Bank GP/Specialty Doctor in Chippenham

As an Bank Specialty Doctor/ GP, you’ll be part of our valued team in our North Locality Hospital at Home service.

Competitive hourly rate is available

• Financial Savings: Discounts on everyday purchases, cashback, and vouchers for special moments through My Reward Hub.
• Flexible Pay Access: Get your wages as you earn them, avoiding financial stress during life’s emergencies.
• Wellbeing Support: Comprehensive online and face-to-face resources for mental and physical health, career coaching, counselling, and post-trauma assistance.
• Continuous Development: Access bespoke career pathways, eLearning, and ongoing CPD opportunities through our ‘Outstanding’ learning team, The Learning Enterprise.
• Innovative Environment: Work within an open culture that values your ideas, supported by £100,000 annually in innovation funding to help you shape the future of health and care.
• Commitment to Excellence: Join a team with a proven track record of high-quality care, with most services rated as “Good” or “Outstanding” by the Care Quality Commission.

Job Introduction

We have an exciting opportunity for a bank Specialty Doctor/ GP to join our Hospital at Home service. The service is currently undergoing an exciting period of transformation, making this an excellent time to become part of a dynamic and innovative team. Post will be based at either Chippenham, Salisbury, Peasedown, Chippenham, Devizes or Swindon (with some remote working). The successful candidate will provide clinical assessment and management of patients, support the multidisciplinary team in delivering Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment, and promote safe and timely discharge through close collaboration with the MDT, patients, and their families.

Applicants should have experience in Geriatric Medicine, Acute Medicine, or General Medicine, with a strong background in working with patients living with frailty. While we ideally seek a full-time applicant, we are happy to consider part-time arrangements (minimum of 5 sessions per week).

Main Responsibilities

• Management Driving excellence through expert advice, supervision, development, and efficient caseload management.
• Clinical Practice Delivering advanced, evidence-based care, skilled in assessment, diagnosis, planning, and rapid response to patient needs.
• Non-Medical Prescribing Active prescriber ensuring safe, timely medication management and seamless collaboration with pharmacy teams.
• Leadership Inspiring colleagues by role modelling high standards, breaking down barriers, and championing safe, high-quality care.
• Audit & Research Shaping best practice through research, audit, and continuous improvement to benefit patients and teams alike.
• Learning Environment Creating a positive culture of growth—supporting, teaching, and promoting evidence-based practice.
• Continuous Improvement Driving reflection and learning through a Just Culture, turning challenges into opportunities for safer, better care.

Please see the attached job description for a full list of job responsibilities.

The Ideal Candidate

• Full GMC registration, eligible to work in the UK
• Experience at specialty registrar level or as a GP, with strong background in geriatric, acute, or general medicine, particularly frailty care
• Sound knowledge of the NHS, clinical governance, health policy, and evidence-based practice
• Skilled in clear, accurate medical documentation (digital and manual); proficient in Microsoft Office
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with an empathetic and solutions-focused approach
• Reliable team player who values collaboration, trust, and quality care
• Flexible, organised, and able to manage time, change, and competing priorities effectively
• Resilient under pressure with good judgement, discretion, and professionalism
• Committed to continuous learning and professional development
• Access to a vehicle that can be used for business purposes and hold a full and valid driving licence

Please see the attached job description for a full list of job responsibilities.

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.

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.

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