Job summary
To deliver high-quality, mobile urgent care to patients in their own homes across Sussex. The home visiting GP will provide face-to-face assessment and treatment for patients who are housebound, end-of-life or clinically triaged for a home visit following an NHS 111 disposition (CAT 3 or 4).
Working with IC24 drivers and dispatch teams, the role ensures patients receive timely, safe and effective care within the community.
Responsibilities
Key responsibilities and accountabilities
- Undertake home visits for patients allocated through IC24 dispatch systems using CLEO on Toughbook devices
- Assess, diagnose, treat and prescribe appropriately within scope of practice and guidelines
- Manage palliative and end-of-life symptoms in line with guidelines
- Prioritise visits based on clinical urgency and available resources
- Liaise with community nursing, pharmacy, paramedic and primary care teams to support continuity of care
- Document all consultations and handovers accurately and promptly
- Escalate safety concerns to on-call Service Manager and ICB as per escalation protocol
- Contribute to training, audit, and continuous improvement initiatives
Requirements
Essential criteria
- Primary care home visiting Triage face to face consultation
- Current GMC certificate MRCGP graduate
- Vocational training cert or cert of equivalence / or pursued VTS training for a period of time
- Current Hepatitis B immunity certificate
- Ability to work under pressure, manage demanding workloads
- Aware of needs of patients, relatives and carers
- Adhere to and abide by confidentiality requirements
- Ability to cope with patients under extreme stress from both social and clinical circumstances
- Ability to handle change and unexpected urgent requirements
About us
Who are we?
We are Integrated Care 24 (IC24), the leading not for profit Social Enterprise providing innovative and patient focused primary care services. IC24 is committed to improving access to health and social care for our patients and reducing the demand on secondary care services. IC24 provides services to over 6 million patients, including GP led out-of-hours services, NHS 111, primary care and secondary care support services.
Benefits package
What’s in it for you?
- Hourly pay of £54.59 – £58.69
- Opportunity to join the NHS pension scheme
- Free 24/7 independent counselling service
- Learning and development opportunities
- Free membership to our reward and discount platform
- Access to Blue Light card and other NHS discount schemes