Primary Care Clinical Lead

Government of The United Kingdom; Guy's Marsh; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Government of The United Kingdom is seeking a Primary Care Clinical Lead to provide visible, professional leadership for prison-based primary care services. You will exercise high clinical autonomy, making complex decisions while ensuring quality and safety of care.

You will oversee advanced clinical assessment, diagnosis and treatment, oversee prescribing, and support the management of chronic conditions. You will lead pathways development, audit and continuous improvement within a Senior

Qualifications

• Advanced clinical assessment, diagnosis and treatment of patients with undifferentiated, acute or complex needs.
• Professional autonomy with accountability for quality and safety of care.
• Clinical leadership and supervision within a prison healthcare setting.

Responsibilities

• Lead development, implementation and evaluation of evidence-based clinical pathways.
• Provide clinical and managerial supervision and support appraisal.
• Monitor performance and ensure high standards of clinical documentation.
• Contribute to clinical audit, research, and service evaluation to improve patient outcomes.
• deputise for the Head of Healthcare when required.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Advanced clinical decision making

Prescribing & review of medication

Quality improvement

Staff supervision

Job description

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