Lead General Practitioner

UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE + MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE

We have an exciting opportunity for a Lead General Practitioner to join our healthcare team at HMP Leeds. HMP Leeds is a category B men’s prison housing males aged 21+. In this role you will oversee the delivery of a high quality GP service at HMP Leeds, and clinically supervise 5 GPs and 2 ANPs. You will also assist with training, rotas, clinical sessions, and lead MPCCC and safer prescribing meetings.

HMP Leeds has a fast‑paced healthcare service where no two days are the same.

This is a full‑time role working 40 hours a week.

You will be required to work across Monday to Friday:

AM: 08:00 – 12:00 or 09:00 – 13:00
PM: 12:00 – 16:00 or 13:00 – 17:00
Tuesday evening: 17:00 – 21:00

Salary You’ll receive an annual salary up to £134,162 per annum, depending on experience.

How will we 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.

• Provide medical leadership and expert advice on medical and primary care issues
• Identify and utilise evidence‑based best practice through benchmarking and clinical guidelines
• Chair the MPCCC & safer prescribing meetings and support 72‑hour review meetings
• Ensure systems and processes are in place for managing results, letters, 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 the recruitment of new GPs into the service
• Oversee the induction of new GPs into the local site
• Support other GPs working in the service with peer review & clinical supervision
• Support the Head of Healthcare with any discussions about poor performance and, if necessary, escalated to the regional cluster lead where referral to DMG is considered

It doesn’t stop there we also offer:

• Discounts on shopping and leisure activities
• Support to grow in your role and continue your professional development
• 24/7 employee assistance helpline and financial assistance when you need it

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 their 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.

• MBChB or MBBS
• Inclusion on the GMC Register and GP Performers List
• RCGP 1 & 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

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and a submission for Disclosure will be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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

Practice Plus Group

Hawker House, Napier Court, 5-6 Napier Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 8BW

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