General Practitioner within Forensic and Autism Inpatient Services

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Job Title: General Practitioner within Forensic and Autism Inpatient Services

Salary: £60,455 - £91,228 pro rata

Would you like to work in a CQC ‘Outstanding’ rated Mental Health and Learning Disability Trust?Do you want to make a difference in changing people’s lives? If you are passionate about delivering excellent patient care, we are looking for you to join our Medical Workforce team. In return you will work with a dynamic multi-disciplinary team, receive superb training and development opportunities and excellent staff benefits.

Post Details

This post is for a General Practitioner to supply primary care to a marginalised group of patients who have difficulty in accessing primary care through normal routes.

The successful applicant will supply primary medical care to several groups of patients: Specialist autism in-patients, Forensic learning disability in-patients and forensic mental health in-patients.

Inpatient stays at Northgate Hospital can be for lengthy periods of time and patients often have difficulty accessing primary care due to geography (they are away from their home area) and risk (the patient’s presentation may mean that accessing a GP surgery is not possible); therefore they require GP input to manage acute and chronic health issues normally managed within primary care.

The successful applicant will work alongside a triage/physical health care nurse who serves as the primary interface with the wards. There will also be opportunities to work with psychiatry colleagues and the wider MDT for patients when dealing with particularly complex or challenging issues.

The successful applicant will hold surgeries which patients will be booked into and also will be involved in carrying out annual health checks. In addition there will be a need to review some patients in situ on a ward if there is a particular clinical issue which prevents them attending a surgery. There will be clear opportunities to discuss patient problems as part of a multidisciplinary review if the management of the physical health issue is interacting with the patient’s other problems.

Why us?

• A flexible approach to job planning to ensure work-life balance.
• Dedicated and protected SPA time.
• Excellent Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and study leave arrangements.
• Relocation package available
• Focus on staff health and wellbeing
• A Global Digital Exemplar for Mental Health.
  

The Trust is located in the North East of England and Cumbria which is an area of outstanding natural beauty, containing national parks, ancient heritage sites and major cities supported by excellent national and international transport links. The area is one of the best value regions for housing and offers an excellent standard of living with accomplished schools and Universities.

For Further Details / Informal Visits Contact

Dr Paul Swinglehurst

Email: paul.swinglehurst@cntw.nhs.uk

Dr Chris Ince

Email: chris.ince@cntw.nhs.uk