Posted 6 days ago
Description
Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
GPwER in Headaches
The closing date is 29 November 2026
This post will work alongside the existing Neurology team to enhance the outpatient capacity of the service, specific focus on headaches. The postholder will work with commissioners and primary care locally to support development of innovative for managing patients present with headaches.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will work alongside the Neurology Team to deliver outpatient-based headache services at Torbay Hospital and some community hospitals, including:
- Assessing new referrals into the headache service
- Providing advice and guidance to GPs
- Reviewing and diagnosis of new patients
- Follow up of existing patients
- Prescribing appropriate medications
- Provision of Botox and GONI
- Supervision of Headache Specialist Nurses
The post holder will be proactive in ensuring that all patients receive rapid assessment, treatment and clinical decision making, whilst ensuring safe, quality care is delivered and sustained.
The job will involve proactively liaising with clinicians, nurses and managers within and outside the Department to address any issues arising that may the affect the service.
We would encourage the successful applicant to develop GPwER competencies and practice with the RCGP approved competency framework.
About us
Why Work With Us
Please note: Priority will be given to applicants with recognised 'Priority' or 'At Risk' status, including NHS staff identified across Devon.
Job responsibilities
Full Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification.
Qualifications
- Full registration and licence to practice with the GMC
- MRCGP or equivalent
- On the GP Performers' list and up-to-date with annual appraisal requirements and revalidation
- Membership of British Association for the Study of Headaches (BASH)
- Competency in Botox and/or GONI injection tecchnique
Knowledge
- Experience in managing patients with migraine
- Wide experience of working effectively in an integrated way with multi-disciplinary teams
- Demonstrates the under-pinning subject-specific competencies, ie knowledge, skills and behaviours relevant to the role, setting and scope
- Capacity to apply sound clinical knowledge and judgement in management of headaches
Skills
- Manages the difficulties of dealing with complexity and uncertainty in the care of patients, employing expertise and clinical decision-making skills of a senior and independent/autonomous practitioner
- Ability to demonstrate familiarity and understanding of NHS structures, including awareness of national strategic plans and constraints.
- Awareness of their leadership responsibilities as a clinician and demonstrates appropriate leadership behaviour, managing situations that are unfamiliar, complex or unpredictable and seeking to build collaboration with and confidence in others.
- Communicates effectively and is able to share decision-making with patients, relatives and other professions. Treats patients as individuals, promoting a person-centred approach to their care, including self-management.
- Demonstrates awareness of good decision-making. Aware of own limitations. Track record of engaging in clinical governance: reporting errors, learning from errors.
- Evidence of interest and experience in teaching including GPs and other health care professionals.
- Demonstrates willingness to teach and supervise trainee roles including doctors and nurses
- Evidence of active participation in audit.
- Demonstrates understanding of the principles of research
- Service design and review experience
- Knowledge of quality improvement methodologies
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
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