NHS Medical & Dental: Salaried GP
Job overview
Spectrum is a not-for-profit CIC dedicated to providing high-quality NHS commissioned healthcare. Our focus is on patient-centered care delivered through a variety of innovative and collaborative approaches. An exciting and unique opportunity has arisen for a GP who is passionate about primary care and healthcare innovation to join the Spectrum Team. This will be a substantive full-time or part-time post attracting many benefits of NHS employment including NHS pension and time served inducements. Previous experience working within a secure environment is not essential as full induction and training will be provided. More critical are the personal attributes encompassing a passion for the delivery of high-quality primary care, a desire to innovate and transform models of service delivery to meet the current challenges encountered across all sectors of primary care, and a willingness to work as part of a transformative integrated provider team.
Main duties of the job
As Lead GP your time will be dedicated to on-site clinical care provision as a critical member of an experienced and passionate multi-disciplinary primary healthcare team. You will be involved in a blended model of care delivery comprising both face-to-face primary care and complex case care planning as part of an MDT. You will be responsible for providing clinical leadership and support to members of the prison's healthcare team. Working with your Head of Healthcare and North West Regional Lead GP you will be responsible for overseeing the development and delivery of GP clinical services on site. As Lead GP you will be supported by clinical leaders within Spectrum representing Medical Education, Clinical Substance Misuse, and Remote Clinical working to enable you to support the delivery of an innovative, digitally enabled, future-focused primary care model.
Working for our organisation
BE THE DIFFERENCE IN HEALTHCARE
Join our team
We’re looking for passionate individuals to join our diverse and innovative team.
Whether you are starting out in your healthcare journey or are an experienced healthcare professional looking for a new challenge we’ve got a role for you!
* Access to NHS Pension
* Annual leave on your Birthday
* Refer a friend scheme
* Training and Development opportunities
* Flexible Working
* Access to Employee Assistance and Health and Wellbeing programmes
* Up to 33 days annual leave
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
All GPs including the Lead GP are expected to support the general healthcare needs and basic clinical monitoring when the prisoners’ psychiatric condition is stable.
We understand this can be daunting if you have no prior experience working in a prison clinic. We offer taster days for interested GPs and for more information, a chance to speak to our GPs for advice and an honest discussion on the realities of the job. Please email Suesanne.samara1@nhs.net for further info.
Please note the welcome payment is payable to new candidates joining Spectrum Community Health CIC.
There is also an opportunity to access a relocation package of up to £8,000.
We aim to be flexible in matching your availability with our work patterns and the needs of the service and therefore we are also able to offer part-time and flexible working options.
Person specification
Qualifications
* UK recognised medical qualification
* Recognised Certificate of Vocational Training
* Education of ongoing professional development in the relevant clinical and service improvement areas
* Higher specialist qualifications or extensive relevant experience
* Current accreditation at GPwSI level in specialist area
* RCGP Certificate Part 1 Substance Misuse
* Harm minimisation and management of bloodborne viruses
* Sexual health
* Specialist Substance Misuse
Knowledge
* Primary care mental health
* Basic drug and alcohol awareness
* Chronic disease management
* Understanding of current health and social policy particularly offender health
* Understanding of clinical risk management and governance
* Principles of substance misuse treatment and pharmacotherapy
* Understanding of principles & research
* Demonstrated breadth of knowledge in and outside this specialist area
* Understanding of NHS clinical governance/GP contracts/medicines management and resource constraints/financial management
* Up-to-date on new GP and pharmacy contracts
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.
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