General Practioner with Special Interest - Psychiatric Inpatient
| Posting date: | 10 November 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £76,038 - £114,743 per annum pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 10 December 2025 |
| Location: | Delaunays Road, M8 5RB |
| Company: | Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7584845/437-MD-7584845 |
Summary
A Vacancy at Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.
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, which is a new 150-bedded psychiatric hospital in North Manchester, comprising 9 wards: 7 general adult wards, 1 women’s older adults' ward and a Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU).
· Conduct medical reviews of inpatients who normally see their community GP for issues that need attention at a primary care level, especially issues that have been managed by the patient’s GP prior to hospital admission.
· Advise inpatient doctors who are not specialists in management of life-long/chronic physical illness in evidence-based and up-to-date protocols for treatment of these conditions; this would include hypertension, leg swelling, asthma, COPD, diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidaemia, chronic pain, dermatological conditions.
· Address queries of inpatient psychiatric doctors on the indication and necessity of specific physical health medications patients are prescribed prior to admission. This will help 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 necessary 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.
Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7000 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.
For more details about this role and requirements please find attached Job Description and Person Specification.
This advert closes on Monday 17 Nov 2025
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, which is a new 150-bedded psychiatric hospital in North Manchester, comprising 9 wards: 7 general adult wards, 1 women’s older adults' ward and a Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU).
· Conduct medical reviews of inpatients who normally see their community GP for issues that need attention at a primary care level, especially issues that have been managed by the patient’s GP prior to hospital admission.
· Advise inpatient doctors who are not specialists in management of life-long/chronic physical illness in evidence-based and up-to-date protocols for treatment of these conditions; this would include hypertension, leg swelling, asthma, COPD, diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidaemia, chronic pain, dermatological conditions.
· Address queries of inpatient psychiatric doctors on the indication and necessity of specific physical health medications patients are prescribed prior to admission. This will help 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 necessary 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.
Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7000 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.
For more details about this role and requirements please find attached Job Description and Person Specification.
This advert closes on Monday 17 Nov 2025