Bank General Practitioner Prison Services

Job overview

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

• 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.

Detailed job description and main 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.

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.