Consultant in the Rapid Response team | Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 13 March 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | pa pro rata plus london allowance |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 12 April 2026 |
| Location: | London, SE20AS |
| Company: | Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7871988/ |
Summary
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.
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.
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 mentoringby 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.”
Ify Okocha
Chief Executive
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 the Rapid Response team
· Participation in quality assurance and audit projects
· Clinical review of all UCR and VW patients though 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 provisionfollowing discussions with the Clinical Director or Service Director,normally these will be broadly in line with the listed key responsibilities.
This advert closes on Friday 27 Mar 2026
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