Joint Emergency Team (JET) and Greenwich Virtual Ward - Consultant in London

We are a friendly, hardworking, and dedicated multidisciplinary group of professionals in the Community Adult Physical Health Directorate who are looking for a Consultant-grade medical practitioner in any of the following specialisms: Acute Medicine, Emergency Medicine, or Geriatrics, or a general medical practitioner (GP) to work to further develop our community model to provide excellent care for our patients as an alternative to unplanned hospital attendance or admission. If you possess expert senior decision-making skills, enjoy direct patient care, have outstanding communication skills and can lead, work and teach an enthusiastic team, this is the job for you.

The main responsibility of this post is to lead and develop the virtual ward (VW) and Urgent Community Response Service (UCR) and may be required to provide medical support across the range of community services and there will be opportunities to develop your special interest. If you enjoy a challenge and want to make a difference to the quality of care for patients at the interface of primary and acute secondary care, then please apply for this post.

Oxleas provides a range of mental health and physical health services across Southeast London and forensic services within the Southwest of England. This post will support community services for the Royal Borough of Greenwich. Our UCR service known as the Joint Emergency Team (JET) is a specialist urgent service for people who have suffered sudden acute deterioration in their health or functional needs. This multidisciplinary team receives acute referrals from LAS, 111, ED, and GPs. The team will visit patients at home to carry out a comprehensive geriatric assessment, discussing the diagnosis and management plan with the Consultant/GP and treating the patient at home to prevent unnecessary admissions to hospital.

JET is also responsible for the Greenwich (virtual wards) VWs which allow people to receive hospital care at home. The VWs prevent admissions by treating appropriate non-emergency medical problems at home and providing physiotherapy, occupational therapy and social services input where necessary. The VW team also supports ED and inpatient early supportive discharges. The use of technology-enabled care is well embedded in the team. In conclusion, the work of this team is in line with the government's 3 shifts: from hospital-to-community, from treatment-to-prevention, and from analogue-to-digital.

At Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, we offer a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people living in South-East London and to people in prison across England. Our wide array of services includes community health care, such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies.

Oxleas is a great place to work. It has been recognised as one of the Top 10 Best Places to Work 2023 by the Sunday Times amongst very big employers. Our staff survey results show that we are in the Top 5 in England and the highest in London for staff experience amongst similar trusts.

Oxleas recruitment and retention strategy includes offering all Consultants and SAS doctors regular formal structured mentoring by professionally trained mentors. We are always delighted to welcome new colleagues to the Oxleas family. We care about making Oxleas a great place to work - it's a big priority in our strategy. Come and join us - it's a place where our values, teamwork, equity, and wellbeing matter and where you can really help to improve people's lives.

This job description is for a full-time 10 PA postholder. Should any applicant wish to undertake a part-time position, the clinical duties and job plan will be adjusted accordingly. There is no on-call responsibility attached to this post. The duties of the postholder will include:

• Consultant/GP leadership for JET and the Greenwich VW Team
• Participation in quality assurance and audit projects
• Clinical review of all JET and VW patients through direct assessment or via team board rounds and multidisciplinary meetings
• Clinical supervision of the ACPs in their teams
• 1.5 PA of supporting professional activities for audit work, service development, structured teaching and CPD

No on-call commitments. The descriptions of the post cannot be exhaustive, and the post-holder may be required to provide Consultant/GP support across the wider community service provision following discussions with the Clinical Director or Service Director, normally these will be broadly in line with the listed key responsibilities.

Interested applicants will be able to visit the site and speak to the Deputy Chief Medical Officer (the Clinical Director post is currently vacant) and operational colleagues. The postholder will be working closely with the service manager, the Clinical Director, and other key nursing staff to ensure high quality clinical care for the patients and ensure that the service model undergoes continuous improvement utilising the available resources.

Essential requirements include GMC Registration and relevant experience.