Primary Care Clinical Lead

Oxleas; West of England; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust seeks an experienced Primary Care Clinical Lead to drive delivery and development of high-quality primary care services within our prison healthcare setting in Bristol. This role combines clinical leadership with operational management to improve patient care and outcomes.

You will lead a multidisciplinary team, provide visible leadership to nursing, paramedic and other colleagues, and ensure services are safe, effective, efficient and responsive while maintaining

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse (Adult/General) with relevant registration.
• Postgraduate MSc or equivalent experience.
• Experience in senior management or supervisory role.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical and operational leadership for the primary care service in a prison setting.
• Manage, supervise and appraise staff; coordinate staffing and rotas.
• Oversee referral, triage, care coordination and clinical reviews.
• Lead quality improvement, audits and service evaluation.
• Collaborate with HMPPS and community partners to integrate care.

Skills

Change management

Education

Registered Nurse (Adult/General)

Masters level qualification or equivalent experience

Job description

We are looking for an experienced and motivated Primary Care Clinical Lead to lead the delivery and ongoing development of high-quality primary care services within our prison healthcare setting in Bristol. This is an opportunity to combine clinical leadership, operational management and service improvement in a challenging and rewarding environment where your work will directly improve patient care and outcomes.

Working as part of an integrated multidisciplinary team, you will provide visible and supportive leadership to nursing, paramedic and wider healthcare colleagues. You will help ensure that services are safe, effective, efficient and responsive to the needs of patients, while maintaining strong working relationships with prison colleagues, partner organisations and community services.

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

Main duties of the job

In this role, you will provide clinical and operational leadership for the primary care service. You will manage, support, supervise and appraise staff, promoting professional development and high standards of practice, while coordinating staffing and rotas to support safe, efficient and timely service delivery.

You will oversee referral, triage, care coordination and clinical review processes, maintain a small clinical caseload and provide evidence-based care for patients with acute, complex and long-term health needs.

You will also lead quality improvement, clinical audit and service evaluation activity, monitor performance, patient safety and standards of care, and take action where improvements are required. Working collaboratively with HMPPS, healthcare partners, community providers and other statutory and voluntary agencies, you will support integrated care and continuity of treatment.

Working for our organisation

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes.
We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We Listen
• We Care

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Key Task and Responsibilities

The post holder will act as clinical lead in the inpatient service.

To provide quality primary care interventions to offenders.

Provide direct line management, leadership and support to junior colleagues.

Assist & support senior staff to deliver care within the service.

Develop specialist practice-based clinical models of care.

Provide a range of quality services and intervention.

The post holder will be part of skilled multidisciplinary teams comprising all healthcare staff, including strategic partners, and prison managing a single referral pathway

Management responsibilities

To play a lead role in the on-going development and delivery of an effective integrated healthcare service team clinical model.

To be responsible for rotas, taking into account efficient use of resources, staff capacity and changing service needs.

Ensure all clinics are delivered in a clinically effective, efficient & timely way, in line with service needs.

Deliver strategies designed to promote and improve health and prevent disease, working proactively and collaborating with other professionals, organisations and agencies as directed

Leadership

Responsible for staff supervision and annual appraisals.

To demonstrate and provide robust clinical leadership to junior staff with a sound understanding of evidence based nursing practice to provide a pro‑active approach to ensure quality and outcome driven practice on a day-to-day basis.

To lead in the professional clinical supervision programme, to ensure all junior staff receive appropriate supervision, training and annual appraisal to ensure that it becomes an integral part of team practice

Clinical

The post holder will exercise a degree of personal and professional autonomy, make complex and critical judgments under the supervision of the Inpatient manager and have decision making skills to satisfy the expectations of the role.

To manage a clinical caseload.

Maintain an effective case management service to ensure care and continuity of treatment is maintained throughout an offender's care pathway whilst detained in prison

Research

To support and undertake research, clinical audit and evaluate the service as directed. This will include acute care, long term conditions management and health promotion activities and be in line with the NHS Plan, public health and National Service Frameworks.

To participate in all monitoring systems to promote the development of evidence based practice in the specialist field and to promote research as appropriate.

Communication

To liaise with others to share expertise, promote ideas and work collaboratively with key stakeholders, agencies and organisations as required.

Develop and maintain inter-disciplinary and inter-agency working with all relevant agencies and organisations.

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 photographicID

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.

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).

Person specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse (Adult/General)
• Post graduate qualification to Masters level or equivalent experience

Experience

• Substantial post-qualification practice
• Demonstrates senior management level or supervisory role including managing change and introducing new ways of working.
• Experience of multi‑professional collaboration including working in partnership with other statutory and voluntary organisations.
• Experience of setting, monitoring and evaluating standards of care.
• Experience of working within secure & prison settings
• Working knowledge of current issues and agendas facing prison/offender healthcare

Skills

• Demonstrate an understanding of change management and new ways of working.

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that welcomes and supports individuals of all abilities. Remember, if you meet the minimum criteria for this role and you have a disability, you can be guaranteed an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme - Please ensure you select this on your application form. We would encourage you to be open about your needs so we can work with you to design a comfortable and accessible interview experience. Any information you provide regarding a disability or a need for adjustments will be treated in confidence and will only be shared with colleagues who are supporting this request.

If you require any adjustments to participate fully in the interview process, please let us know by adding the relevant details when scheduling your preferred interview date and time. Please feel free to contact the appointing manager to discuss your needs.

We encourage applicants to contact the hiring manager before their interview, if they have any questions about the role or the process. This is a great way to get clarity and prepare effectively for the interview.

If you have declared you are part of the armed forces community, you may be asked to provide evidence during the recruitment process. If you misrepresent this information, your offer may be withdrawn. For Armed Forces specific support, see our webpage: https://oxleas.nhs.uk/armed-forces-community/

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

If you choose to use AI or other tools to assist in writing your application, it's essential to personalise this information, particularly your supporting information section. While AI can help streamline the writing process, these tools cannot fully grasp the context or requirements of the job you’re applying for. There is also a risk that it can generate false or misleading information. AI-generated job applications can often be generic, impersonal and may not accurately reflect your qualifications, knowledge, skills, and experiences. It is crucial that you personalise your supporting statement by articulating these in your unique voice. Relying solely on AI to write your application or supporting information section is not advocated by Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust and could negatively impact your chances of success in the application process.

We monitor applications for any behaviour that could create an unfair advantage, and we check all references carefully. You are likely to be tested on your experience at interview, so be honest and make sure all the information in your application is correct.Please note that the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is prohibited during the interview process.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.