Speciality Doctor

Speciality Doctor

Go back Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 11 March 2026

Our diverse, talented and caring team includes frailty consultants, consultant advanced clinical practitioners (ACP), GPs, consultants-in-training, ACPs and trainee ACPs from a broad professional background. Together we support a wide range of activities. The Urgent Community Services are co‑located and work collaboratively.

Research tells us that people prefer to receive their care closer to home and that most people wish to stay at home for as long as possible.

The seven‑day service provides expert frailty advice and input throughout West Kent. Receiving referrals from any clinician, our aim is to provide alternatives to hospital admission for those with a frailty crisis. Near‑patient testing and hospital‑at‑home capabilities have allowed us to deliver robust alternatives to ED attendance. Learning from the covid pandemic has allowed us to provide intra‑venous therapies as an alternative to acute hospital admission.

At the heart of everything we provide is a holistic assessment. Our team provide domiciliary assessments for frail people at risk of crisis that encompasses a CGA, and anticipatory and advance care planning.

We support the training of care home and primary care staff to deliver holistic assessments of residents and develop individualised anticipatory care plans to reduce unplanned health escalations.

The role involves working in collaboration with partners including Primary Care, Secondary Care, Social Care, Mental Health and Commissioners to expand services for frail patients in the community. The community frailty service across KCHFT currently consists of geriatric consultants, Specialty Doctors, Consultant Practitioner, GPs, advanced frailty practitioners (ACPs) and trainee ACP's. This is a developing service and further members of the team will be considered.

West Kent Home Treatment Service is an innovative Multi‑Disciplinary Team providing hospital‑level treatments for people  team has developed over several years and continues to adapt. We provide CGA, IV treatments, bedside diagnostics, medication reviews; with oxygen & nebuliser therapies when appropriate. A great opportunity to increase clinical skills further for those living with frailty in the current context of increased virtual ward models.

We have great links with Acute and Paramedic trusts; an opportunity to deliver patient‑centred care requiring a mix of creativity, clinical and communication skills to deliver this.

Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we've got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent.

We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences.

We ask for information about your protected characteristics on our application forms. This isn't visible to anyone involved with shortlisting or interviewing you, except when you choose to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme due to disability. Short listers will see two ticks alongside your application to ensure they apply the principles of the scheme to your submission.

The data we collect helps us to ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won't involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We'll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both.

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Please note:

at this stage, the role is open only to colleagues currently employed within…