General Practitioner with Special Interest | Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
Manchester, M25 3BL
Closing Date: 10/04/2026
Contract
The post holder will be employed by Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust to provide 2 to 4 sessions to the Physical Healthcare Hubs (PHU), Referral assessment hubs (RAH), Neighbourhood (NHT)/Living Well service.
The post holder will be expected to work independently to provide secondary mental health provision for clinical and medical needs of the patients on psychotropic medication.
RAH/PHU/NHT works with people who are meeting the threshold for secondary care mental health teams, or who have declined/not responded to primary care mental health interventions either due to levels of complexity or uncertainty regarding their clinical presentation/additional needs.
Key Tasks:
* To provide a comprehensive mental health assessment, this will involve taking a full psychiatric history and mental state examination.
* To develop a management plan to address the mental health needs which may include medication and signposting to other services.
* To provide a comprehensive risk assessment and risk management plan.
* To record all information on the electronic patient record system.
* To advise regarding any medical.
* To provide follow-up appointments to monitor health and risk.
* To identify any Physical Health needs that may require further investigation from patients own GP.
* For those patients with complex needs and high risk to liaise directly with secondary mental health services across services in Manchester.
* To discharge patients when no further intervention is required.
Greater Manchester Mental Health Foundation Trust employs over 7000 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 122 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.
For more details about this role and the responsibilities please see attached full Job Description and Person Specification.
This advert closes on Wednesday 1 Apr 2026
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