BrisDoc Healthcare Services

GP in Weekday Professional Line / Clinical Co-ordinator role

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Job summary

We are recruiting into our Weekday Professional Line Service to provide Maternity leave cover, the role requires Clinical Coordinator work on alternate weeks.

As this position is covering two roles, please ensure your application reflects the duties and essential criteria for both roles.

Main duties of the job

Demonstrate shared clinical decision-making and critical thinking to agree a patient-centred plan, aiming to support community management wherever possible and particularly for patients with terminal illness and/ or advanced frailty
Provide medical advice and support to community clinicians who are working to maintain management of adult medical patients in the community, signposting to specialist input and community management pathways if required
Seek specialist advice when required to support admission avoidance
Facilitate urgent/ same day hospital referral via the most appropriate hospital pathway
Telephone assessment and management of a small number of dispositions/ cases referred from NHS111 during the day, including accidental toxic ingestions and people aged < 2 or > 85 years with unclear needs
Remote clinical assessment of patients who, without clinical input, would otherwise be directed to a Category 3/4 ambulance or Emergency Department, alongside System CAS colleagues
Provide clinical advice and support to clinicians, which may include (but is not limited to) prescribing support, risk holding, managing uncertainty, complexity and live safeguarding concerns, and appropriate referral pathways
Provide advice and support to the operational Severnside Shift Manager where needed, in conjunction with the operational and clinical support structures
Review cases put through for appointments or home visits by triaging clinicians in out of hours prior to booking

About us

By joining BrisDoc, you will be part of a multi-disciplinary organisation that prides itself on being a fantastic place to work, where you will feel truly valued and part of a family. BrisDoc supports colleagues to grow and develop in their roles in order to deliver high quality patient care across all our clinical services. We strive to ensure every member of the team feels proud of the work they do and the services we provide together.

As an employed member of the BrisDoc team, you are also a BrisDoc co-owner and will be able to contribute to the decisions we make to benefit our patients, workforce and the wider community. This includes seeking to continuously improve the healthcare we provide for patients, while protecting our environment, nurturing our staff and making a meaningful contribution to the communities we serve. The BrisDoc 'Community Fund' is a staff-led team which works closely with health-based charitable causes, both local and international, to invest time and money to improve lives in disadvantaged communities.

Date posted

07 January 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£84,975.17 to £147,734.78 a year per annum pro rata of shifts worked

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

GP - WDPL/ CC

Job locations

Osprey Court

Bristol

BS140BB

Job description

Job responsibilities

Assess and manage the full breadth of clinical presentations and age groups which present in the urgent primary care setting, including physical and mental health needs.

Take telephone referrals from Health Care professionals within the BNSSG area for appropriate adult medical admissions whilst being sensitive to the capacity issues of the hosting acute trust.

Demonstrate excellent communication skills with referring HCPs, in order to build positive relationships so that alternative management ideas can be discussed without confrontation.

Gain familiarity with the other urgent care services available in the BNSSG system, and how to access these for patients

Undertake clinical work by telephone +/- video, consulting with patients and/ or their representatives and healthcare professionals in the community to appropriately assess the current concerns, establish an appropriate differential diagnosis and management plan.

Seek to support community management wherever possible, but be able to recognise serious illness and emergency situations requiring admission and/ or an ambulance response

Be able to prescribe appropriately for the urgent primary care context, including initiating and changing end of life medications

Document the key findings from their assessment, such that the notes provide appropriate detail to log the assessment at the time, and support other clinicians who may be involved later in the patients journey

Seek clinical advice from the senior GP on shift (the Clinical Coordinator) when required to support clinical decision making and access to appropriate services

Buddy with new clinicians working their first shift in the Severnside service, as required, to support them to become familiar with the systems and processes following induction

Be encouraged to contribute to on call clinician rotas at times of peak demand.

Use all IT systems required for safe clinical work in IUC, including the clinical systems (Adastra, PACS and EMIS), resources available to support clinical decision making (the Clinical Toolkit, BrisDoc weblinks, Remedy)

Be proactive about identifying and reporting concerns and incidents, to support continued learning and improvement in the service provided to patients