Primary Care Clinical Lead

Overview

As a Primary Care Clinical Lead, your responsibilities will vary. You will provide clinical leadership and management to the registered nurses and care teams; deputise on behalf of the Deputy/Head of Healthcare when required; work closely with partners to maintain a robust, high quality clinical service for patients; ensure that own clinical practice is consistent with autonomous practice within the role;

model a culture of compassion, care, courage, commitment, communication and competence.

• Provide clinical leadership and management to the registered nurses and care teams.
• Deputise on behalf of the Deputy/Head of Healthcare when required.
• Work closely with partners to maintain a robust, high quality clinical service for patients. Ensure that own clinical practice is consistent with autonomous practice within the role.
• Model a culture of compassion, care, courage, commitment, communication and competence.
• Coaching, line management and development of clinician staff; support and contribute in undertaking audits and governance and contribute to developing and reviewing clinical/non clinical Local Operating Protocols for the site.
• Chair and facilitate specific healthcare meetings with the team and different partners, provide clinical supervision (training available) and carry out investigations locally and for the wider region.

If you are interested in career development, we have a wide range of opportunities to develop your skills and experience, including internal and external options for development and learning.

• Discounts on shopping and leisure activities
• Support to grow in your role and continue your professional development
• 24/7 employee assistance helpline and financial assistance when you need it

• Registered Nurse - Adult (current professional qualification, NMC)
• Evidence of Continued Professional Development
• Understanding of the complexities of multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working
• A non-judgmental and compassionate approach
• Excellent communication skills
• Existing line management experience and student nurse mentorship
• Experience in a hospital, community or prison environment (not essential, but ideal)
• Enhanced Clinical Practitioner L6 or L7
• Advanced Clinical Practitioner L7 (includes NMP)

We have an exciting opportunity for a Primary Care Clinical Lead to join our Primary Care team at HMP Fosse Way, a Category C resettlement prison in Leicester. HMP Fosse Way opened in May 2023. The site offers a secure environment to provide skills and qualifications to the men, enabling them to secure meaningful employment on release with the aim of reducing reoffending rates.

HMP Fosse Way has a capacity of 1,750. The Health in Justice team at Practice Plus Group makes a real difference across over 53 prisons, young offenders and immigration removal centres. We are the UK's leading independent provider of NHS services to over 40,000 patients in secure environments, always putting their needs first, regardless of background. Practice Plus Group’s purpose is to unlock your best work life and we stand by our core values:
We treat patients and each other as we would like to be treated; we act with integrity; we embrace diversity; we strive to do things better together.

This position is full time. Salary is between £51,643 - £58,012 per annum, depending on experience.

• Bespoke induction, including our Introducing Health in Justice training course
• Competency framework
• Regional and national career development opportunities
• Our bespoke Learning Management System to address your learning needs
• Support from the wider team

Candidates are required to have a legal right to work in the UK due to the nature of the role. Offers of employment will be subject to additional vetting and security checks.