PCN Lead GP -Care Homes

Posting date:	21 April 2026
Salary:	£75,000.00 to £78,000.00 per year
Additional salary information:	£75000.00 - £78000.00 a year
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	08 May 2026
Location:	Yeovil, BA21 3TL
Company:	NHS Jobs
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	A4839-26-0001

Summary

Job Description Job Title: General Practitioner Senior Care Home & CIH GP Reporting to: Senior GP Location: Yeovil Salary: Depending on experience to be negotiated with candidate Hours of Work: 6 sessions per week The role: As a Senior GP within Yeovil PCN, you will provide high-quality, patient-centred care with dedicated responsibility for care home provision and same-day CIH Hub support on ward-round days. You will act as the senior clinical decision-maker for care home residents, delivering structured weekly ward rounds, proactive frailty management and admission avoidance support. In addition, you will provide experienced clinical triage and oversight within the CIH Hub, supporting urgent care pathways and multidisciplinary colleagues. You will practice autonomously within national and local guidelines, contributing to clinical governance, quality improvement and service development across the PCN. Clinical Responsibilities1. Patient Care Provide evidence-based medicine in accordance with national and local guidelines. Deliver structured weekly ward rounds to aligned residential and nursing homes. Manage complex frailty, multimorbidity and long-term conditions. Lead anticipatory care planning, escalation decisions and DNACPR discussions. Provide same-day clinical response to deterioration on ward-round days. Conduct in-practice consultations during clinical appointment hours as required. Undertake telephone consultations and home visits where clinically appropriate. Triage patients via in-person assessment, eConsult and telephone. Review and authorise repeat prescriptions in line with practice policy. Process and manage patient test results and correspondence. Refer patients appropriately to secondary or urgent care services. Optimise prescribing in line with local and national recommendations. Perform patient testing and screening as required. Contribute to the development and implementation of practice policies and clinical pathways. 2. CIH Hub Clinical Support -Ward-Round Days Only Provide senior clinical triage and decision-making within the CIH Hub. Support admission avoidance and urgent care management. Offer prescribing and escalation advice to multidisciplinary colleagues. Provide oversight for complex or high-risk patients. Contribute to safe patient flow within urgent care pathways. 3. Clear Communication with Patients Communicate sensitively and effectively with patients and carers, including during complex or end-of-life discussions. Adapt communication to meet individual patient needs, including cultural, language and cognitive differences. Ensure informed consent is obtained through clear explanation of risks, benefits and treatment alternatives. 4. Provide High-Quality Services Deliver high-quality patient care in line with professional standards and competencies. Participate in clinical governance activities, including audit and significant event review. Contribute to peer review and quality improvement initiatives. Work collaboratively to support vulnerable patients in line with legal and practice policies. Support delivery of Enhanced Health in Care Homes DES requirements. Nonclinical Responsibilities 1. Management & Leadership Provide clinical leadership for care home service delivery within the PCN. Contribute to service development and pathway improvement in frailty and urgent care. Participate in decision-making processes and raise concerns through appropriate governance channels. Build effective professional relationships with colleagues and external stakeholders. Contribute to the efficient running of the practice and PCN services. 2. Practice Operations Maintain accurate and timely electronic patient records. Process medical reports, referrals and correspondence. Support QOF and contractual requirements where applicable. Attend practice meetings, MDTs and educational sessions. Represent the practice or PCN at external meetings as required. 3. Personal and Professional Development Maintain GMC registration and comply with revalidation requirements. Participate in annual appraisal. Maintain CPD relevant to frailty, complex care and urgent care. Stay informed regarding evidence-based guidelines (e.g., NICE). Contribute to clinical discussions, case reviews and shared learning. Confidentiality: In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust practice staff with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. Comply with Legislation with regards to data protection act and ensure confidentiality is maintained at all times. The post-holder must regard all information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers (as well as information relating to the practice as a business organisation) 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, data protection legislation and the protection of personal and sensitive data, as well as other related healthcare legislation (e.g. the NHS Confidentiality Code of Practice) Health & Safety: The post-holder will comply with practice policies, procedures and clinical guidelines for self and others. This includes (but not limited to): Identifying, reporting, and correcting health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised Identifying issues and hazards / risks in relation to other work areas within the business Awareness of national standards of infection control and cleanliness, as well as ownership of infection control and clinically based patient care protocols and implementing them across the practice. Active observation of current working practices across the practice in relation to infection control, cleanliness and related activities, ensuring that procedures are followed and weaknesses / training needs are identified, escalating issues as appropriate. Identifying the risks involved in work activities, raising them with appropriate management and managing those risks across clinical and patient processes. Safe management of sharps procedures, including training, use, storage and disposal Keeping own work areas and general / patient areas generally clean, sterile, assuming responsibility in the maintenance of general standards of cleanliness across the business in consultation (where appropriate) with other managers Demonstrate due regard for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Routine management of own team / team areas, and maintenance of work space standards; Waste management, including collection, handling, segregation, container management, storage and collection Spillage control procedures, management and training Decontamination control procedures, management and training, and equipment maintenance To undertake any other duties appropriate to the grade and purpose of the job as may be agreed by the post holder. 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. Identify patterns of discrimination and take action to overcome this and promote diversity and equality of opportunity. Behaving in a manner that is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights. Support people who need assistance in exercising their rights. Quality: The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice, and will: Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk. 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. Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs. Effectively manage own time, workload, and resources Communication: The post-holder should recognize the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to: Communicate effectively with other team members. Communicate effectively with patients and carers. Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.