Primary Care Lead

NHS; Rochester; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the UK is seeking an experienced Primary Care Lead to provide expert clinical leadership in a prison setting. The role involves managing a diverse team and ensuring effective patient-centred care. Candidates must be registered healthcare professionals with a postgraduate qualification and a minimum of 3 years' senior experience. This position offers a chance to make a meaningful impact on healthcare delivery in the prison system.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years' experience at a Senior Nurse level (Band 6).
• Experience working within prison settings.
• Experience managing staff.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert clinical leadership and support to junior staff.
• Develop and deliver the Integrated Primary Healthcare Service.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams.

Skills

Effective communication

Leadership

Multi-professional collaboration

Change management

Education

Professional Qualification (Registered Nurse, Paramedic, Pharmacist)

Postgraduate Qualification to Masters level

Job description

Job Summary

Join Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, an award winning employer recognised for its excellent staff experience and wellbeing.

We are seeking a Primary Care Lead to provide expert clinical leadership and support the Deputy Head of Healthcare in delivering a nurse‑led integrated primary care service at our prison sites. You will work alongside our current Primary Care Lead in providing leadership and oversight of a vast prison population.

This role involves working closely with colleagues at nearby Kent prisons and occasionally providing cross‑cover at HMP Cookham Wood specifically.

If you are passionate about making a difference and meet the qualifications, we would love to hear from you.

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'll be the driving force behind our Primary Care service, steering a team of diverse and talented healthcare professionals to deliver care that is not only efficient but deeply centred on the patient. You will develop and nurture vital relationships with other healthcare providers, prison staff, and external agencies, promoting an integrated approach to healthcare. Collaborating with the Deputy Head of Healthcare, you will have a significant role in strategically planning our healthcare services, aligning with national standards and local needs. This is a chance to make a lasting impact, leading and shaping Primary Care services in a prison setting.

About Us

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.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our values: We’re Kind, We’re Fair, We Listen, We Care.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide expert clinical leadership and support to junior staff.
• Develop, deliver, clinically audit, and evaluate the Integrated Primary Healthcare Service.
• Ensure the implementation of effective patient‑centred care planning tools.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to meet and review service needs.
• Undertake training to maximise uptake of NHS screening, health promotion, and prevention activities.

Management & Leadership Responsibilities

• Support the development and delivery of an effective integrated healthcare service team clinical model.
• Manage a specialised and complex clinical caseload.
• Maintain National Standards for Health Care in Prisons.
• Develop strategies to promote and improve health and prevent disease.
• Monitor staff performance and compliance with clinical policies and procedures.

Important Information, Please Read

Sponsorship is not available for this post.

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 of 5 years will be needed.
• Applicants who are non‑UK passport holders and have less than 5 years UK address history must provide a Police Certificate in English from where they resided previously.
• Applicants who are UK passport holders and have lived abroad for more than six months during the last three years must provide a certificate of good conduct or an overseas police check in English from the countries they resided in or visited.

For guidance on obtaining a Police Certificate see: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants. 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. Their contact details can be found on the Foreign & Commonwealth Office website: http://www.fco.gov.uk/en.

Person Specification – Education / Qualification

• Professional Qualification: Registered General Nurse, Paramedic, Pharmacist and Pharmacy Technician.
• Postgraduate Qualification to Masters level or equivalent specialist skills in primary care interventions, long‑term disease management, vaccination, etc.

Experience

• Minimum of 3 years' experience at a Senior Nurse level (Band 6).
• Experience working within prison settings.
• Experience managing staff.
• Working knowledge of current issues and agendas facing prison healthcare.
• Experience of multi‑professional collaboration at a Senior level, including partnership with statutory and voluntary organisations, and setting, monitoring and evaluating standards of care.

Skills / Abilities / Knowledge

• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing, presenting ideas with clarity in a persuasive and influential style, for a variety of audiences. Ability to manage change and develop innovative ways of working.
• Ability to maintain a high profile within senior management structures.
• Ability to work effectively and autonomously.
• Ability to lead and empower people to make decisions and plan ahead.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applicants who require a Skilled Worker sponsorship are welcome and will be considered along with all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see the NHS Careers website.

Employer Details

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

HMP Rochester

1 Fort Road

Rochester

ME1 3QS

Employer’s Website

http://oxleas.nhs.uk/