Overview
Lead General Practitioner to join our healthcare team at HMP Leeds. HMP Leeds is a category B men's prison housing males aged 21+. You will oversee the delivery of a high quality GP service at HMP Leeds, and clinically supervise 4 GPs, 2 ANPs, 1 trainee ANP and 1 Trainee MNP. You will also assist with training, rotas, clinical sessions, as well as leading MPCCC and safer prescribing meetings. HMP Leeds has a fast paced healthcare service where no two days are the same.
Hours
Full time, 40 hours per week. This will include morning, afternoon and evening sessions between Monday to Friday.
Salary
Salary up to £129,500 per annum - depending on experience.
How we will support you
* Bespoke induction, including our Introducing Health in Justice training course
* Competency framework
* Regional and national career development opportunities
* Our bespoke Learning Management System to address your learning needs
* Support from the wider team
Candidates are required to have a legal right to work in the UK and, due to the nature of the role, offers of employment will be subject to additional vetting and security checks.
What you’ll be doing
Our Lead General Practitioners are highly valued and respected members of the Prison Healthcare community. As a Lead General Practitioner, your responsibilities will include the following:
* Provide medical leadership and expert advice regarding medical and primary care issues
* Identify and utilise evidence-based best practice through benchmarking and clinical guidelines
* Chair the MPCCC and safer prescribing meetings and support 72-hour review meetings
* Ensure systems and processes are in place for managing results, letters, and tasks
* Be a core member of the local QA and MM meetings
* Review RCA findings and engage with action planning, ensuring lessons learned are embedded
* Support the development of Local Operating Policies
* Support the Head of Healthcare at Local Delivery Board meetings
* Attend Clinical Forums
* Review CVs for potential new GPs and locum/agency GPs and support recruitment of new GPs into the service
* Oversee the induction of new GPs into the local site
* Support other GPs with peer review and clinical supervision
* Support the Head of Healthcare with discussions about poor performance and escalate if necessary to the regional cluster lead where referral to DMG is considered
Benefits
* Discounts on shopping and leisure activities
* Support to grow in your role and continue professional development
* 24/7 employee assistance helpline and financial assistance when you need it
What we’ll look for in you
The Health in Justice team at Practice Plus Group makes a real difference across over 53 prisons, young offenders and immigration removal centres. We are the UK's leading independent provider of NHS services to over 40,000 patients in secure environments, always putting their needs first, regardless of background. Practice Plus Group’s purpose is to unlock your best work life and we stand by our core values.
* We treat patients and each other as we would like to be treated
* We act with integrity
* We embrace diversity
* We strive to do things better together
We are looking for caring, compassionate but also driven professionals who can help us drive our vision for fair and inclusive healthcare access to all.
Qualifications required
* MBChB or MBBS
* Inclusion on the GMC Register and GP Performers List
* RCGP 1 and 2 substance misuse qualifications or willingness to undertake the qualifications
* Ability to work with patients with a history of substance misuse
* Interest in long-term conditions
* Evidence of continuing professional development
* Knowledge and methods of developing clinical quality assurance
* Ability to develop evidence-based best practice
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