General Practitioner - HMP Littlehey

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Huntingdon

Salary

£76,038 – £114,743

Training post

Unknown

Trust type

Foundation

Posted

2 weeks ago

About the role

NHFT is recruiting General Practitioners to deliver high-quality primary care services at HMP Littlehey within a supportive multidisciplinary team.

Working Pattern / Sessions

Core hours: 08:30 - 17:00 (weekday, on site)

Additional flexible opportunities:

o Video consultations for late receptions at partner sites

o Cover for annual leave, training and partner sites

Deliver face-to-face primary care Manage long-term conditions, mental health and substance misuse Work collaboratively and lead clinically within multi-disciplinary teams Participate in clinical governance, audit and quality improvement Support teaching and supervision

NHFT 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.

Person specification

Essential

Evidence of being on the GMC General Practitioner Register and on an NHS Performers' List
Clinical experience including work with vulnerable populations and patients with substance misuse problems. RCGP Part 1 Substance Misuse Certificate essential
Experience of multi-professional teamwork and an understanding of what makes teams function effectively
Familiarity with tools for effective clinical governance and quality improvement
Ability to be intellectually flexible and to look beyond existing structures and ways of working, boundaries, organizations, and systems to build effective partnerships and innovation in general practice and advanced clinical practice service delivery
Willing 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 Directorate
Willing 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 thrive
Able to work as part of a team and within a leadership structure.
Ability to prioritize 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 Bedford
Excellent interpersonal, communication, and teamwork skills that align with the trauma-informed values of Secured Services
The 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 disciplines
Experience 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 CPD
Ability to assimilate data to support effective clinical governance and quality improvement of general practice and senior clinical service provision
Ability to communicate information in a range of formats including one-to-one meetings, formal and informal meetings, written reports and electronic communication including small databases
Ability to provide trauma-informed clinical care, including when faced with challenging behaviour and the constraints of secured settings