Virtual Wards GP

The Virtual Ward GP role is to act as the senior clinical decision maker within the UCR Team and providing daily clinical leadership. The following duties are the core responsibilities of the Virtual Ward GP: • adhering to the timetable of daily scheduled clinical activities • holding the responsibility for medical decisions made during the contracted service hours • appreciating the complexity of patients with multi-morbidity, frailty and polypharmacy where involving specialists is necessary • providing care in line with recommended best practice as established through clinical guidelines • providing medical advice and supporting decision making to the members of the wider MDT through all stages of the patient journey. • supporting and guiding the development of patient management plans • reviewing and prescribing medications, with clinical input from the VW Pharmacy Team proposing the use of digital monitoring where it may be appropriate • work with the MDT to support clinical decision-making based on readings from POC or remote monitoring equipment • requesting diagnostic investigations and managing test results • providing virtual consultations or home visiting where clinically required • keeping accurate and contemporaneous documentation. keeping • liaising with other health professionals or providers for advice Job description Job responsibilities The Virtual Ward GP role is to act as the senior clinical decision maker within the UCR Team and providing daily clinical leadership. The following duties are the core responsibilities of the Virtual Ward GP: • adhering to the timetable of daily scheduled clinical activities • holding the responsibility for medical decisions made during the contracted service hours • appreciating the complexity of patients with multi-morbidity, frailty and polypharmacy where involving specialists is necessary • providing care in line with recommended best practice as established through clinical guidelines • providing medical advice and supporting decision making to the members of the wider MDT through all stages of the patient journey. • supporting and guiding the development of patient management plans • reviewing and prescribing medications, with clinical input from the VW Pharmacy Team proposing the use of digital monitoring where it may be appropriate • work with the MDT to support clinical decision-making based on readings from POC or remote monitoring equipment • requesting diagnostic investigations and managing test results • providing virtual consultations or home visiting where clinically required • keeping accurate and contemporaneous documentation. keeping • liaising with other health professionals or providers for advice