Lead General Practitioner

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+ MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE

We have an exciting opportunity for a Lead General Practitioner to join our team at Heathrow IRC. Heathrow IRC is based in Colnbrook, West Drayton, providing care to around 820 patients across 2 sites. Within this role you will oversee the delivery of a high quality GP service and clinically supervise GP's who work either substantively or bank. You will assist with training, rotas, clinical sessions as well as leading MPCCC and safer prescribing meetings.

Ideal applicants would enjoy working in a fast-paced environment and have experience in leadership and management.

Hours

You will be required to work across Monday to Friday: 09:00 - 17:00.

There is flexibility to work a few sessions on weekends.

This is a full time role working 40 hours or 10 sessions a week.

Salary

This position is fulltime, you’ll receive an annual salary up to £139,680 per annum FTE – 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.

What you'll be doing:

Our Lead General Practitioners are extremely valued and are well respected members of the Prison Healthcare community, as a Lead General Practitioner, your responsibilities will vary. You will

• 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 & safer prescribing meetings and support 72 hour review meetings.
• Ensure systems and processes 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.
• Reviewing 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 escalate if necessary to regional cluster lead where considering referral to DMG.

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.

What we’ll look for in you:

The Health in Justice team Practice Plus Group makes a real difference across 53 prisons, young offenders and immigration removal centres. We’re 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 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 a fair and inclusive healthcare access to all.

Qualifications required

• MBChorMBBS; inclusion on the GMC Register and GP Performers List.
• Evidence of engagement with annual appraisal.
• Experience working as a General Practitioner in community general practice.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Ability to work with patients with a history of substance misuse RCGP.
• Certificate in Substance Misuse 1 and 2, or prepared to undertake these qualifications.

Secure environments are one of the most challenging, yet rewarding places for healthcare professionals to work. If you’re looking for a role where you can develop your existing healthcare skills and learn something new every day in an environment that never stands still, then this could be the right opportunity for you.

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