Primary Care Lead

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust; Burton Joyce; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHFT) invites applications for a Primary Care Matron at HMP Lowdham Grange. You will lead a multidisciplinary primary care team within a prison setting, driving service improvements and ensuring safe, effective, compassionate care across the estate.

Reporting to the Head of Healthcare, you will oversee governance, QA, recruitment and performance, and collaborate with internal and external partners to deliver integrated care while complying with

Qualifications

• Provide clinical and operational leadership to the primary care team.
• Oversee governance, quality assurance, and service development.
• Manage staff recruitment, supervision, and performance.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to deliver integrated care.
• Ensure compliance with CQC, infection control, and health & safety standards.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Stakeholder collaboration

People management

Governance & QA

Job description

As Primary Care Matron atHMP Lowdham Grange, a Category B men's prison, you'll be a key member of the leadership team, reporting to the Head of Healthcare. You'll lead a multidisciplinary team, drive service improvements, and ensure the delivery of safe, effective, and compassionate care. You'll:

• Provide clinical and operational leadership to the primary care team
• Oversee governance, quality assurance, and service development
• Manage staff recruitment, supervision, and performance
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to deliver integrated care
• Ensure compliance with CQC, infection control, and health & safety standards
  AtNorthamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHFT), we're proud to be ratedOutstandingby the CQC. We're committed to innovation, inclusivity, and making a real difference in the lives of our patients and staff., NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
  NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be 'outstanding' by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.