Salaried GP with ADHD interest

Are you a GP with a passion for ADHD assessment and management, looking for the opportunity to shape a new and innovative service? Are you looking for a flexible opportunity that can fit around your existing commitments? Healthier West Wirral Primary Care Network is excited to launch a dedicated ADHD service for patients across West Wirral, and we are looking to appoint a GP with a Special Interest in ADHD to play a pivotal role in its development and success. We are committed to creating a service that is clinically excellent, responsive, and sustainable, and we are looking for someone who shares our ambition and enthusiasm.

As this is a brand-new service, the successful candidate will have genuine opportunities to influence how it develops and evolves. The core requirement for this role is three sessions per week dedicated to the ADHD service. However, we recognise that many GPs are looking for greater flexibility or additional sessions. For candidates seeking up to eight sessions per week, we can offer the opportunity to combine the ADHD role with sessions in our established GP Acute Home Visiting Service and/or our GP Acute Hub, creating a varied and rewarding portfolio role within the Primary Care Network.

If you are looking for a role that offers flexibility, autonomy, and the chance to make a lasting impact on the delivery of ADHD care within primary care, we would be delighted to hear from you.

This is a unique opportunity to help design and develop a high-quality, patient-centred service from the outset. Working collaboratively with our multidisciplinary team, you will undertake ADHD assessments, diagnose patients, initiate and titrate medication where appropriate, and provide ongoing monitoring and review to support patients throughout their treatment journey.

Healthier West Wirral Primary Care Network is an ambitious and forward-thinking organisation serving over 70,000 patients across five GP practices on the west side of the Wirral Peninsula. We are committed to delivering high-quality, patient-centred care by developing innovative services that meet the changing needs of our local population. Our focus is on providing proactive, integrated care closer to home, improving patient outcomes while supporting the sustainability of primary care.

Our multidisciplinary team includes GPs, nurses, clinical pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, physician associates, care coordinators and social prescribers, all working collaboratively to deliver seamless care across our communities. As the NHS continues its shift towards neighbourhood healthcare, we are proud to be developing new models of care and creating opportunities for clinicians to shape services, develop specialist interests and make a real difference. If you're looking for a role where you can innovate, collaborate and influence the future of primary care, we'd love to hear from you.

• Work collaboratively with the Neurodiversity Practitioner as part of a multidisciplinary ADHD service, providing clinical leadership and specialist medical input.
• Assess patients referred by the Neurodiversity Practitioner following initial triage and assessment, undertaking diagnostic assessment where appropriate in line with national guidance and best practice.
• Confirm or exclude a diagnosis of ADHD and develop individualised management plans.
• Assess patients with more complex presentations, including those with co-existing physical or mental health conditions, where additional medical expertise is required.
• Initiate, prescribe and titrate ADHD medication in accordance with national guidance, local prescribing policies and shared care arrangements.
• Provide ongoing medication reviews and monitoring, ensuring treatment remains safe, effective and appropriate.
• Interpret physical health monitoring results and ensure appropriate ongoing clinical oversight for patients receiving ADHD medication.
• Deliver high-quality, patient-centred care, promoting shared decision-making and supporting patients to understand their diagnosis and treatment options.
• Work closely with the Neurodiversity Practitioner and wider multidisciplinary team to ensure patients receive coordinated, timely and seamless care throughout their ADHD pathway.
• Liaise with GP practices, secondary care, community mental health services and other partner organisations to support integrated care where appropriate.
• Contribute to the design, implementation and continuous development of the ADHD service, helping to establish clinical pathways, protocols and models of best practice.
• Participate in clinical governance activities, including audit, quality improvement, service evaluation and significant event review.
• Maintain accurate, timely and comprehensive clinical records in accordance with professional and organisational standards.
• Ensure prescribing and clinical practice comply with current legislation, professional guidance and local policies.
• Maintain and develop specialist knowledge in ADHD assessment and management through continuing professional development.

The core ADHD role comprises three sessions per week. For candidates seeking a broader portfolio role, there is the opportunity to undertake additional sessions (up to eight sessions per week in total) within Healthier West Wirral Primary Care Network's GP Acute Home Visiting Service and/or GP Acute Hub.

• Full registration with the General Medical Council (GMC) with a licence to practise.
• Inclusion on the GP Register.
• Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in General Practice.
• Experience of working in General Practice as a GP.
• Evidence of training and/or experience in the assessment and management of ADHD, although not essential as training will be provided.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.