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Job overview

The Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust manages adult community Healthcare services across Guildford and Waverley and is actively seeking an enthusiastic colleague with a background in General Practice to join us in shaping our integrated crisis pathway, working across our Urgent Community Response and Hospital at Home teams. We are seeking someone keen to develop their skills in managing frailty syndromes and Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment as a GP with a Specialist interest in Older peoples care and frailty. This position is for 5 sessions per week.

This is an exciting time to join this team, as we work to implement our Ageing Well Strategy across the Guilford and Waverley healthcare system. This has supported us in developing a Frailty Same Day Emergency Care facility based in the Acute Hospital, direct conveyance to this unit by working in partnership with SECAmb, a Geriatrician of the Day model providing acute clinical triage and a Hospital at Home service, offering Hospital level care to older people with frailty in their own homes.

Main duties of the job

• Urgent CGA delivery in patients’ own homes, including acute plan formulation, review of all frailty syndromes, interpretation of bedside diagnostics, oversight of multidisciplinary domains of CGA (including environmental, psychological, social, functional domains), completion of RESPECT forms and other person centred assessments including anticipatory care and advanced care planning.
• Clinical interventions will include those available in acute Hospital care (intravenous drugs, fluids, oxygen) and bedside diagnostics (ECG, point of care blood testing, point of care ultrasound).
• Working with the MDT to co-ordinate CGA for patients in acute and sub-acute crisis.
• Participate in twice daily MDT discussions and clinical oversight of the crisis caseload at board rounds.
• Provide medical review including history taking, examination, management plans for these patients as part of the CGA process.
• Holistic approach to patient care, including face to face consultations, telephone follow ups, medication reviews, requesting and reviewing of results, onward referrals for further clinical assessment.
• Undertake administrative duties associated with the care of patients and the running of the service

Please see attached job description for further information on duties.

Working for our organisation

Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.

We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.

We have received an overall Good rating from the CQC with Medical care (including older peoples care), End of Life Care and Maternity services being deemed Outstanding by the CQC.

Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.

Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.

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