General Practioner with Special Interest - Psychiatric Inpatient

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust; Manchester; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Part time

Job summary

A prominent health organization in Manchester is seeking motivated general practitioners with a special interest in mental illness. The role involves providing medical reviews for inpatients, advising doctors on treatment protocols, and supporting patient discharge processes. Candidates should have experience with chronic illnesses and be able to manage shared-care prescribing of antipsychotics. This position offers a chance to impact mental health care in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Opportunities for professional development

Engaging work environment

Supportive team culture

Qualifications

• Motivated general practitioners with a special interest in mental illness.
• Experience in managing chronic physical illnesses.
• Ability to support patient discharge and shared-care prescribing of antipsychotics.

Responsibilities

• Conduct medical reviews of inpatients seen by community GPs.
• Advise inpatient doctors on evidence-based protocols for treatment.
• Address queries regarding physical-health medications to improve outcomes.
• Provide second opinions on escalation of care when needed.
• Support access to national screening programmes.
• Review patients for appropriateness of shared-care prescribing.

Job description

Role Overview

Applications are invited for motivated general practitioners with a special interest in mental illness to provide one day per week medical input within North View, a new 150‑bed psychiatric hospital in North Manchester. The hospital comprises 9 wards: 7 general adult wards, 1 women's older adults’ ward and a Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU).

Responsibilities

• Conduct medical reviews of inpatients usually seen by their community GP for primary‑care level issues, especially those previously managed by the patient’s GP prior to admission.
• Advise inpatient doctors who are not specialists in the management of life‑long/chronic physical illness in evidence‑based and up‑to‑date protocols for treatment of conditions such as hypertension, leg swelling, asthma, COPD, diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidaemia, chronic pain and dermatological conditions.
• Address queries of inpatient psychiatric doctors regarding the indication and necessity of specific physical‑health medications prescribed prior to admission to avoid unnecessary side‑effects, interactions and aid deprescribing improving outcomes for patients.
• When needed, provide a second opinion on the necessity of escalation of care to acute medical/surgical wards when the decision is complex.
• Support patients to access relevant national screening programmes.
• Review patients ready for discharge with regards to appropriateness for shared‑care prescribing of antipsychotics by GPs.

About the Trust

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7,000 members of staff who deliver services from more than 160 locations. We provide inpatient and community‑based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance‑misuse services across Greater Manchester, the North West of England and beyond.

Greater Manchester is one of the world’s most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options. Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.

Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.