Job summary
- Main area
- General Practitioner
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Salaried GP
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week (part-time considered, includes some weekend working)
- Job ref
- 846-7787858-CF
- Employer
- Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Unit G
- Town
- Maidstone
- Salary
- £107,507 - £135,552 pro rata per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 11/03/2026 23:59
Employer heading
General Practitioner
NHS Medical & Dental: Salaried GP
Job overview
We’re seeking a motivated GP with a passion for frailty care to join our dynamic West Kent Home Treatment Service. This is an exciting opportunity to work at the heart of an expanding multidisciplinary frailty team, delivering high‑quality, proactive care to patients in their own homes and community settings.
In this role, you’ll work closely with Primary Care, Secondary Care, Social Care, Mental Health services and Commissioners to provide a responsive, integrated service for people living with frailty. You’ll play a key part in preventing unnecessary hospital admissions, supporting timely intervention and improving quality of life for some of our most vulnerable patients.
Our frailty service includes geriatric consultants, consultant practitioners, specialty doctors, GPs, Advanced Clinical Practitioners and trainee ACPs. As a developing service, we’re committed to growing our team and strengthening our partnership with the acute trust to enhance continuity, collaboration and innovation in frailty care.
If you’re a GP who values multidisciplinary working, enjoys complex clinical decision‑making and wants to shape the future of community frailty services, we’d love to welcome you to our team.
Main duties of the job
As a key clinician you’ll play a central role in delivering high‑quality, community‑based care for people living with frailty. You will:
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Lead and contribute to comprehensive geriatric assessments alongside our multidisciplinary team
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Provide expert clinical input in patients’ homes, offering advice, review and timely intervention
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Support IV cannulation and IV management with the nursing team when required
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Manage acute deterioration, making safe, autonomous decisions about treatment at home or transfer to hospital
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Participate fully in MDT meetings, board rounds, strategic discussions and service development
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Contribute to personalised care plans and monitor progress against agreed goals
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Prescribe in line with Trust Medicines Management policy and work closely with Pharmacy for support
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Collaborate with GPs, Adult Services, KCHFT doctors, Complex Care Nurses, Community Rehab, Safeguarding, Social Care and acute medical teams
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Engage in ongoing professional development, training, clinical governance and audit
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Support quality improvement initiatives and participate in mortality reviews
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Be available for appropriate consultation
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Work in accordance with Trust policies, including NEWS2 and DNACPR guidance
This is a role for a GP who thrives in a collaborative, community‑focused environment and wants to make a meaningful impact on frailty care across West Kent
Additional Working Pattern: part-time considered, includes some weekend working
Working for our organisation
Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent
We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences
We ask for information about your protected characteristics on our application forms. This isn’t visible to anyone involved with shortlisting or interviewing you, except when you choose to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme due to disability. Short listers will see two ticks alongside your application to ensure they apply the principles of the scheme to your submission
The data we collect helps us to ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won’t involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please note: at this stage, the role is open only to colleagues currently employed within Kent and Medway NHS Trusts and the Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB). Nursing vacancies are also open to Student Nurses and Newly Qualified Nurses.
Job responsibilities
As a community Trust, many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. Where driving is a requirement of the role, you will be asked to confirm that you hold a full UK driving licence or a full driving licence issued by an EU country (not exchanged from a non-EU country) to proceed with your application. We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities into employment. If you are unable to drive due to a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team via [email protected], quoting the vacancy reference number, so we can support you further.
The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.
Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.
We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.
At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.
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Good luck! We can’t wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.
Person specification
Qualifcations
Essential criteria
- Full GMC registration
- GP on specialist register
- Certificate of completion of training in general practice.
- A full, valid UK driving licence or a full driving licence issued by an EU country
Desirable criteria
- MRCP Diploma in Geriatric Medicine Other degrees e.g. BSc. Masters, PhD (or equivalent)
- Distinctions, Scholarships, prizes
Clinical Experience
Essential criteria
- Understands the principles of clinical governance – ensures patients are not put at risk
- Competent in basic procedures (which may be post specific) e.g. CPR, infection control, physical examination, history taking etc.
- Experienced in multi-disciplinary team working and in planning complex discharges.
- Good prescribing skills and know how and when to contact pharmacy advice for support
- Able to undertake a comprehensive geriatric assessment with MDT IV cannulation and management of IVs
- Able to prioritise clinical need
- Understands current clinical issues in specialty
- Understands the need for and appreciates the role of audit in clinical practice
Desirable criteria
- Has participated in clinical audit
- Advanced life support
- Knowledge of UK health systems and practices including the relationship between primary and secondary care and inter-professional relationships Knowledge of current issues in the NHS
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Renee Dunford
- Job title
- Business Support Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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