ARRS GP

Posting date:	06 March 2026
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	Negotiable
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	23 March 2026
Location:	Nottingham, NG12 5JU
Company:	NHS Jobs
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	A0045-26-0017

Summary

JOB DESCRIPTION Post:ARRS GP Reporting to: PCN care home team Manager Accountable to:PCN Care Home Clinical Lead PURPOSE OF THE ROLE The post-holder will manage a clinical caseload and deal with a wide range of health needs for patients living in a Rushcliffe older persons care home and registered with a Rushcliffe GP practice. Responsibilities will reflect requirements of the NHS GP Contracts, and the Enhanced Health in Care Homes contract and as such may be subject to change as services adapt. Clinical Responsibilities This role is part of a wider multidisciplinary care home team. Responsibilities are in accordance with the care home team case load and clinical ledgers. Clinical consultations will require sound history taking, clinical observations, examination, diagnosis and development of a treatment plan with safety netting. It will also include structured medication reviews and Respect planning. Assessing the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards, also articulating actions and information to the care home residents, carers and the aligned GP. The role also requires the postholder to work, as part of the multi-disciplined team, but also with the care home staff and aligned GP practice to ensure continuity for residents, and to deliver best practice care. Clinical Responsibilities Providing clinical consultations to care home residents. Prescribing in accordance with the practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate. This will also include completing structured medication reviews, and deprescribing where appropriate and clinically safe to do so. Completing Respect plans to facilitate patient end of life wishes, and reduce unwarranted hospital admissions. Care home residents may not have the mental capacity to make their own informed decisions and may require best interest decisions, or discussions with family or their nominated power of attorney. Ensuring clinical consultations and interactions are clearly documented on the clinical notes in a timely manner, including read-coding patient data, Attending training and events organised by the practice as appropriate. The postholder will also work as part of the multi-disciplinary team. Administering COVID, flu and RSV as directed by the national program to care home residents. Confidentiality While seeking treatment, patients entrust us with or allow us to gather sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately In the performance of the duties outlined in this job description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data. Health & Safety The post-holder will work in accordance with health and safety, infection control and other core practice health & safety policies. This will include (but will not be limited to): Work in accordance with the lone working policy Infection, prevention and control policy Safe management of the specimens process including collection, labelling, storage and transport arrangements Management of the full range of infection control procedures in both routine and extraordinary circumstances (e.g. pandemic or individual infectious circumstances) Hand hygiene standards for self and others Management and advice relating to infection control Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills, and initiate and manage the training of others across the full range of infection control and patient processes Maintenance of own clean working environment Equality and diversity The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include: Acting in a way that recognizes the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies, and current legislation Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights. Personal-Professional development In addition to maintaining continued education through attendance at any courses and/or study days necessary to ensure that professional development requirements for PREP are met, the post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the practice as part of this employment, such training to include: Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work. Quality The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice, and in care homes when assessing patients. Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance Effectively manage own time, workload and resources. Communication Communicate effectively with other team members Communicate effectively with patients and carers Recognize peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.