Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust

Prison GP

The closing date is 21 November 2025

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Job summary

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides high quality NHS commissioned healthcare. Our focus is on patient centred care delivered through a variety of innovative and collaborative approaches. The Trust was awarded the contract to provide healthcare services at HMP/YOI Stoke Heath in April 2019.

An opportunity has arisen for a GP who is passionate about Prison Health, primary care, and healthcare innovation to join the Trust.

This will be a substantive part-time post attracting many benefits of NHS employment including NHS pension and time served inducements. Previous experience working within secure environments is essential. Full induction and training will be provided. More critical are the personal attributes encompassing a passion for the delivery of high-quality primary care, a desire to innovate and transform models of service delivery to meet the current challenges encountered across all sectors of primary care, and a willingness to work as part of a transformative integratedteam.

Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you apply early to avoid disappointment.

Main duties of the job

As Lead GP your time will be dedicated to on-site clinical care provision as a critical member of an experienced and passionate multi-disciplinary primary healthcare team. You will be involved in a blended model of care delivery comprising both face to face primary care and complex case care planning as part of an MDT. You will be responsible for providing clinical leadership and support to members of the prison's healthcare team.

Working with your Head of Healthcare and Senior Operational Managers you will be responsible for overseeing the development and delivery of GP clinical services on site.You will have the support of a highly skilled partnership of allied professionals forming an expert multidisciplinary team. Key partners and stakeholders will include Nursing, Substance Misuse, Pharmacy, Mental Health, Psychosocial Recovery Services andon-site Paramedics.As Lead GP you will be supported by clinical leaders within Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust working to enable you to support the delivery of an innovative, digitally enabled, future focused primary care model.

About us

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.

Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.

Details

Date posted

07 November 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Doctor - other

Salary

£76,038 to £114,743 a year per annum/pro rata - plus recruitment and retention payment

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

825-7504479-OPS

Job locations

HMP/YOI Stoke Heath

Warrant Road

Market Drayton

TF9 2JL


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification attached for further information on the role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification attached for further information on the role.

Person Specification

Training and Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered GP.
  • On GP Performers list.
  • Able to demonstrate generalist skills.
  • Willingness to work towards Post Graduate qualification in RCGP- Part 1 or Part 2 Certificate in the Management of Drug Misuse.
  • GMC registration.
  • Member of appropriate defence organisation.
  • JCPTGP certificate.
  • Evidence of continued professional and managerial development.

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working within a GP role.
  • Previous recent experience in the care of patients who have challenging behaviour / substance misuse problems conditions for a minimum of six months.
  • Experience in investigation techniques and the ordering of diagnostics.
  • Experience in involvement in audit.

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

  • Experience of working in a multi-professional team.
  • Good communication skills both verbal and written, with the ability to demonstrate skills in dictation and letter writing.
  • Competence in teaching and training other health care professionals and a commitment to cascading knowledge and skills.
  • Knowledge of Government NHS developments impacting on the service.
  • Computer literacy.
  • Basic keyboard skills.
Person Specification

Training and Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered GP.
  • On GP Performers list.
  • Able to demonstrate generalist skills.
  • Willingness to work towards Post Graduate qualification in RCGP- Part 1 or Part 2 Certificate in the Management of Drug Misuse.
  • GMC registration.
  • Member of appropriate defence organisation.
  • JCPTGP certificate.
  • Evidence of continued professional and managerial development.

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working within a GP role.
  • Previous recent experience in the care of patients who have challenging behaviour / substance misuse problems conditions for a minimum of six months.
  • Experience in investigation techniques and the ordering of diagnostics.
  • Experience in involvement in audit.

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

  • Experience of working in a multi-professional team.
  • Good communication skills both verbal and written, with the ability to demonstrate skills in dictation and letter writing.
  • Competence in teaching and training other health care professionals and a commitment to cascading knowledge and skills.
  • Knowledge of Government NHS developments impacting on the service.
  • Computer literacy.
  • Basic keyboard skills.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust

Address

HMP/YOI Stoke Heath

Warrant Road

Market Drayton

TF9 2JL


Employer's website

https://www.shropscommunityhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust

Address

HMP/YOI Stoke Heath

Warrant Road

Market Drayton

TF9 2JL


Employer's website

https://www.shropscommunityhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Head of Healthcare

Helen Newton

helen.newton11@nhs.net

01630636035

Details

Date posted

07 November 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Doctor - other

Salary

£76,038 to £114,743 a year per annum/pro rata - plus recruitment and retention payment

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

825-7504479-OPS

Job locations

HMP/YOI Stoke Heath

Warrant Road

Market Drayton

TF9 2JL


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