Job summary
- Main area
- Offender Health
- Grade
- General Practitioner
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 186-6147965-JD
- Employer
- Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- HMP Lowdham Grange
- Town
- Lowdham
- Salary
- Salary dependant on experience
- Closing
- 12/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
General Practitioner in Offender Health
General Practitioner
Job overview
The post holder will provide high quality primary care medical services to the prison population of HMP Ranby or HMP Lowdham Grange in Nottinghamshire or HMP Lincoln. Other clinical tasks within Offender Health may sometimes be required. The below sessions are available:
- Lincoln 6
- Ranby 6
- Lowdham 2
The post holder will work in partnership with members of the health care team in the relevant prison, liaise with prison staff and other relevant stakeholders in the secure healthcare environment. They will help to identify health need and achieve health gain for the prison population, utilising the existing prison health needs assessment and the local primary healthcare team’s own information.
Main duties of the job
• Provision clinical consultations to enable assessment, diagnosis and treatment patients with acute care needs and long-term conditions.
• Arranging investigations and onward referrals in line with national guidelines and best practice
• Maintaining ongoing prescribing of required medication in line with Safe Prescribing Guidelines.
• Managing and acting on pathology results and clinical correspondence.
• Responding to clinical queries from primary care team
• Delivering care in line with Notts Healthcare clinical guidelines and protocols
Working for our organisation
Prison medicine is a dynamic and challenging area where you have the opportunity to make a real difference to the lives and lifestyles of a group of patients who face multiple barriers to improving their health and accessing appropriate healthcare.
Working within our Offender Health care unit you will be part of a high quality and motivated team who provide integrated healthcare to 8 prisons across the region. You will have the opportunity to help shape and determine the future of healthcare to this patient population.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
• Provide clinical consultations to enable assessment, diagnosis and treatment of patients with acute care needs and long-term conditions’
• Arranging investigations and onward referrals in line with national guidelines and best practice
• Maintaining ongoing prescribing of required medication in line with Safe Prescribing Guidelines.
• Managing and acting on pathology results and clinical correspondence.
• Responding to clinical queries from primary care team
• Provide senior clinical advice and leadership to the primary care team
• A key member of the primary care MDT and multipathway complex care team
• Delivering care in line with Notts Healthcare clinical guidelines and protocols
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MB BS or equivalent medical qualification
- MRCGP OR MRCGP equivalent approved by the Royal College of General Practice
Eligibility
Essential criteria
- Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment
- Eligible or within 6 months of being eligible for inclusion on the GMC General Practitioner Register
Desirable criteria
- Approved GP Trainer
- Post graduate qualification in medical education or equivalent
Clinical Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Excellent knowledge in General Practice
- Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
- Experience of clinical working in secure environments
Desirable criteria
- Wide range of primary care experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
- Experience as working as a ‘Lead Clinician’ in a primary care setting
- Experience of managing substance misuse in primary care or specialist services
Academic Skills and Lifelong Learning
Essential criteria
- Ability to work in and lead a team
- Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement
- Participated in continuous professional development
- Reflected on purpose of CPD undertaken
Desirable criteria
- Has led clinical audits leading to service change or improved outcomes to patients
- Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Adarsh Kaul
- Job title
- Clinical Director
- Telephone number
- 07771506182
- Additional information
Dr Anna Hiley, Associate Medical Director, 07825061153
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