Job summary
About the role

As a Bank GP, you will provide high-quality clinical care within the prison setting, undertaking face-to-face clinics, supporting reception health needs, reviewing long-term conditions, responding to urgent clinical queries, supporting prescribing decisions, and contributing to safe continuity of care. You will work closely with nursing, pharmacy, mental health, substance misuse and wider healthcare colleagues to deliver joined-up care for patients.

Sessions may include routine primary care clinics, new reception reviews, medicines-related queries, clinical administration, MDT contribution, supervision or advice to advanced practitioners and nurses, and support for escalation where clinical risk is identified.

Main duties of the job
Key responsibilities

• Provide safe, effective and timely GP care to patients in a secure healthcare environment.
• Undertake assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning and prescribing within professional competence.
• Support management of long-term conditions, acute presentations, medicines queries and complex health needs.
• Work collaboratively with prison healthcare teams, including nurses, ANPs/ACPs, pharmacists, mental health clinicians and substance misuse colleagues.
• Contribute to clinical governance, audit, incident learning, safeguarding, complaints and quality improvement where required.
• Provide advice, support and clinical escalation to colleagues within the multidisciplinary team.
• Support, advise and contribute to the development of multidisciplinary colleagues, including providing clinical guidance to ANPs/ACPs, nurses and wider healthcare staff where appropriate.
• Maintain accurate, timely and professional clinical records, including clear consultation notes, care plans, prescribing decisions and escalation actions, in line with Trust, prison healthcare and professional standards.
• Promote trauma-informed, inclusive and patient-centred care for people in custody.

About us

• Flexible bank sessions that can support portfolio working alongside other clinical roles.
• Opportunity to develop specialist experience in prison and secure healthcare.
• Work within supportive, skilled and values-led multidisciplinary teams.
• Contribute to meaningful care for a population with significant health needs and barriers to access.
• Access to local induction, security training and support to work safely and confidently in the prison environment.
• Be part of a Trust whose values are: We're Kind, We're Fair, We Listen, We Care.

Job responsibilities
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust is seeking experienced, compassionate and motivated GPs to join our bank workforce, providing sessional primary care support across our Southwest prison healthcare services. This is an excellent opportunity for GPs looking for flexible portfolio work in a unique, professionally rewarding and clinically varied setting.

Working in prison healthcare offers the opportunity to make a meaningful difference to people who often experience significant health inequalities, complex physical and mental health needs, substance misuse issues, trauma, and barriers to accessing routine healthcare. Our GPs work as part of integrated multidisciplinary teams, supporting safe, effective and person-centred care.

Person Specification
Registration
Essential

• GMC Registered

Experience
Essential

• Relevant experience

Registration
Essential

• GP Register

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.

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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

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.
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.
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.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.