Shared Care Salaried GP

NHS; Jarrow; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A health service provider in Jarrow is seeking a Salaried GP to provide general practice support in neurodevelopmental assessment and treatment. The role involves collaboration with primary care mental health practitioners and responsibilities such as physical health monitoring. A qualified GP with a specialist interest in neurodevelopment is required. This opportunity offers a dynamic working environment with multidisciplinary collaboration.

Qualifications

• Qualified GP with a specialist interest in neurodevelopmental assessment.
• Competent in performing physical health assessments.
• Knowledge of local shared care agreements.

Responsibilities

• Provide medical input and support to primary care mental health services.
• Liaise and coordinate care with local secondary care services.
• Participate in multidisciplinary meetings concerning complex cases.

Skills

General practice input

Physical health assessments

Understanding of medications for ADHD

Education

Qualified GP

Job description

**Opportunity for 3 sessions Shared Care Salaried GP**

We are looking for a Salaried GP who will work closely with theprimary care mental health practitioners including independent prescribingnurses and clinical pharmacists with a specialist interest inNeurodevelopmental assessment and treatment.

Main duties of the job

Thejob purpose is to provide general practice input into the process of initialscreening, referral for neurodevelopmental assessment, and ongoing support inthe form of shared care with secondary care providers. They will have inputinto the physical health monitoring of people with mental illness and neurodevelopmental disorder including those with eating disorders where the patientremains under the care of specialist community teams. They will provide medicalinput, support, and supervision for other members of the primary care mentalhealth service where needed.

About us

South Tyneside Health Collaboration (STHC) are a GP Federation and valued system partner, set up to bringtogether South Tyneside General Practices to work collaboratively in deliveringservices at scale across the borough of South Tyneside.

Job responsibilities

Duties and Responsibilities

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

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

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

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

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

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

The GPpost holder will act as the signatory to shared care agreements between thespecialist trust and the primary care provider (STHC) in their role as theclinical presentative of this organisation

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

Governance:The GP post holder works autonomously as a GP, employed by STHC and inpartnership with other clinical professionals employed by other NHSorganisations mental health trust and acute and community trust. The GPpost holder will liaise and coordinate care with GP practices within SouthTyneside where needed.

The GPpost holder will undertake ongoing professional development, and engagement inactivities associated with mental healthcare and ADHD management.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Qualified GP

Experience

• 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.