Primary Care Manager - HMP Styal

Offender health is an exciting and challenging specialism with significant Public Health and Long-Term Conditions agenda. Significantly, the management of acute, long term and substance misuse presentations represent a large cohort of these patients and requires understanding of primary care.

HMP & YOI Styal is a female prison.

Main duties of the job

Support the Head of Healthcare in operationally leading the provision of high-quality clinical health care services ensuring a consistent and co-ordinated approach to the delivery of quality evidence-based practice. Responsible for monitoring daily performance of the nursing team and service delivery against key performance indicators including working towards the HJIPs (Performance indicators) and effectively driving improvements to patient care and experience. Work with subcontractors, partners and team leaders to ensure the provision of high-quality evidence-based patient care and the efficient use of resources, maintaining visibility and accessibility to patients and staff. Support the Head of Healthcare by taking a strong level of responsibility in maintaining the Care Quality Commission standards and audits against the KLOE. To represent the Head of Healthcare in local meetings with the Prison and other interested parties e.g., Coroner's court. The post holder will be expected to be a role model to lead others in line with our shared commitment to our values; Working Together, Integrity, Respect and Recognition, Compassion and Innovation.

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Job summary

We're looking for passionate individuals to join our diverse and innovative team.

Whether you are starting out in your healthcare journey or are an experienced healthcare professional looking for a new challenge we've got a role for you!

• Access to NHS Pension
• Annual leave on your Birthday
• Welcome payment for some posts
• Refer a friend scheme
• Training and Development opportunities
• Flexible Working
• Access to Employee Assistance and Health and Wellbeing programmes
• Up to 33 days annual leave

Spectrum Community Health CIC provides a range of award-winning healthcare services on behalf of the NHS, Local Authority Public Health services, and other partners across substance misuse, sexual health, and health and justice settings. As a not-for-profit social enterprise and Community Interest Company our focus is centred on people - our patients, service users, staff and partners.

We are building on our ambition to deliver the best in health and wellbeing on a values-driven ethos and to maintain the highest standards of patient care and service. We are an expanding organisation, but we aim to grow without compromising on quality and social value.

Job description

Job responsibilities

A Primary Care Manager is needed to engage with this team continuing its healthcare transformation. The successful candidate will provide clinical management and expertise to a small, diverse primary care team forming part of the senior team. We are looking for someone with excellent skills who can clinically prioritise and manage patient journeys. Experience of offender health desirable however would welcome individuals who are multiskilled across complex care pathways. The role requires excellent communication skills and dynamic work practices. We are looking for someone to deliver equivalent care to that of the community. The successful candidate to be responsible for implementing policy and procedure as well as support the nursing team to ensure care of the highest standard.

Person Specification

Education and Training

Essential

• Registered Health care Professional with current appropriate registration e.g., Nurse with NMC membership.
• Management qualification or equivalent experience
• Evidence of continued professional development at post graduate level, including delivery of evidence-based care

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• Sustained successful experience in a management operational role, working in a complex environment with multi health professionals
• Demonstrate experience and knowledge of effective changes to practice to support regulatory compliance e.g., CQC, Regulation 28 etc
• Experience of leading teams in a complex environment to implement organisational change and deliver a successful outcome
• Experience of effectively managing a service working in partnership with multidisciplinary teams
• Experience of working with vulnerable groups and understand the complexity that they present
• Lead on implementation of quality initiatives
• Experience of managing and maintaining effective relationships with a variety of stakeholders.
• Experience of leading clinical governance
• Understanding and application of confidentiality

Desirable

• Knowledge and understanding in relation to the government's offender health agenda
• Experience of managing offender care or secure units.
• Experience of conducting and supporting research

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Spectrum Community Health CIC

Address

HMP Styal

Styal Road,

Wilmslow

SK9 4HR

Employer's website

https://spectrum-cic.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)