General Practitioner - HMP Various sites
General Practitioner - HMP Various sitesThe closing date is 19 April 2026.NHFT is recruiting General Practitioners to work across a number of secured sites in Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire, delivering high-quality care to complex patient populations.Working Pattern / SessionsCore weekday hours: 08:30 – 17:00Weekday evenings: 17:00 – 22:00Saturdays: 14:00 – 18:00Additional flexible opportunities:Remote prescribing and video consultations for late/weekend receptionsCover for partner sites, training and leaveMain duties of the jobDeliver primary care across sitesWork collaboratively and lead clinically within multi-disciplinary teamsParticipate in clinical governance, audit and quality improvementSupport teaching and supervisionAbout usNHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be 'outstanding' by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.Job responsibilitiesFor full details please read the attached job description or alternatively contact the team for more information.Person SpecificationKnowledge and ExperienceEvidence of being on the GMC General Practitioner Register and on an NHS Performers' ListClinical experience including work with vulnerable populations and patients with substance misuse problems. RCGP Part 1 Substance Misuse Certificate essentialExperience of multi‐professional teamwork and an understanding of what makes teams function effectivelyFamiliarity with tools for effective clinical governance and quality improvementAbility to be intellectually flexible and to look beyond existing structures and ways of working, boundaries, organisations, and systems to build effective partnerships and innovation in general practice and advanced clinical practice service deliveryBehaviours and ValuesWilling to ensure the development, maintenance, and dissemination of the highest professional standards of practice through active participation in internal and external CPD, training and development programmes.Willing to comply with professional codes of practice and maintain up‐to‐date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies, and issues in relation to primary care, substance misuse and mental health services within secure settings, through engagement in health and justice clinical networks and communities of practice and with operational colleagues.Reliable and accessible to colleagues within HMP Bedford and the Secured Services DirectorateWilling to embrace a trauma‐informed approach, modelling empathy, a willingness to listen to the views of others, an open communication style, and receptivity to feedback.Able to lead with compassion and humility, to demonstrate integrity, and to motivate, inspire and empower both individual colleagues and teams, fostering a culture in which hope, kindness, resilience, and excellence thriveAble to work as part of a team and within a leadership structure.Skills and AbilitiesAbility to prioritise effectively, to work in a flexible way, and to respond to change to support the needs of patients within an evolving staffing structure at HMP BedfordExcellent interpersonal, communication, and teamwork skills that align with the trauma‐informed values of Secured ServicesThe ability to lead others and work within a leadership structure with discernment and integrity to ensure that professional and business decisions can be made that reflect the values of NHFT.Ability to collaborate effectively with colleagues including those working for subcontracted services and across other disciplinesExperience of teaching, mentoring or supervision of clinical colleagues. Tier 2 or Tier 3 Educator status is desirable but not essential as Tier 2 training can be facilitated as part of CPDAbility to assimilate data to support effective clinical governance and quality improvement of general practice and senior clinical service provisionAbility to communicate information in a range of formats including one‐to‐one meetings, formal and informal meetings, written reports and electronic communication including small databasesAbility to provide trauma‐informed clinical care, including when faced with challenging behaviour and the constraints of secured settingsDisclosure and Barring Service CheckThis 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.AddressHMP Ranby / Nottingham / Swinderby. North Sea Camp#J-18808-Ljbffr