Primary Care Clinical Lead

Practice Plus Group; Croft; On-site; CAD 96,000 - 109,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Nova Scotia is seeking a Primary Care Clinical Lead to oversee nursing teams and ensure high-quality clinical services in a prison environment. The ideal candidate is a registered nurse with a passion for improving healthcare access and experience in substance misuse. This full-time role offers a competitive salary and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Free Parking

Staff Canteen

Gym Facility

Career and Development opportunities

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse Adult with current professional qualification.
• Evidence of continued professional development.
• Understanding of multi-disciplinary working complexities.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership and management to nursing teams.
• Deputise for Deputy/Head of Healthcare when required.
• Maintain high-quality clinical services for patients.
• Coach and develop clinician staff.
• Chair and facilitate healthcare meetings.

Skills

Substance Misuse experience

Excellent communication skills

Multi-disciplinary teamwork

Compassionate approach

Line management experience

Education

Registered Nurse Adult Current professional qualification (NMC)

Evidence of Continued Professional Development

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity for a Primary Care Clinical Lead to join our Primary Care Team at HMP Risley, a category C Prison located in Warrington.

As a Primary Care Clinical Lead, you will be looking after 5 team leaders within the primary care settings, ideally looking for someone with Substance Misuse experience or would be willing to learn and develop skills within substance misuse. HMP Risley is a male prison that has a population of 1000.

Job Summary

UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE

MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE

The site offers:

• Free Parking
• Staff Canteen
• Gym Facility
• Career and Development opportunities

Hours:

• Monday - Friday
• 37.5 hours per week
• 8am - 4pm or 9am - 5pm

Salary:

This position is full time, you'll receive an annual salary between £51,643 - £58,012 per annum FTE, depending on experience.

How will we support you?

Bespoke induction, including our Introducing Health in Justice training course

Competency framework

Regional and national career development opportunities

Our bespoke Learning Management System to address your learning needs

Support from the wider team

Main Duties of the Job

As a Primary Care Clinical Lead, your responsibilities will vary. You will:

• Provide clinical leadership and management to the registered nurses and care teams.
• Deputise on behalf of the Deputy/Head of Healthcare when required.
• Work closely with partners to maintain a robust, high-quality clinical service for patients. Ensure that own clinical practice is consistent with autonomous practice within the role.
• Model a culture of compassion, care, courage, commitment, communication and competence.
• Clinical Lead you will coach, line manage and develop clinician staff; support and contribute in undertaking audits and governance and contribute to developing and reviewing clinical/non-clinical Local Operating Protocols for the site.
• Chair and facilitate specific healthcare meetings with the team and different partners, provide clinical supervision (training available) and carry out investigations locally and for the wider region.

About Us

The Health in Justice team at Practice Plus Group makes a real difference across over 53 prisons, young offenders and immigration removal centres. We're the UK's leading independent provider of NHS services to over 40,000 patients in secure environments, always putting their needs first, regardless of their background.

Practice Plus Group's purpose is to Unlock your best work life and we stand by our core values:

• we treat patients and each other as we would like to be treated
• we act with integrity
• we embrace diversity
• we strive to do things better together

We are looking for caring, compassionate but also driven professionals who can help us drive our vision for a fair and inclusive healthcare access to all.

Person Specification

Registered Nurse Adult Current professional qualification (NMC)

Evidence of Continued Professional Development

Understanding of the complexities of multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working

A non-judgmental and compassionate approach

Excellent communication skills

Existing line management experience and student nurse mentorship

Although not essential, ideal applicants would have experience in a hospital, community or prison environment.