GP in Transgender Health
20 hours ago
Cambridge
Main area Medical Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant Contract Permanent Hours • Part time, • Flexible working12 sessions per week (12 sessions across 2 roles with flexibility) Job ref 186-3745175KF Employer Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Douglas House Town Cambridge Salary £113,565 - £150,569. Salary period Yearly Closing 21/06/2026 23:59 Experienced General Practitioner with current GMC registration and Performer’s List required for the East of England Gender Service. The role requires a GP with specialist skills to assess patients’ needs, analyse and formulate treatment plans within a multi-disciplinary framework. The post holder works autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the service’s policies and procedures. The East of England Service is located in Cambridge but is part of the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health Network. The Network provides high quality assessment, referrals for treatments, case management and GP support. Patients will receive a blended model of face‑to‑face and video consultation appointments with the clinics running 5 days a week; it is a busy working environment which requires high levels of confidentiality and interpersonal skills. As one of the team you will undertake planning and provision of assessment, care and treatment for transgender patients, while having direct face‑to‑face and video work with patients and undertake independent prescribing. Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies. To provide a defined level of specialist assessment and access to interventions for transgender patients. The post holder will be part of the transgender health team and act as a GP in Transgender Healthcare and work as part of the service to support patients in line with the NHS England national service specification. The role requires the post holder to be a named professional for patients and undertake both assessment and follow‑up responsibilities for an identified case load of transgender and non‑binary patients and surgical recommendations. The role involves monitoring of gender‑affirming hormone treatment for trans, non‑binary and gender diverse patients. To demonstrate active clinical and managerial leadership skills within the team, to ensure that all team members receive appropriate clinical / practice supervision and that professional standards are maintained. Through annual appraisal that mandatory training, practice education and development are actively identified for all staff, and feed into the Trust’s continuous professional development planning process. Lead by example, motivating and empowering others and promoting positive attitudes, mutual understanding and collaboration between all services involved in the delivery of the service. Completion of RCP Certificate in Clinical Practice for Adult Gender Identity Healthcare to achieve accreditation in transgender health care. To assess, design, implement safe, creative, and effective treatment plans in collaboration with patients’ needs. Manage a diverse caseload of patients ensuring a high standard of clinical care. Work as a GP in Transgender Healthcare within this field. Work as a team member being flexible to the needs of the team. Maintain accurate, timely and relevant clinical records both written and computerised. Maintain the safe custody of healthcare records. Proficiency in Systm1. Support the implementation of team objectives within the multi‑disciplinary specialist team. Maintain GMC registration and adhere to the revalidation requirements. Maintain adequate patient documentation to GMC requirements for all patients seen and advice given in any practice setting and contribute to clinical activity/data collection as required. Provide appropriate and relevant support, where appropriate to peers and non‑registered team members. Comply with best practice directions and participate in quality initiatives. Build close personal and professional relationships with colleagues in transgender healthcare within and beyond NCTH and East of England Gender service. Build close professional relationships with local GP practices, ICB and LMC. Active participation in MDT settings, webinars, teaching, supervision, audits and research. Protected time is allocated for CPD and PDP. It is expected that GP in Transgender Healthcare maintain working in primary care settings as a GP partner. Salaried GP or locum GP. The job description is not exhaustive. The tasks described are representative of the duties it is expected the post holder will undertake within the grade range of the post. Job content will be reviewed as necessary in consultation with the post holder, to reflect the changing nature of the post. • Has the physical ability to perform the full range of duties within this role, • Maintains current registration with GMC and Performer’s List, • Relevant degree in medicine, MRCGP or equivalent, • Demonstrate continued professional development to maintain professional registration, • Willingness to undertake new clinical practices, education and training that will enhance service delivery, • Training in transgender healthcare, • Experience of individual patient case management responsibility, • Substantial experience of MDT working, • Demonstrates satisfactory clinical expertise for the banding, • Experience of any type of psychological treatment/counselling, • Experience of clinical working with transgender and non‑binary patients, • Knowledge of the interface of psychological and physical aspects of healthcare, • Knowledge of relevant prescribing policy and local procedure, • Experience of prescribing and/or supervising the prescription of gender‑affirming medical treatment, • Knowledge of the legal, social, and societal aspects of gender diversity., • Excellent interpersonal skills, • Ability to work as part of a team, • Good skills in assessment intervention and evaluation of patients care, • Clinical supervision skills, • IT Skills, • A high level of emotional intelligence, • Ability to work to meet the needs of the service, • We reserve the right to close the post early once we have received a sufficient number of applicants., • The Trust believes in treating everyone with dignity and respect and encourages applications from all sectors of the community. We guarantee an interview to candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum essential criteria., • In submitting an application form, you authorise Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust to confirm from your previous or current NHS employer and other prior employers; previous NHS service details and personal data held about you. This data will be transferred using NHS Electronic Staff Record and third party systems via an automated process and only used for the purposes of obtaining and maintaining accurate employment records, should you be appointed to the post. Should you require any further information please refer our Privacy Policy shown on the Trust website, please click here for more information., • For eligible posts, DBS disclosures are mandatory before commencement of employment. If you are in a position that is deemed a regulated adult and/or child care role, you will not be able to start your employment until we have received a satisfactory DBS Disclosure. 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