Shared Care Salaried GP

Job description

Job responsibilities

Duties and Responsibilities

The day-to-day treatment decisions including prescribing will be carried out by the specialist practitioners in the primary care team with the GP post holder advising predominantly on comorbid physical health conditions, acting on abnormal physical health monitoring results, and participating in multidisciplinary care for complex cases. The post holder will escalate and access further care where needed from specialist teams in the acute trust and community services.

The GP post holder and primary care specialists will have rapid and priority access to secondary care specialist mental health and neurodiversity services for help, advice and escalation of care when required.

The GP post holder will attend regular and ad hoc (in-person or remote) meetings with other clinicians either on their own or with patient(s) and carers.

The GP post holder will have or develop a close relationship with their local secondary care services, (as above, as well as occupational therapy, educational psychology, specialist speech and language therapy).

They should be confident and competent in performing physical health assessments, have knowledge of local shared care agreements and have a good understanding of the medications used for ADHD and mental health problems and the physical health aspects of common mental health conditions.

The post holder is not expected to be a specialist in mental health, eating disorder, ADHD or neurodevelopmental disorder but apply their generalist skills to the care of this patient group. Risk issues will be managed appropriately by escalation to secondary care.

The GP post holder will act as the signatory to shared care agreements between the specialist trust and the primary care provider (STHC) in their role as the clinical presentative of this organisation

Referrals: Patients are accepted by request from primary care, step down from specialist services and referral from other partner agencies where necessary.

Governance: The GP post holder works autonomously as a GP, employed by STHC and in partnership with other clinical professionals employed by other NHS organisations mental health trust and acute and community trust. The GP post holder will liaise and coordinate care with GP practices within South Tyneside where needed.

The GP post holder will undertake ongoing professional development, and engagement in activities associated with mental healthcare and ADHD management.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualified GP

Experience

Desirable

• Specialist interest in Neurodevelopmental assessment and treatment.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

South Tyneside Health Collaboration

Address

Stanhope Parade Health Centre

Gordon Street

South Shields

NE33 4JP

Employer's website

https://www.thesthc.co.uk (Opens in a new tab)