Job overview

This is an opportunity to work in a dynamic and exciting intermediate care service based in Ealing, West London. As a specialty doctor you will be providing care on one of the 3 bedded rehabilitation wards at Clayponds Hospital or the community based Rapid Response Team (providing Urgent Community Response services).

The role involves working with a consultant led multidisciplinary team to manage patients who have been discharged from or at risk of admission to an acute care setting. You will be delivering high quality patient centred care to manage the daily medical needs of inpatients and those on the caseload.

As a specialty doctor you will be, in addition to your clinical duties you will be actively encouraged and supported to participate in delivering teaching undertaking audit, and in service development.

The role does not require any night time working, but will require a commitment to a 1 in 6 weekend rota (weekend working to be established in the future).

Main duties of the job

The role will include working with a consultant led multidisciplinary team to provide clinical care in bedded units as well as patients in their own residence. The team consists of consultant geriatricians, advanced nurse practitioners, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and care workers in addition to auxiliary staff.

On a rotating basis, the post holder will be expected to participate in the daily virtual ward rounds, home visits, daily ward rounds of bedded wards, liaising with specialist teams, primary care clinicians and other agencies. 

The post holder will be required to provide support to nursing, pharmacy, therapy, social work and non-qualified staff to provide clinical care to patients.

Areas of Intermediate Care:

Ealing Rapid Response service – a consultant led multidisciplinary team which aims to manage patients in crisis at home and facilitate admission avoidance.

Clayponds Hospital – a 70 bedded rehabilitation unit across threes inpatient wards providing general rehab, stroke/neuro rehab (level 3) and admission avoidance beds.

The post holder will engage with Audit and Service Improvement activities.

The post holder will need to demonstrate working experience in the NHS in the previous 3 years and would ideally suit those with experience of Geriatric Medicine/GP/General Medicine.

Please note that as an SAS role this is NOT A DEANERY RECOGNISED TRAINING POST

Working for our organisation

West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.

Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and   Hammersmith & Fulham).  We employ over 5,000 staff, of whom 59% are BME. Our turnover for 2024-25 is over £500m.

The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’.

The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.