Primary Care Clinical Lead

Practice Plus Group; Warrington; On-site; GBP 51,000 - 59,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Primary Care Clinical Lead at a prison in Warrington. The role involves providing clinical leadership, managing a team, and ensuring high-quality care for patients. Applicants should be a qualified Registered Nurse with excellent leadership and communication skills. The salary ranges from £51,643 to £58,012 annually, with full-time hours of 37.5 per week. This position promotes a supportive work environment with opportunities for personal and professional development.

Benefits

Free Parking

Staff Canteen

Career and Development opportunities

Gym Facility

Discounts on shopping and leisure activities

24/7 employee assistance helpline

Qualifications

• Current professional qualification (NMC)
• Evidence of Continued Professional Development
• Existing line management experience and student nurse mentorship

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership and management to the registered nurses and care teams.
• Work closely with partners to maintain a high quality clinical service.
• Chair and facilitate healthcare meetings with the team and different partners.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Compassionate approach

Understanding of multi-disciplinary work

Education

Registered Nurse - Adult

Job description

Risley, Warrington , Cheshire , England
WA3

Pay Between £51,643 - £58,012 depending on experience

Job level Other Qualified Professional

Hours Full time

Type Permanent

Posted 3 Oct 2025

Closes 2 Nov 2025

Job Description

About The Role
UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE
+ MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE

We have an exciting opportunity for to join our Primary Care Team as a Primary Care Clinical Lead as at HMP Risley , a category C Prison located in Warrington.
As a Primary Care Clinical Lead you will be looking after a 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.

Interviews will be held on Thursday 23rd October.

The site offers:

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

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

Candidates are required to have a Legal right to work in the UK due to the nature of the role, offers of employment will be subject to additional vetting and security checks.

What you'll be doing

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 our investigations locally and for the wider region.

career development, we have a wide range of opportunities for you to develop your skills and experience, which include both internal and external options for development and learning.

It doesn't stop there ... we also offer:

• Discounts on shopping and leisure activities
• Support to grow in your role and continue your professional development
• 24/7 employee assistance helpline and financial assistance when you need it

What we'll look for in you

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.

• 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.

Secure environments are one of the most challenging, yet rewarding places for healthcare professionals to work. If you're looking for a role where you can develop your existing healthcare skills and learn something new every day in an environment that never stands still, then this could be the right opportunity for you.