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care. Established in 2006 we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We're a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

While it doesn't happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we'll need to close it earlier than the date we've shown here. If you're keen to join our team, we'd love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

As you'd expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.

Finally, we need to let you know that the company you'll work for is part of HCRG Care Group Holdings Limited and by applying for this job we'll need to process and hold information about you. If you would like to know a little more about how we use your information, please see our website's privacy policy.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Full GMC Registration with a current license to practice. Minimum of 4 years postgraduate clinical experience. Experience assessing and treating patients within inpatient and/or community settings. Experience working within multidisciplinary teams. Experience managing older adults and patients with complex long-term conditions. Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD). Strong communication and leadership skills.

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).

We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people. We are a Disability Confident Committed company.