Primary Care Lead (Band 7) - Offender Healthcare - Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust; Borough of Swale; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare provider as a Primary Care Lead at HMP Swaleside. This role involves providing clinical leadership, developing healthcare standards, and improving patient care in a prison setting. Work collaboratively with healthcare professionals and contribute to innovative healthcare solutions. Ideal for passionate individuals looking to make a difference in a challenging environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience at a Senior Nurse level (Band 6).
• Experience of working within prison setting.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Change Management

Education

Post Graduate Qualification to Masters level

Job description

Main area Offender Healthcare Grade Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Shift Pattern) Job ref 277-7170462-SWALE

Site HMP Swaleside Town Eastchurch, Isle of Sheppey Salary £48,148 - £54,809 pa inc, RRP inc Salary period Yearly Closing 18/05/2025 23:59

Job overview

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 Operational Primary Care Manager in delivering a nurse-led integrated primary care service at our prison sites.

This role involves working closely with colleagues at nearby Kent prisons and occasionally providing cross-cover.

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

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.

But that's just the beginning, you will be the architect of new standards in healthcare within our establishment. From developing to implementing and monitoring unique quality improvement initiatives, clinical protocols, and guidelines, your work will directly enhance patient safety and outcomes.

Your role will extend beyond the walls of HMP Swaleside. 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 Operational Manager, you will have a significant role in strategically planning our healthcare services, aligning with national standards and local needs. Your visionary approach will identify areas for improvement and innovation, allowing you to lead on initiatives that transform service delivery.

The role is more than a job; it's a chance to make a lasting impact, leading and shaping Primary Care services in a prison setting. If your passion lies in bridging health disparities and reducing health inequalities for a marginalised and often overlooked population, we invite you to bring your skills, vision, and enthusiasm to this immensely rewarding role at HMP Swaleside.

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 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-centered care planning tools.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to meet and review service needs.
• Undertake training to maximize uptake of NHS screening, health promotion, and prevention activities
• Support the development and delivery of an effective integrated healthcare service team clinical model.
• Manage a specialized 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

*please see full job description and person specification in the attachments below

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 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.

• Professional Qualification. (Registered General Nurse, Paramedic, Pharmacist and Pharmacy Technician)
• Post Graduate Qualification to Masters level or equivalent specialist skills in the area of primary care interventions, long-term disease management, vaccination etc.

Experience

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience at a Senior Nurse level (Band 6)
• Experience of working within prison setting
• Experience of managing staff
• Working knowledge of current issues/agendas facing prison healthcare
• Experience of multi-professional collaboration at a Senior level including working in partnership with other statutory and voluntary organisations. Experience of 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 to plan ahead.

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.

Please note that the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is prohibited during the interview process. We also discourage overuse of AI during the application process because this can negatively impact the quality of your application and may hinder your chances of being shortlisted. Thank you.

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.

Name Clare Denny Job title Recruitment and Retention Resourcing Officer Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 07504877653