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Salary for this role£113,565 – £150,569 a year

Health and Care route minimum£25,000 a year

Pay basisNational pay scales (NHS bands)

This occupation falls under the Health and Care Worker route. Salaries set by national pay scales (NHS bands) at or above the relevant band rate typically meet the occupation's requirement.

Closest occupation match: SOC 2211, Generalist medical practitioners. Pay for this occupation is set by national pay scales (NHS bands), so no single Home Office going rate applies.

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Role description

Job summary

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust is recruiting General Practitioners (up to 8 sessions a week) to work at HMP Lincoln. This is a remand prison serving predominantly the population of Lincolnshire and North Nottinghamshire and the courts in Lincolnshire.

If you are interested in improving the lives of the most socially deprived population with complex health morbidities, then this job is for you. You will be providing physical healthcare equivalent to that in the community with fellow doctors and other healthcare professionals through a polyclinic model with expertise in Physical Health, Mental Health, Substance Misuse, Dentistry, Physiotherapy, Podiatry, Sexual Health etc. As such you will have quick access to all these specialists for your patients as opposed to the lengthy waiting times in community practices.

Main duties of the job

You will be a senior and experienced clinician who can work autonomously to a level of defined competencies, as agreed within local clinical governance frameworks.

You will join an outstanding-rated Trust delivering trauma-informed healthcare within prisons, supported by strong medical leadership, protected CPD time and there may be an opportunity for some hybrid working. You may be asked to provide cross cover for GP colleagues at other prison sites within the Lincolnshire area. However, there are no on call commitments

A typical working week is likely to include clinics/patient reviews, team meetings, liaison with other professionals, clinical administration, and supervision of clinical colleagues.

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.

Date posted

23 October 2026

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£113,565 to £150,569 a year pa

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

270-MED479

Job locations

HMP Lincoln

Lincoln

LN2 4BD

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details please read the attached job description or alternatively contact the team for more information

Person Specification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

Evidence of being on the GMC General Practitioner Register and on an NHS Performers' List
Clinical experience including work with vulnerable populations and patients with substance misuse problems. RCGP Part 1 Substance Misuse Certificate essential
Experience of multi-professional teamwork and an understanding of what makes teams function effectively
Familiarity with tools for effective clinical governance and quality improvement
Ability to be intellectually flexible and to look beyond existing structures and ways of working, boundaries, organizations, and systems to build effective partnerships and innovation in general practice and advanced clinical practice service delivery

Behaviours and Values

Essential

Willing to ensure the development, maintenance, and dissemination of the highest professional standards of practice through active participation in internal and external CPD, training and development programmes.
Willing to comply with professional codes of practice and maintain up to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies, and issues in relation to primary care, substance misuse and mental health services within secure settings, through engagement in health and justice clinical networks and communities of practice and with operational colleagues.
Reliable and accessible to colleagues within HMP Bedford and the Secured Services Directorate
Willing to embrace a trauma-informed approach, modelling empathy, a willingness to listen to the views of others, an open communication style, and receptivity to feedback.
Able to lead with compassion and humility, to demonstrate integrity, and to motivate, inspire and empower both individual colleagues and teams, fostering a culture in which hope, kindness, resilience, and excellence thrive
Able to work as part of a team and within a leadership structure.

Skills and Abilities

Essential

Ability to prioritize effectively, to work in a flexible way, and to respond to change to support the needs of patients within an evolving staffing structure at HMP Bedford
Excellent interpersonal, communication, and teamwork skills that align with the trauma-informed values of Secured Services
The ability to lead others and work within a leadership structure with discernment and integrity to ensure that professional and business decisions can be made that reflect the values of NHFT.
Ability to collaborate effectively with colleagues including those working for subcontracted services and across other disciplines
Experience of teaching, mentoring or supervision of clinical colleagues. Tier 2 or Tier 3 Educator status is desirable but not essential as Tier 2 training can be facilitated as part of CPD
Ability to assimilate data to support effective clinical governance and quality improvement of general practice and senior clinical service provision
Ability to communicate information in a range of formats including one-to-one meetings, formal and informal meetings, written reports and electronic communication including small databases
Ability to provide trauma-informed clinical care, including when faced with challenging behaviour and the constraints of secured settings

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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