Healthcare Manager | Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust; Eastchurch, Sheerness; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Eastchurch is seeking a Healthcare Manager to lead the prison healthcare service at HMP Standford Hill. You will coordinate clinical practices and ensure patient-centred care, while managing a team effectively. Candidates should have at least 5 years of nursing experience with a focus on primary care and long-term conditions. Strong leadership and communication skills are essential, alongside the ability to work independently in a challenging environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years post-qualification experience.
• 3+ years at Band 6 or equivalent senior level.
• Experience in prison healthcare and staff management appreciated.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership and set quality standards.
• Lead clinical audit and develop the team.
• Ensure patient-focused care planning.
• Champion health promotion and vaccinations.
• Coordinate care pathways with external partners.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Change management

Primary care interventions

Long-term condition management

Education

Registered Nurse (RGN)

Post-graduate qualification (Masters or equivalent)

Job description

As our Healthcare Manager, you’ll be a visible clinical leader and expert practitioner within the integrated prison healthcare service at HMP Standford Hill.

You’ll support the Head of Healthcare to design, deliver, audit and evaluate a nurse‑led, integrated primary care and mental health service—grounded in evidence‑based practice and a stepped‑care approach. You’ll coach and develop colleagues, coordinate care for people with complex needs, and ensure robust risk assessment, health promotion, vaccination uptake, and long‑term condition management across the establishment.

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

Responsibilities

• Provide day‑to‑day clinical leadership; set quality standards and drive outcome‑focused practice.
• Lead clinical audit, supervision, appraisal, and professional development across the team.
• Ensure consistent, patient‑centred care planning (including CPA) and single integrated care plans, with regular needs‑led reviews.
• Champion health promotion, screening, vaccinations and oral health, embedding prevention throughout the service.
• Coordinate MDT pathways and referral triage; maintain continuity of care from reception to release/discharge.
• Build strong interfaces with prison departments and external partners (e.g., GPs, CMHTs, probation, courts, housing/benefits) to deliver seamless care.
• Uphold custodial responsibilities, safety and security protocols, and incident reporting requirements in a secure environment.

Qualifications

• You will need to be a Registered Nurse (RGNN) with post‑registration experience; post‑graduate (Masters or equivalent) specialist skills in primary care interventions, long‑term condition management and vaccination preferred.
• 5+ years post‑qualification, including 3+ years at Band 6 or equivalent senior level. Prison healthcare experience and staff management experience are advantageous.
• Strong leadership, change management and communication skills; able to influence, empower and work autonomously.
• Sound knowledge of National Standards for Prison Healthcare, relevant National Service Frameworks, the Criminal Justice System and the Mental Health Act 1983. Comfortable working in a secure setting, managing complex and challenging behaviour, and promoting recovery and resilience.

Important Information

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).

This advert closes on Monday 5 Jan 2026.