Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Primary Care

The Methodist Church in Britain; England; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an Advanced Clinical Practitioner to lead the primary care team within the integrated prison healthcare service. The post is a senior clinical leadership role on the Senior Leadership Team, working with GPs and psychiatrists in a secure setting and focusing on primary care interventions, clinical audit and staff development.

You must hold an accredited Masters-level advanced clinical practice qualification (level 7) and V300 prescribing.

Qualifications

• Accredited Masters-level advanced clinical practice (level 7) required.
• V300 independent prescriber.
• Right to work documents and overseas checks as applicable.

Responsibilities

• Lead the primary care team and support senior leadership with day-to-day operations.
• Deliver quality primary care interventions to patients in custody.
• Lead the integrated prison healthcare service and develop models of care.
• Strategically audit, evaluate and innovate within the service.
• Provide expert clinical leadership with trauma-informed, evidence-based care.
• Oversee long-term conditions management and health promotion.
• Develop supervision, training and annual appraisals for the team.

Skills

Advanced clinical practice

Clinical leadership

Staff supervision

Education

Masters in Advanced Clinical Practice (level 7)

Job description

This is an advanced clinical practitioner post leading the primary care team within the integrated prison healthcare service of Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust. The work centres on primary care interventions, clinical audit and evaluation, and supervising and developing staff. It is a senior clinical leadership role on the Senior Leadership Team, working alongside GPs and psychiatrists in a secure setting. Applicants need an accredited Masters-level advanced clinical practice qualification and V300 prescribing, and visa sponsorship is not available.

What the job involves

• Lead the primary care team and support the Head of Healthcare with day-to-day operational management
• Deliver quality primary care interventions to patients
• Lead the integrated prison healthcare service and develop specialist models of care
• Strategically innovate, deliver, clinically audit and evaluate the integrated healthcare service
• Provide expert clinical leadership with evidence-based, trauma-informed and outcome-driven services
• Lead long-term conditions management, enhanced assessment, diagnostic intervention and health promotion
• Establish monitoring systems, promote evidence-based practice and support research
• Develop and deliver managerial and clinical supervision, training and annual appraisal for the team
• Implement patient-centred care planning tools and a trauma-informed model of delivery
• Work within the Senior Leadership Team and with clinical leads, GPs, psychiatrists and other clinicians
• Advise clinicians, allied health professionals, patients and carers as a senior practitioner
• Exercise a high degree of autonomy and make complex clinical judgements

Qualifications

• Registered healthcare professional (nurse, paramedic or AHP)
• Accredited advanced clinical practice programme at Masters level (level 7)

Registration & licences

• V300 independent prescriber

Experience

• Autonomous practitioner delivering advanced clinical care across a broad scope, including undifferentiated patients
• Previous middle management experience in multi-disciplinary primary care
• Service implementation, development and change management
• Managing staff

Skills & knowledge

• Working knowledge of, or keen interest in, current issues facing prison healthcare
• Knowledge of primary care models of care in secure environments

Checks & eligibility

• Willingness to undertake National Security Vetting
• Right to work documents, photographic ID and proof of address
• Five years' address history, with overseas police certificates where applicable

Nice to have

• Experience of working within prison settings