Are you a passionate General Practitioner and looking for a new and interesting challenge? With an Extended Role in Neurodevelopmental Disorders and special interest in ADHD your work could be making a difference to local children and families.

We have an incredible opportunity to join our Community Child Health Department based in BaNES

We are looking for an exceptional GPwER who radiates dynamism, proactivity, and approachability, who may already have an interest in ADHD and neurodevelopmental disorders or who we could offer training to, to develop these skills.

As a dedicated GPwER you’ll play a pivotal role in delivering high quality care to children and young people by assessing health needs and following locally agreed pathways. Your days will be filled with face-to-face clinics where you’ll assess and support children presenting with neurodevelopmental difficulties (including ADHD and Autism) which may affect their health, development, or educational potential.

You will also possess key skills that ensure safe and quality-driven services that are provided whilst working collaboratively with our esteemed doctors and nurses within the department, whilst receiving invaluable support and supervision from our Lead Professional.

At HCRG Care Group we understand the importance of maintaining a healthy work-life balance, as a result we will support you in your role as a GPwER and provide flexibility in helping achieve harmony between personal and professional life.

We welcome part-time applications!!

As a General Practitioner with Extended Role in Neurodevelopmental Disorders, you’ll be part of our valued team at our BaNES service, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including: 

• Competitive Salary depending on experience
• NHS Pension!
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling 
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year 
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission
• Free tea, coffee, and milk at your base location

As a GPwER your days will be varied but responsibilities may include:

• Attending face to face clinics to assess children presenting with neurodevelopmental difficulties
• Completing autism assessment proformas and offering clinically guided opinions to families.
• Conducting face to face and telephone clinics to manage ADHD and medication.
• Supervising and liaising with colleagues to ensure continuity and consistency of ongoing care
• Office based work including administrative tasks and telephone consultations
• Completing clinical records on SystmOne
• Communicating with members of the children’s health care team and social care
• Maintaining communication with parents and carers to ensure all care plans are understood.
• Attending MDT meetings
• Ensuring all children’s safety and security is maintained and concerns raised.
• Following Safeguarding policies and accessing Safeguarding and Clinical supervision to support safe clinical working practice.

You would be expected to gain and retain knowledge of neurodevelopmental disorders and medical management of these to continue to support a child requiring ongoing medical management.

Please see the attached Job Description for more information about responsibilities of the role.

You will be on the performers list and have full GMC registration on the GP register.

A Full UK driving license and access to a vehicle is required for this role.

Essential

• A UK Recognised Medical Degree
• Full GMC registration and on the GMC GP register
• A Licence to Practice
• Entry on the NHS England National GP Performers List
• Paediatric experience in training or practice
• Evidence of an interest in neurodevelopmental disorders particularly ADHD..
• Recognised Child Protection Training
• Experience in the field of safeguarding / child protection as would be expected in general practice.
• Knowledge of risk management

Desirable

• Membership to a relevant Royal College i.e. MRCPCH
• Experience of Children in Care
• Knowledge of the Looked After Process
• An understanding of the role of Medical Advisers to Adoption Panel
• Experience of involvement in a research project and publication or published audit project
• Further education or knowledge in neurodevelopmental disorders particularly ADHD.
• Commitment to and experience of undergraduate and postgraduate learning and teaching

For a full list of requirements please see attached Job Description.

We change lives by transforming health and care. 

Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do. 

We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.

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