Primary Care & ISMS Manager | Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

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

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Bristol is seeking an experienced clinician to lead Primary Care/SMS services. In this role, you'll mentor a diverse team, implement quality improvement initiatives, and build collaborative relationships to enhance patient care in a challenging environment. This position requires commitment to delivering high standards of care and undertaking security vetting. If you're ready to make a difference in healthcare, apply today. The closing date for applications is January 19, 2026.

Qualifications

• Willingness to undertake National Security Vetting in a Prison Setting.
• Correct right-to-work documentation and Home Office share code if applicable.
• Proof of ID, including 1 photographic ID.
• Proof of address documentation showing a 5-year address history.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Primary Care/SMS service and mentor a healthcare team.
• Develop and implement quality improvement initiatives and clinical protocols.
• Build relationships with team members and other healthcare providers.
• Strategically plan healthcare services in collaboration with management.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical supervision

Mentoring

Collaboration with multidisciplinary teams

Job description

Overview

Are you ready to unlock your potential within a challenging, creative and fast paced work environment? Do you want to work with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past? This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced clinician to join our team of diverse, talented healthcare professionals to deliver care that is not only efficient but deeply centred on the patient. Our healthcare team have a real impact on promoting health and well-being to those in prison and we pride ourselves on using skills and strategies that instil hope for patient’s future resettlement back into the community. We directly deliver Mental Health, Physical Health, Pharmacy and Clinical Substance Misuse in an integrated healthcare delivery model to provide effective and responsive care to improve wellbeing and support better outcomes in the future. This position isn't just a job; it's a chance to blend your clinical knowledge, personal skills and a commitment to delivering the highest standards of care in an environment that is as rewarding as it is challenging.

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

Responsibilities

• In this role, you'll be the driving force behind our Primary Care/SMS service, steering a team of diverse and talented healthcare professionals to deliver care that is not only efficient but deeply centred on the patient; mentor and coach the Primary Care/SMS team, provide clinical supervision, and facilitate training.
• You will be the architect of improving standards in healthcare within our establishment, developing, implementing and monitoring unique quality improvement initiatives, clinical protocols, and guidelines to enhance patient safety and outcomes.
• You will develop and nurture vital relationships with your team, prison staff, other healthcare providers, and external agencies, promoting an integrated approach to healthcare and collaborating in multidisciplinary meetings.
• Working with the Primary Care/ISMS Manager, you will strategically plan healthcare services, align with national standards and local needs, and lead initiatives that transform service delivery.

Qualifications & Requirements

• All applicants must be willing to undertake National Security Vetting in a Prison Setting (pre‑employment checks through Oxleas and the prison vetting team).
• Proof of right to work documentation.
• Proof of ID, including 1 photographic ID.
• Proof of address documentation (5‑year address history).
• Non‑UK passport holders must have correct right‑to‑work documentation and a Home Office share code; if lived abroad for >6 months in the last 3 years, a certificate of good conduct or overseas police check in English may be required.
• Police certificate (if needed) in English from the country previously resided in.

Benefits & Context

• Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings, including district nursing, speech and language therapy, care for learning disability and mental health care.
• Work in 125 sites across South England, including London boroughs and prisons in Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire.
• Part of a multidisciplinary team of 4,300 staff working in hospitals, clinics, prisons and community settings.
• Values: Kindness, Fairness, Listening, Caring.

Application Information

This advert closes on Monday 19 Jan 2026. Please ensure all required documentation is submitted as part of your application.