Primary Care Clinical Team Lead - HMP Bronzefield
Posting date: | 29 April 2025 |
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Salary: | Not specified |
Additional salary information: | £48,270 - £54,931 per annum inc Fringe HCAS (pro rata if P/T) |
Hours: | Full time |
Closing date: | 29 May 2025 |
Location: | Ashford, TW15 3JZ |
Company: | CNWL NHS Foundation Trust |
Job type: | Permanent |
Job reference: | 7170408/333-D-HJ-1812 |
Summary
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust is a Top Employer Award Winner and works in partnership to provide responsive and dependable primary care, mental health, intellectual disability and substance misuse services to the diverse and culturally rich communities we serve.
In our quest to deliver patient-focused quality care we are looking to recruit a highly motivated, innovative and enthusiasticPrimary Care Clinical Team Lead to join our forward thinking, friendly and expandingHealth & Justiceteam atHMP Bronzefield. By joining our Prisons Health Care Team, you will not only look after the healthcare needs of our patients residing in secure environments, but who also have the opportunity to have a real impact on promoting health and well-being.
Our motto is“Caring NOT Judging”so by working in partnership with the criminal justice system and other agencies, we provide responsive, dependable and high-quality primary care and mental health services to those who may have offended and those at risk of offending in the communities we serve, to improve their health status and to encourage social inclusion.
Why not see what our staff say about working within our award winning teams:https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/health-and-justice/find-out-what-its-work-health-and-justice
The Clinical Team Leader is a clinical expert who will lead the Primary Care nursing team to achieve a targeted and appropriate service, delivered in accordance with evidence-based practice and local policies and procedures. The post holder is expected to deliver care in a range of nurse led clinics utilising the Quality Outcome Framework and to further develop services such as long-term conditions management, nurse led minor ailment clinics and immunisation programmes.
The post holder will demonstrate a professional manner which is tolerant, courteous and calm in the full course of their duties, in relation to dealing with colleagues, visitors and patients. They will be able to effectively deal with all patients in a professional, nonreactive manner and diffuse potentially volatile situations to avoid escalation.
They will be expected to demonstrate a full and proactive commitment to equal opportunities in accordance with local and national policies.
The post holder will continually promote high standards of service within the Primary Care nursing team, effectively manage poor performance and contribute to the development of a culture of professionalism within the team.
The post holder will work closely with the Primary Care Lead and other Healthcare managers to develop and implement an effective Primary Care Strategy.
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust offers its staff ongoing career progression through:
• Monthly supervision
• Annual personal development plans/appraisals
• Access to exciting internal and external training opportunities.
Excellent progression through various career pathway opportunities such as but not limited to:
• Preceptorship Programme
• Support and guidance with Revalidation
• Hidden Gem and annual award ceremonies
Excellent staff benefits, our benefit packages are amongst the best in London and include:
• Health and wellbeing services
• Season ticket loans
• Cycle to work scheme
• Relocation package*subject to meting criteria*
The trust also values its staff and you are entitled to become a member of MyTrustBenefits. MyTrustBenefits is an online portal for all CNWL staff, as well as their family and friends. It offers over 1400 discounts at hundreds of retailers nationwide. Save money on your weekly food shops, toiletries, cosmetics, cinema, meals out, holidays, travel and entertainment. You can also access free online courses on a variety of topics, professional and personal, ranging from business management, languages, law and teaching.
All of our sites in Surrey offer free use of the onsite leisure facilities and free parking for staff.
As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
Clinical
• Plan, deliver and evaluate interventions for treatment as clinically appropriate using evidence based models
• Set up processes/protocols for effective assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care for all patients with a range of physical health care needs, including those who may also have mental health and/or substance misuse needs.
• Safeguard vulnerable patients in line with Trust safeguarding policies.
• Provide brief interventions - health education, advice and information - to patients and develop Health promotion programmes to be delivered in partnership with the prison.
• Provide specialist clinical advice, training and support to nursing colleagues on the management of patients.
• Apply local Risk Assessment and management protocols.
• Make appropriate referrals to other services for long term or complex care management e.g. detox, counselling, psychology.
• Advise Primary care nursing staff and GP’s on medication issues, promote adherence to local medication policies/protocols and compliance with legal and professional standards.
• Possess knowledge of the security implications of medicines within Health & Justice Services.
• Monitor the on-going health status of patients and address identified issues.
• Co-ordinate multi-disciplinary clinical practice to provide focused, integrated care and treatment programmes.
• Work collaboratively with primary care staff to develop clinical services that deliver high quality nurse-led clinics e.g. minor ailments, chronic disease clinics and health promotion initiatives.
• Use highly skilled interventions to de-escalate aggressive patient behaviours and be aware of the appropriate processes for dealing with them.
• Work collaboratively with staff of other disciplines e.g. prison, education staff to provide integrated and coordinated care.
• Work within own sphere of competency and ensure that training needs are communicated to the team manager.
• Lead local audits and participate in trust audits to enhance quality of care.
This advert closes on Tuesday 13 May 2025
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