BEH - GENERAL PRACTITIONER (GP) SERVICES

Tender description

To provide general practitioner services to patients detained under the Mental Health Act in conditions of low and medium security, ensuring adequate cover arrangements are in place during planned leaves to maintain service levels. Services to include the following: • Planned annual face to face gender specific health checks co-ordinated by the contracting authority, ensuring a coordinated but flexible approach so that those with mobility issues and poor engagement due to mental health or learning disability that impacts on cognition or communication can be offered appointments outside core clinic times and on their wards. • Assessment of physical health issues via ad hoc referral from medical staff within the mental health team • Hold and manage a caseload of patients with long term conditions, ensuring timely and regular reviews and appropriate care packages are in place in line with NICE guidance shown in appendix 1. • Communicate with the relevant clinical team to ensure onward referrals to secondary care are actioned where required • Record clinical activity on the Trust's Electronic Patient Record System (Rio) in line with prevailing guidelines • Attend training in the use of the system to be arranged by the contracting authority • Attend local mandatory training in security awareness and conflict resolution on an annual basis To register for this opportunity, please see below information: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome Contract ref: C149880