Overview
An exciting opportunity for a new Head of Healthcare at HMP Elmley has become available. You will be responsible for leadership and operational management of the healthcare service at HMP Elmley. You will work closely with the Regional Service Manager, fellow Heads of Healthcare, the Elmley healthcare operational team and HMPPS colleagues, and you will regularly link with key stakeholders including commissioners and prison governors. You will ensure that effective clinical governance is in place, including organising and chairing local Quality Management and LDQB meetings, and participating in regional management meetings, contract monitoring activity and financial reviews. You will be responsible for liaising with data analyst and quality management colleagues to ensure that all relevant reporting requirements are fulfilled. You will support operational managers and team leaders to provide safe, effective, high quality care; leading and encouraging effective partnership and multidisciplinary working to provide responsive and patient-centred care. This role is based on site at HMP Elmley.
Responsibilities
* To provide direction and co-ordination in conjunction with Prison Governors / Heads of Departments and relevant managers in shaping and implementing the future provision and quality of services provided.
* To develop and maintain strategic oversight over healthcare services and represent Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust as a member of the Prison Senior Management Team.
* To foster and maintain effective relationships with HMPS senior management team, Governors and partner provider management and staff.
* To exercise a high degree of personal and professional autonomy, and have the ability to plan and reach complex / critical judgments, using decision making skills that satisfy the expectations of the role.
* To deputise for the Prisons Services Manager as required.
* To strategically develop, deliver, clinically audit and evaluate the Integrated Healthcare Service for the prison, including acute & primary care, Pandemic / Outbreak response and management, long term conditions management, enhanced assessment/diagnostic intervention services and health promotion activities in line with the NHS Plan, NICE Guidelines, public health indicators and National Service Frameworks.
* To demonstrate and provide robust expert clinical leadership with a sound understanding of evidence based nursing practice to provide a pro-active approach, to ensure quality and outcome driven practice on a day-to-day basis.
* 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.
Requirements & Documents
* Proof of right to work documentation; including 1 photographic ID and 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.
* 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 more than six months in 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. Guidance: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants
* Management responsibilities include development and delivery of an effective integrated healthcare service clinical model, conducting clinical audits, and ensuring continuity of care within a prisoner care pathway.
Operational & Governance Responsibilities
* To develop, implement and maintain the National Standards for Health Care in Prisons for the service.
* Ensure clinics and consultations are delivered in a clinically effective and timely way, in line with service needs.
* Develop robust systems for triage, referral allocation, and monitoring and auditing of service delivery.
* Promote health and prevent disease; maximise resources; supervise staff; delegate appropriately while retaining accountability.
* Develop and maintain an effective case management service to ensure continuity of care during the prison stay and on release or discharge.
* Oversee care planning tools/CPA in line with Trust Policies; maintain interfaces with community and acute health services.
* Foster cross-professional collaboration and multi-agency working; maintain relationships with relevant services and agencies.
* Manage and monitor budgets and resources; act as budget holder and authorised signatory for the Integrated Healthcare team.
Human Resources
* Day-to-day management and coordination of the Integrated Healthcare Team.
* Oversee recruitment, retention, and staff development; ensure clinical supervision and annual appraisals.
Communication
Liaises with the Clinical Lead, multi-professional teams, HMPS staff, Trust senior directors and staff, commissioners, independent service providers, CMHTs, and other agencies and partners.
Disability & About Oxleas
Disability Confident: Oxleas is a Disability Confident employer. Details about interview processes and eligibility are available on the GOV.UK site. Oxleas offers NHS healthcare services in community and secure environments, with multidisciplinary teams across 125+ sites in the South of England, including prison health services. Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. Our values: We’re Kind; We’re Fair; We Listen; We Care.
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