GP in Transgender Health

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

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 ofconfidentiality and person skills.

As one of the team you will undertake the provision and planning of assessment, care, and treatment for transgender patients, whilst 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.

Main duties of the job

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 the 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

Person Specification

Physical Requirements

Essential

  • Has the physical ability to perform the full range of duties within this role

Qualifications – Academic / Craft / Professional

Essential

  • Professional qualification (General/Mental Health/Learning Disability) to degree level or equivalent
  • Maintains current registration with GMC and Performer’s List
  • Relevant degree in medicine, MRCGP or equivalent

Desirable

  • Demonstrate continued professional development to maintain professional registration

Training

Essential

  • Willingness to undertake new clinical practices, education and training that will enhance service delivery

Desirable

  • Training in transgender healthcare
  • Training in gender diversity

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of individual patient case management responsibility
  • Substantial experience of MDT working
  • Demonstrates satisfactory clinical expertise for the banding

Desirable

  • Experience of any type of psychological treatment/counselling
  • Experience of clinical working with transgender and non-binary patients

Knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge of the Interface of psychological and physical aspects of healthcare

Desirable

  • 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.

Skills

Essential

  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Ability to work as part of a team
  • Good written/oral communication skills
  • Good skills in assessment intervention and evaluation of patients care
  • Clinical supervision skills
  • IT Skills

Desirable

  • A high level of emotional intelligence

Contractual requirements

Essential

  • Ability to work to meet the needs of the service

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 21 July 2026

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