General Practitioner in Offender Health | Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 10 September 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Salary dependant on experience |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 10 October 2025 |
| Location: | Lincoln, LN2 4BD |
| Company: | Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7471563/186746251KF |
Summary
The post holder will provide high quality primary care medical services to the prison population of HMP Lincoln and Morton Hall. The post holder will work in partnership with all members of the health care team at these prisons. They will also liaise with prison staff and relevant stakeholders in the secure healthcare environment including representatives of statutory and voluntary agencies. 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.
The opportunity is for 4 sessions a week. There are NO on call commitments, but colleague cover, mostly remotely, may need to be provided to other prisons.
We treat you as a Consultant in General Practice and as such thesalary for this post is in line with that of NHS Consultants (£105,504 - £139,882 dependent on years of experience).You will also benefit from the indemnity provided by the Trust.
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.
Provision of 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.
· Writing your share of repeat prescriptions
· Occasionally provide second medical recommendation for detentions under the Mental Health Act
· Responding to clinical queries from primary care team
· Delivering care in line with Notts Healthcare clinical guidelines and protocols
· Support Case Based Discussions and other CPD activities of primary care nurses and clinical supervision of ACP.
Prison medicine is a dynamic and challenging area where our patients have shorter life span, high psychiatric morbidity and high prevalence of substance misuse. So, if you want tomake a real differenceto the lives and lifestyles of people with multiple social disadvantage and health morbidity then this job is for you.
Healthcare at HMPs Lincoln and Morton Hall is provided by Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust with on-site easy access to specialties such as Psychiatry, Psychological therapies, Pharmacy, Physiotherapy, Podiatry, Sexual Health, Opticians, Dentistry.
In line with the 10 years NHS plan we are also focussing on population health management agenda of prevention, health promotion and self-management.
The Trust will support you with your Continuing Professional Development as per your appraisal and Personal Development Plan. If you have a special area of interest we would explore supporting you with this.
The Trust also provides healthcare in Five other prisons in Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire, as such you will be part of a group of salaried GPs professionally led by Dr Anna Hiley, GP & Trust Deputy Medical Director.
• Provision of clinical consultation to enable assessment, diagnosis and treatment of patients with acute 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
This advert closes on Wednesday 24 Sep 2025
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