Locum Prison GP: Compassionate Primary Care

DRPA Secure; Exeter; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 101,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Job summary

DrPA Secure is seeking a dedicated General Practitioner to join our multidisciplinary healthcare team in a secure prison environment, delivering high-quality primary care to a diverse patient population.

You will provide full GP services, manage chronic and acute conditions, and work with nursing, mental health professionals, pharmacists and external providers to ensure continuity of care and robust safeguarding practices.

Qualifications

• Fully qualified GP with GMC registration and licence to practise.
• Experience delivering primary care to diverse, possibly vulnerable populations.
• Strong safeguarding awareness and ability to work in secure environments.

Responsibilities

• Provide full GP services including consultations, diagnoses, treatments, and referrals.
• Manage chronic and acute conditions, and mental health needs.
• Contribute to detox pathways and substance misuse management.
• Collaborate with nursing, mental health, pharmacy, and external providers.
• Participate in audits, risk assessments, and safeguarding processes.
• Maintain comprehensive clinical records using prison EHR systems.
• Engage in clinical governance and quality improvement activities.

Skills

GMC registration

Primary care experience

Communication skills

Teamwork

Clinical governance

Safeguarding

Education

Medical degree

Tools

Electronic health records

Job description

DrPA Secure is seeking a dedicated General Practitioner to join our multidisciplinary healthcare team in a secure prison environment, delivering high-quality primary care to a diverse patient population.

You will provide full GP services, manage chronic and acute conditions, and work with nursing, mental health professionals, pharmacists and external providers to ensure continuity of care and robust safeguarding practices.