General Practitioner - HMP BedfordNHS
Job summary
NHFT is seeking General Practitioners to provide high-quality, trauma-informed primary care services at HMP Bedford.
You will work within a multidisciplinary team delivering integrated care across physical health, mental health and substance misuse to a population with complex and often unmet health needs.
Working Pattern / Sessions
- Core hours: 08:30 - 17:00 (weekday, on site)
- Additional sessions:
- Weekday evenings: 17:00 - 22:00 (on site)
- Saturdays: 14:00 - 18:00 (on site)
- Additional opportunities:
- Video consultations for late receptions
- Cover for annual leave, training and partner sites
Main duties of the job
- Deliver primary care including acute, chronic disease, mental health and substance misuse
- Undertake reception screening and urgent care
- Work collaboratively and lead clinically within multi-disciplinary teams
- Participate in clinical governance, audit and quality improvement
- Support teaching and supervision
Job description
For full details please read the attached job description or alternatively contact the team for more information
About us
NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be 'outstanding' by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.