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Bosvena Health

GP Lead (Extended role in frailty)

The closing date is 31 August 2025

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Job summary

Do you want to be a GP with Extended Role - supporting community patients living with Frailty?

If so, a rare and exciting opportunity has arisen to join us in our INT Team working with colleagues from Virtual Ward, community services including a 2-hour Urgent Community Response (UCR) service, to create a Multidisciplinary Team Service to manage Frailty in our community and support patients.

We are accepting applications from GPs with an interest in frailty and complex patient management, to support patients to remain at home avoiding hospital admission or facilitating earlier discharge from hospital, where clinically appropriate. The model has a strong focus on integration, with partnership working alongside Cornwall Council, RCHT, UHP and CPFT and other local charitable and voluntary sector providers.

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide evidence based, comprehensive, person centred and individualised medical care for older people, including completion of a Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment where clinically indicated, and working as part of a multidisciplinary team, as part of holistic community patient clinical pathway management. The role whilst demanding and challenging will require the post holder to possess the specialist frailty knowledge required to support the medical management of complex and challenging presentations of older frail people and will prove extremely varied and rewarding to the post holder. The post holder will also be able to contribute to service development, local clinical protocols and pathway development and implementation for older people living with frailty, engage in research opportunities, audit and quality improvement initiatives, and clinical staff competency development.

About us

About us

We are a newly formed Wave 1 site embarking on Neighbourhood Team working covering the 3 Harbours and Bosvena geographical footprint in mid-Cornwall. Our supporting GP practices are:

Bosvena Health, Lostwithiel Medical Practice, Middleway Surgery and Fowey River Practice and the population covered is 43,500 patients.

We have a newly formed INT Steering Group and some skilled workforce and teams within our Community Provider, GP Practice and neighbourhood to support this work.

We will look to build a team working in an MDT approach which will include liaising with Geriatricians and other related consultants to maximise care and efficiency for our patients.

Details

Date posted

28 July 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Job share

Reference number

A1380-25-0015

Job locations

Bell Lane

Bodmin

Cornwall

PL31 2JJ


Middleway Surgery

Middleway

St. Blazey

Par

Cornwall

PL24 2JL


Lostwithiel Medical Practice

North Street

Lostwithiel

Cornwall

PL22 0EF


Fowey River Practice

Rawlings Lane

Fowey

Cornwall

PL23 1DT


Job description

Job responsibilities

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Description being aligned to Royal College guide to GP clinical extended roles

Person Specification

Qualifications and Knowledge

Essential

Full and current unrestricted GMC (UK) registration on the GP Register

A medical degree qualification

Up to date knowledge of all the latest guidelines and evidence in older peoples medicine

Understanding of clinical governance

Desirable

A teaching qualification e.g. post graduate diploma in post graduate education

A post graduate qualification in older peoples care, e.g. Diploma Geriatric Medicine

Experience of Emis, RIO and Hospital systems clinical systems

Experience

Essential

High level of clinical skills.

Successfully Completed General Practice Specialist Training

Appropriate range of previous experience in relevant posts.

Clinical and Information Governance

The ability to appraise junior doctors and other staff

Desirable

Experience of working a variety of clinical software systems

Experience of working with or referring to Virtual Ward service or within urgent community response care

Skills and Competencies

Essential

Ability to make good clear concise medical notes, both computerised and manual

Ability to motivate and develop the multi-disciplinary team,

Time management - being able to prioritise work and work under pressure

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Description being aligned to Royal College guide to GP clinical extended roles

Person Specification

Qualifications and Knowledge

Essential

Full and current unrestricted GMC (UK) registration on the GP Register

A medical degree qualification

Up to date knowledge of all the latest guidelines and evidence in older peoples medicine

Understanding of clinical governance

Desirable

A teaching qualification e.g. post graduate diploma in post graduate education

A post graduate qualification in older peoples care, e.g. Diploma Geriatric Medicine

Experience of Emis, RIO and Hospital systems clinical systems

Experience

Essential

High level of clinical skills.

Successfully Completed General Practice Specialist Training

Appropriate range of previous experience in relevant posts.

Clinical and Information Governance

The ability to appraise junior doctors and other staff

Desirable

Experience of working a variety of clinical software systems

Experience of working with or referring to Virtual Ward service or within urgent community response care

Skills and Competencies

Essential

Ability to make good clear concise medical notes, both computerised and manual

Ability to motivate and develop the multi-disciplinary team,

Time management - being able to prioritise work and work under pressure

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working in general practice or hospital geriatrician role with experience of care planning and admission avoidance work.
  • 5 Years post qualification experience.

Desirable

  • Experience of working in primary care.
  • A developed interest in frailty and long term condition management.

Qualifications

Essential

  • Full and current unrestricted GMC (UK) registration on the GP Register
  • A medical degree qualification

Desirable

  • A teaching qualification e.g. post graduate diploma in post graduate education
  • A post graduate qualification in older peoples care, e.g. Diploma Geriatric Medicine
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working in general practice or hospital geriatrician role with experience of care planning and admission avoidance work.
  • 5 Years post qualification experience.

Desirable

  • Experience of working in primary care.
  • A developed interest in frailty and long term condition management.

Qualifications

Essential

  • Full and current unrestricted GMC (UK) registration on the GP Register
  • A medical degree qualification

Desirable

  • A teaching qualification e.g. post graduate diploma in post graduate education
  • A post graduate qualification in older peoples care, e.g. Diploma Geriatric Medicine

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).

Additional information

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Bosvena Health

Address

Bell Lane

Bodmin

Cornwall

PL31 2JJ


Employer's website

https://www.bosvenahealth.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Bosvena Health

Address

Bell Lane

Bodmin

Cornwall

PL31 2JJ


Employer's website

https://www.bosvenahealth.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Strategic Business Manager

Michelle Pratley

pratley.michelle@nhs.net

01208269988

Details

Date posted

28 July 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Job share

Reference number

A1380-25-0015

Job locations

Bell Lane

Bodmin

Cornwall

PL31 2JJ


Middleway Surgery

Middleway

St. Blazey

Par

Cornwall

PL24 2JL


Lostwithiel Medical Practice

North Street

Lostwithiel

Cornwall

PL22 0EF


Fowey River Practice

Rawlings Lane

Fowey

Cornwall

PL23 1DT


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