We’re seeking a motivated GP with a passion for frailty care to join our dynamic West Kent Home Treatment Service. This is an exciting opportunity to work at the heart of an expanding multidisciplinary frailty team, delivering high‑quality, proactive care to patients in their own homes and community settings.
In this role you’ll work closely with Primary Care, Secondary Care, Social Care, Mental Health services and Commissioners to provide a responsive, integrated service for people living with frailty. You’ll play a key part in preventing unnecessary hospital admissions, supporting timely intervention and improving quality of life for some of our most vulnerable patients.
Our frailty service includes geriatric consultants, consultant practitioners, specialty doctors, GPs, Advanced Clinical Practitioners and trainee ACPs. As a developing service, we’re committed to growing our team and strengthening our partnership with the acute trust to enhance continuity, collaboration and innovation in frailty care.
Job responsibilities
- Lead and contribute to comprehensive geriatric assessments alongside our multidisciplinary team
- Provide expert clinical input in patients’ homes, offering advice, review and timely intervention
- Support IV cannulation and IV management with the nursing team when required
- Manage acute deterioration, making safe, autonomous decisions about treatment at home or transfer to hospital
- Participate fully in MDT meetings, board rounds, strategic discussions and service development
- Contribute to personalised care plans and monitor progress against agreed goals
- Prescribe in line with Trust Medicines Management policy and work closely with Pharmacy for support
- Collaborate with GPs, Adult Services, KCHFT doctors, Complex Care Nurses, Community Rehab, Safeguarding, Social Care and acute medical teams
- Engage in ongoing professional development, training, clinical governance and audit
- Support quality improvement initiatives and participate in mortality reviews
- Be available for appropriate consultation
- Work in accordance with Trust policies, including NEWS2 and DNACPR guidance
Additional Working Pattern: part‑time considered, includes some weekend working.
We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities into employment. If you are unable to drive due to a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team so we can support you further. The role requires a full UK driving licence or an appropriate EU driving licence (not an exchange from a non‑EU country) if driving is a requirement.
We value diversity and inclusion and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences. We do not make employment decisions on the basis of any protected characteristic.
This advert closes on Thursday 26 Mar 2026.
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