Primary Care Clinical Team Lead in Milton Keynes

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There’s a place for you at CNWL.

We’re passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patient’s own home.

Patients are at the heart of everything we do.

Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people.

We’re always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust.

With every new employee we’re hoping to find our future leaders and we’ll support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career.

With a diverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across mental health, community services, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities and more – whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at CNWL.

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Main area Primary Care Clinical Team Lead - HMP Woodhill Grade NHS Af C: Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours 37.5 hours per week (Full time - 37.5 hours per week) Job ref 333-D-HJ-2052-A

Site HMP Woodhill Town Milton Keynes Salary £49,387 - £56,515 per annum (pro rata if P/T) Salary period Yearly Closing 25/08/2026 23:59

CNWL (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust) has almost 8,000 staff providing integrated healthcare to a third of London's population, Milton Keynes and areas beyond.

We involve service users, carers, the public, staff and partner organisations in the way that we are run.

Our catchment area spans diverse communities, with over 100 first languages spoken.

It contains areas of great affluence as well as areas of much deprivation.

We are committed to providing services that meet the needs of the people who use them, and we actively encourage involvement from local people who can help make a difference.

We’re proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME and people with disabilities to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

We are recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing high quality, innovative healthcare.

We aim to employ only the best people, and our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy and policy, and many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries.

We offer a generous relocation package (subject to eligibility assessment) and flexible working options, including bank assignments for most roles.

For more information on these and other benefits of working for us, see our Benefits, Reward and Wellbeing page

Become part of our team. We care for you as much as you care for others.

CNWL NHS Foundation Trust are committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We follow safe recruitment practices to protect children and vulnerable adults.

• Job overview
• Lead on service development and quality improvement initiatives
• Provides clinical leadership and governance oversight
• Work autonomously managing complex clinical and operational decisions

A requirement of the role is that the successful candidate either holds, or will complete within the first year, the NMP qualification and will commence ANP training within 12 months.

• Please be advised, previous applicants need not re apply

Main duties of the job

• Identify the training needs of Primary care clinical staff.

In conjunction with the H&J Lead Nurse and the Trust training department, develop a training programme which addresses the needs of staff.

• Act as a resource on primary care delivery, providing information and support to staff.
• Line management responsibility for Band 6 staff including appraisal and performance management
• Encourage and facilitate staff in developing skills and knowledge of appropriate interventions for their patients.
• Manage and provide supervision and training to staff in line with Trust policies.
• Ensure appraisals are up to date and each member of the team has a personal development plan.
• Develop clinical skills and systems to allow for effective triage, minor aliment management and appropriate referral to other healthcare services.
• Participate in the induction and training of new staff, peers, junior staff and students.
• Undertake mandatory training appropriate to healthcare and prison environment and ensure maintenance of fitness to practice.
• Ensure that mandatory training is kept up to date and request training from line manager if further support required.
• Ensure that any training undertaken is evaluated on completion and that skills acquired are utilised to enhance team performance and delivery of care.
• Ensure individual performance and development objectives are met in accordance with the service aims and objectives.
• Working for our organisation

We’re passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic, Prison or in the patient’s own home.

Patients are at the heart of everything we do.

Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people.

We’re always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust.

With every new employee we’re hoping to find our future leaders and we’ll support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career.

With a diverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across mental health, community services, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities and more – whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at CNWL.

• Detailed job description and main responsibilities
• Plan, deliver and evaluate interventions for treatment as clinically appropriate using evidence-based models
• Set up processes/protocols for effective assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care for all patients with a range of physical health care needs, including those who may also have mental health and/or substance misuse needs.
• Safeguard vulnerable patients in line with Trust safeguarding policies.
• Provide brief interventions - health education, advice and information - to patients and develop Health promotion programmes to be delivered in partnership with the prison.
• Provide specialist clinical advice, training and support to colleagues on the management of patients.
• Apply local Risk Assessment and management protocols.
• Make appropriate referrals to other services for long term or complex care management e. g. detox, counselling, psychology.
• Advise Primary care clinical staff and GP’s on medication issues, promote adherence to local medication policies/protocols and compliance with legal and professional standards.
• Possess knowledge of the security implications of medicines within Health & Justice Services.
• Monitor the on-going health status of patients and address identified issues.
• Co-ordinate multi-disciplinary clinical practice to provide focused, integrated care and treatment programmes.
• Work collaboratively with primary care staff to develop clinical services that deliver high quality clinics e. g. minor ailments, chronic disease clinics and health promotion initiatives.
• Use highly skilled interventions to de-escalate aggressive patient behaviours and be aware of the appropriate processes for dealing with them.
• Work collaboratively with staff of other disciplines e. g. prison, education staff to provide integrated and coordinated care.
• Work within own sphere of competency and ensure that training needs are communicated to the team manager.
• Lead local audits and participate in trust audits to enhance quality of care.

Person specification

Education and Qualifications

• Registered Healthcare Professional
• Educated to degree level or evidence of appropriate experience
• Previous Experience
• Experience at Band 6 or equivalent in a multi- disciplinary staff team, including line management and supervision responsibilities
• Experience of multi-professional collaboration, including partnership working with other agencies.
• Developing and running Clinics
• Experience of service development

Skills & Knowledge

• Up to date knowledge of primary care/ health and justice guidelines
• Ability to support in building and developing teams of people, and to provide clinical leadership to a diverse workforce
• Demonstrable ability to performance manage staff to meet key performance indicators (KPIs) and performance targets
• Ability to manage pressure and changing and conflicting priorities effectively.
• A demonstrable ability to work closely with a range of stakeholders and other providers in helping plan the future of service provision.
• Demonstrate a positive ‘can do’ attitude despite the challenges of any given situation.
• Demonstrate the ability to weigh up situations and consider the benefits and problems before decisions are made.
• Demonstrable ability to plan and implement change in the service and ensure the involvement of the workforce in the programme of change.
• Other
• The post holder must have the ability to understand and implement the equal opportunities policy at a level appropriate to the job.
• Ability to promote anti-discriminatory and anti-racist practices.
• Ability to promote and work in line with the working model of a 7 day a week service.
• Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

AI can be used as a support tool, not a replacement for the applicant’s own work.

Applications must remain personal, accurate, and reflective of the candidate’s real experience.

AI-generated content must not misrepresent skills, qualifications, or experience.

Over reliance on AI-generated content is discouraged and may diminish the applicant's chances of success.

We monitor applications for any behaviour that could create an unfair advantage, and we check all references carefully.

You are likely to be tested on your experience at interview, so be honest and make sure all the information in your application is correct.

Please note that the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is prohibited during the interview process.

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users.

As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.

• Due to the high response levels we receive for some vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date and advise you to submit your application as soon as possible.
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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.

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