Bank General Practitioner - Secured Services East of England

Transformation Unit; Cambridge; Remote; GBP 114,000 - 151,000; Full time

Job summary

nhs Foundation Trust is seeking Bank General Practitioners to join Secure Services teams across the East of England. The role focuses on high‑quality primary care in secure environments, with flexible working to fit around commitments.

Candidates should be on GMC GP Register and NHS Performers List, with experience in vulnerable populations and multi‑disciplinary teams. DBS checks and professional standards adherence apply.

Qualifications

• Evidence of GMC General Practitioner Registration and NHS Performers List.
• Experience with vulnerable populations and substance misuse.
• Experience of multi-professional teamwork and effective team functioning.
• Familiarity with clinical governance and quality improvement tools.
• Ability to adapt across secured settings and build partnerships in general practice.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality primary care in secure settings across East of England.
• Diagnose, treat, and manage a range of acute and chronic conditions.
• Deliver care aligned with national and local standards.
• Work within multidisciplinary teams to provide integrated services.
• Contribute to health promotion and long-term condition management.
• Maintain accurate clinical records and support Trust delivery.

Skills

GMC registration

NHS Performers List

Teamwork

Trauma-informed care

Communication skills

Clinical governance

Education

RCGP Part 1 Substance Misuse Certificate

Job description

Employer Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Various sites Town Cambridge Salary £113,565 - £150,569 pa pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 19/11/2026 08:00

Bank General Practitioner - Secured Services East of England

Job overview

We are seeking dedicated and compassionate Bank General Practitioners (GPs) to join our Secure Services healthcare teams across the East of England.

This is an exciting opportunity to provide high-quality primary care services within secure environments, working with some of the most vulnerable and often underserved populations. As a Bank GP, you will play a key role in delivering safe, effective, and patient-centred healthcare while benefiting from flexible working arrangements that fit around your existing commitments.

You will work alongside a highly skilled multidisciplinary team including General Practitioners, Advanced Clinical Practitioners, Non-Medical Prescribers, Nurses, Pharmacists, Mental Health Professionals, Allied Health Professionals, Clinical Leads, and Operational Colleagues.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will:

• Provide high-quality primary care medical services within secure healthcare settings across the East of England.
• Assess, diagnose, treat, and manage a wide range of acute and chronic health conditions.
• Deliver safe, evidence-based care in line with national and local clinical standards.
• Work collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams to provide integrated healthcare services.
• Contribute to health promotion, disease prevention, and management of long-term conditions.
• Maintain accurate and timely clinical records.
• Support wider Secure Services healthcare delivery where required.

Working for our organisation

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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

Person specification

Knowledge and Experience

• 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

• 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

• 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

We are an equal opportunities employer, which aims to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons from all backgrounds.

All roles are subject to the home office immigration rules and therefore eligibility must meet certain requirements for any sponsorship to be considered. Please visit the government website for more information regarding eligibility,

At NHFT we support many of our colleagues to work flexibly and we will consider requests for flexible working from day one. For this role, we are open to discussing a range of options including flexible hours, agile/home working, compressed hours and part time hours. Please have a conversation with the recruiting manager about the flexibility you need and we will promise to explore what is possible with you.

Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme. If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process please make the recruitment services team aware as soon as possible.

All posts that are engaged in a regulated activity will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and a DBS re-check on a three yearly basis whilst employed in such a role. Staff employed in these posts will therefore be asked to register with the DBS Automatic Update Service upon receipt of their DBS certificate and must update yearly , the annual fee will be reimbursed subject to Trust policy. For further information please visit: DBS Update Service: applicant guide - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Please note if a DBS is applicable for the position then a charge will be deducted from your first salary.

Please note that all new starters to the trustare subject to a probationary period.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.