Job vacancy: GP Physician with Specialist Interest in Learning Disability, Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Leeds

Job summary

Main area: Learning Disability Service
Grade: General Practitioner
Contract: 3 months (Fixed term for 3 months)
Hours: Part time - 16 hours per week
Job ref: 173-44625-MED

Employer: Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: St Mary’s Hospital
Town: Leeds
Salary: £114,480 - £124,020 per annum pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 01/10/2025 23:59

GP Physician with Specialist Interest in Learning Disability

General Practitioner

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

This post is 4 PAs, working with the Clinical Team Manager and Senior Nurses in the health respite service based at 2 and 3 Woodlands Square. This will involve working clinically to provide medical oversight and support of service users accessing respite with complex multiple impairments and challenging behaviour. Prescribing will be a key element of the role, working closely with the nursing team following pre-admission calls. The role involves annual reviews of service users within respite, and supporting the development of health respite, including the nursing team, to provide the best possible care for the service users in respite.

The role will also deliver some medical consultancy across other parts of the learning disability service as required.

Person specification

Eligibility

Essential criteria

Experience as a GP

Experience

Essential criteria

Extensive experience of working with service users with a learning disability and learning disability services.

Clinical skills, knowledge, experience

Essential criteria

Proven ability to work effectively in different clinical settings required in the job

Eligibility

Essential criteria

Evidence of knowledge of diagnosis, treatment + management of complex physical/ mental illness associated with learning disabilities.

Clinical skills, knowledge, experience

Essential criteria

Knowledge and understanding of the Leeds health and learning disability ‘system’.

Applications are welcomed from candidates who wish to apply for a position based on a smarter (Hybrid) or flexible working arrangement. Where candidates are successful at interview, flexible working arrangement requests will be taken into consideration and may be accommodated where the needs of the service allow.

Fixed Term Contracts for existing NHS Employees – temporary contracts for employees of LYPFT, or colleagues joining from another NHS Trust, will be offered on a secondment basis wherever possible. In the event this is not possible, an FTC would be issued and this would require a break in service of two weeks.

The purpose of a temporary is role could be for maternity cover, temporary funding or some other reason. At the end of which the need for the temporary work will cease. Temporary roles can stop, be extended and/or made permanent at any point during the period of work. Should the role become permanent then the post-holder will be informed of the process to be followed to convert the position to a permanent one.

All new employees are required to subscribe to the DBS Update Service.

Patient Safety is a priority at LYPFT with a focus on system-based improvement and creating opportunities for learning. We will ensure compassionate engagement with all those involved in an incident and all incidents are met with a proportionate response. LYPFT is committed to upholding its’ statutory responsibilities in relation to safeguarding adults and children. Please refer to job description for further information.

LYPFT is a member of the Disability Confident scheme and is committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process.

As part of the Trust's commitment to its Gold Standard Armed Forces Covenant status, members of the Armed Forces Community are entitled to a guaranteed interview subject to meeting the role criteria.

We welcome applicants with lived experience of providing unpaid care and/or support to a family member or friend with a disability, health condition, frailty, mental health problem, addiction or other health needs.

Please note that the Trust reserves the right to close the vacancy before the closing date if enough applications are received. It is in the candidate’s best interest to apply as soon as possible. In submitting an application form, you authorize Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the ESR IAT process should you be appointed to the post.

In applying for a role please ensure that you only declare qualifications that are relevant to the role itself. We reserve the right to check all declared qualifications on an application form, whether they are directly relevant to the role or not.

Please note: The Trust does not offer reimbursement of interview expenses.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Peter Johnstone
Job title: Head of Operations
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 0113 855 6471

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GP Physician with Specialist Interest in Learning Disability

General Practitioner

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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Clinical skills, knowledge, experience

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Eligibility

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Clinical skills, knowledge, experience

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