Job overview

The post holder will provide high quality primary care medical services to the prison population of HMP Lowdham. The post holder will work in partnership with all members of the health care team at HMP Lowdham. 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 post holder will be working with the primary care team at HMP Lowdham Grange  led by a Clinical Matron and consisting of an ACP, Long term condition specialist nurses, RGNs and Health Care Assistants.

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 the salary 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.

Main duties of the job

•    Provision clinical consultations to enable assessment, diagnosis and treatment 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.

•    Responding to clinical queries from primary care team
 
•    Delivering care in line with Notts Healthcare clinical guidelines and protocols

Working for our organisation

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 to make a real difference to the lives and lifestyles of people with multiple social disadvantage and health morbidity then this job is for you.

Healthcare at HMP Lowdham Grange is provided by Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust with on-site easy access to specialities 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 seven other prisons in Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire and Lincolnshire and as such you will be part of a group of salaried GPs professionally led by Dr Anna Hiley, GP & Trust Deputy Medical Director.