Job Description

Join Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, an award winning employer recognised for its excellent staff experience and wellbeing. We are seeking a Primary Care Lead to provide expert clinical leadership and support the Deputy Head of Healthcare in delivering a nurse-led integrated primary care service at our prison sites. This role involves working closely with colleagues at nearby Kent prisons and occasionally providing cross-cover. If you are passionate about making a difference and meet the qualifications, we would love to hear from you.

Important Sponsorship Information for this post:

We are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post.



In this role, you'll be the driving force behind our Primary Care service, steering a team of diverse and talented healthcare professionals to deliver care that is not only efficient but deeply centred on the patient. But that's just the beginning, you will be the architect of new standards in healthcare within our establishment. From developing to implementing and monitoring unique quality improvement initiatives, clinical protocols, and guidelines, your work will directly enhance patient safety and outcomes.



Your role will extend beyond the walls of HMP Cookham Wood. You will develop and nurture vital relationships with other healthcare providers, prison staff, and external agencies, promoting an integrated approach to healthcare.



Collaborating with the Head of Healthcare, you will have a significant role in strategically planning our healthcare services, aligning with national standards and local needs. Your visionary approach will identify areas for improvement and innovation, allowing you to lead on initiatives that transform service delivery.



The role is more than a job; it's a chance to make a lasting impact, leading and shaping Primary Care services in a prison setting. If your passion lies in bridging health disparities and reducing health inequalities for a marginalised and often overlooked population, we invite you to bring your skills, vision, and enthusiasm to this immensely rewarding role at HMP Cookham Wood.



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're Kind



We're Fair



We Listen



We Care

Key Responsibilities:

Provide expert clinical leadership and support to junior staff.



Develop, deliver, clinically audit, and evaluate the Integrated Primary Healthcare Service.



Ensure the implementation of effective patient-centered care planning tools.



Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to meet and review service needs.



Undertake training to maximize uptake of NHS screening, health promotion, and prevention activities

Management & Leadership Responsibilities:

Support the development and delivery of an effective integrated healthcare service team clinical model.



Manage a specialized and complex clinical caseload.



Maintain National Standards for Health Care in Prisons.



Develop strategies to promote and improve health and prevent disease.



Monitor staff performance and compliance with clinical policies and procedures



please see full job description and person specification in the attachments below

IMPORTANT INFORMATION, PLEASE READ:

Sponsorship is not available for this post.



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 ).