Primary Care Clinical Lead in Shaftesbury

Are you an experienced senior nurse or advanced clinical practitioner looking for an opportunity to lead and develop high-quality healthcare within a custodial setting?

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust is seeking aPrimary Care Clinical Lead to join the integrated healthcare team at HMP Guys Marsh. This is a senior clinical leadership role with responsibility for the delivery and development of primary care and clinical substance misuse services.

Working closely with the Head of Healthcare, you will provide expert clinical leadership, support the day-to-day management of services and help ensure that patients receive safe, effective and evidence-based care. You will also contribute to the wider senior leadership team and deputise for the Head of Healthcare when required.

Applicants should be a registered healthcare professional with significant primary care experience, a non-medical prescribing qualification or be working towards one, and hold or be completing a master’s-level Advanced Clinical Practice qualification.

Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post.

Main duties of the job

You will lead and coordinate the primary care service, ensuring that care is responsive to the needs of the prison population and integrated with mental health, medicines management, GP, dental and wider healthcare provision.

The role includes providing expert clinical advice, supervision and leadership to multidisciplinary staff; overseeing clinical pathways, referrals and care planning; and supporting the effective management of acute presentations, long-term conditions, health promotion, screening, immunisation and substance misuse treatment.

You will promote strong clinical governance through audit, risk management, incident review, evidence-based practice and service evaluation. You will also support workforce planning, recruitment, staff development, performance management and the effective use of resources.

Working with prison colleagues, commissioners, community services and other partner organisations, you will help ensure continuity of care throughout custody and on release.

Working for our organisation

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes.
We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We Listen
• We Care

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

As Primary Care Clinical Lead, you will provide visible, professional and compassionate leadership for the primary care service. You will exercise a high level of professional autonomy, making complex clinical decisions while maintaining accountability for the quality and safety of care.

You will undertake advanced clinical assessment, diagnosis and treatment of patients presenting with undifferentiated, acute or complex needs. Within your professional scope, you will prescribe and review medication, support the management of long-term conditions and ensure patients receive appropriate health promotion, preventative care and self-management advice.

You will lead the development, implementation and evaluation of evidence-based clinical pathways, including chronic disease management, acute care, immunisations, screening, detoxification, rehabilitation and harm-reduction interventions. You will ensure that patients with complex needs receive coordinated, individualised and regularly reviewed care plans.

The post holder will provide clinical and managerial supervision, support appraisal and professional development, and promote a culture of reflective learning and continuous improvement. You will monitor performance, maintain high standards of clinical documentation and ensure staff work in accordance with Trust, prison and national policies.

You will contribute to clinical audit, research, quality improvement and service evaluation, using findings to improve patient outcomes and experience. As a member of the Senior Leadership Team, you will work collaboratively across professional and organisational boundaries and deputise for the Head of Healthcare when required.

This is an excellent opportunity to shape the delivery of integrated healthcare in a complex and rewarding environment while supporting improvements in the health and wellbeing of people in prison.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION, PLEASE READ :

All applicants must be willing to undertake National Security Vetting in order to work in a Prison Setting. This will be completed as part of the pre-employment checks through Oxleas and the prison vetting team.

You will need to provide:

Proof of right to work documentation

Proof of ID, needs to include 1 photographic ID

Proof of address documentation

Non-UK passport holders will need to have correct documentation (right to work in the UK) and a Home office Share code.

Address History:

5 years address history will be needed.

Applicants that are not UK Passport holders who provide less than 5 years UK address history will need to provide a Police Certificate which must be in English from where they resided previously.

Applicants who are UK Passport holders who have lived abroad for a period of more than six months during the last three years will need to provide a certificate of good conduct or an overseas police check in English from the countries resided in or visited.

In order to assist you in obtaining a Police Certificate, guidance can be sought from:https ://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants

If the country you have resided in is not listed here, you can obtain the necessary information by contacting the relevant Embassy or High Commission for that Country. Their contact details can be found on the Foreign & Commonwealth Office website ( http://www.fco.gov.uk/en ).

Person specification

Qualifications

• Registered healthcare professional, with current professional registration.
• Master’s-level Advanced Clinical Practice qualification, or currently working towards completion
• Non-Medical Prescribing qualification, or currently working towards completion

Experience

• Significant post-registration experience within primary care and/or clinical substance misuse services
• At least three years’ management experience within a multidisciplinary healthcare environment
• Experience of service development, change management, clinical audit and quality improvement
• Experience of delivering care within a prison, secure or similarly complex healthcare setting

Skills and knowledge

• Strong clinical leadership and management skills, with the ability to work autonomously and make complex decisions
• Advanced assessment, diagnostic and clinical decision-making skills within professional scope of practice
• Good understanding of clinical governance, risk management, safeguarding, patient safety and evidence-based practice

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that welcomes and supports individuals of all abilities. Remember, if you meet the minimum criteria for this role and you have a disability, you can be guaranteed an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme - Please ensure you select this on your application form. We would encourage you to be open about your needs so we can work with you to design a comfortable and accessible interview experience. Any information you provide regarding a disability or a need for adjustments will be treated in confidence and will only be shared with colleagues who are supporting this request.

If you require any adjustments to participate fully in the interview process, please let us know by adding the relevant details when scheduling your preferred interview date and time. Please feel free to contact the appointing manager to discuss your needs.

We encourage applicants to contact the hiring manager before their interview, if they have any questions about the role or the process. This is a great way to get clarity and prepare effectively for the interview.

If you have declared you are part of the armed forces community, you may be asked to provide evidence during the recruitment process. If you misrepresent this information, your offer may be withdrawn. For Armed Forces specific support, see our webpage: https://oxleas.nhs.uk/armed-forces-community/

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

If you choose to use AI or other tools to assist in writing your application, it's essential to personalise this information, particularly your supporting information section. While AI can help streamline the writing process, these tools cannot fully grasp the context or requirements of the job you’re applying for. There is also a risk that it can generate false or misleading information. AI-generated job applications can often be generic, impersonal and may not accurately reflect your qualifications, knowledge, skills, and experiences. It is crucial that you personalise your supporting statement by articulating these in your unique voice. Relying solely on AI to write your application or supporting information section is not advocated by Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust and could negatively impact your chances of success in the application process.

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.

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.

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