Head of Healthcare

Job description

Job responsibilities

IMPORTANT INFORMATION, PLEASE READ:

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.

In order to assist you in obtaining a Police Certificate, guidance can be sought from:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants

If the country you have resided in is not listed here, you can obtain the necessary information by contacting the relevant Embassy or High Commission for that Country. Their contact details can be found on the Foreign & Commonwealth Office website (http://www.fco.gov.uk/en).

Management responsibilities

Operational

To be responsible for the development and delivery of an effective integrated healthcare service clinical model.

To develop, implement and maintain the National Standards for Health Care in Prisons for the service.

Ensure all clinics and consultations are delivered in a clinically effective and timely way, in line with service needs.

Develop robust systems for the collection triage & allocation of referrals as appropriate and monitoring and auditing the quality and effectiveness of service delivery.

Management

Develop strategies designed to promote and improve health and prevent disease, working proactively and collaborating with other professionals, organisations and agencies as required.

Maximising resources to target need, including the deployment and supervision of staff.

Delegate appropriate responsibility and authority to team members, whilst retaining overall responsibility and accountability for the service's performance & results.

To develop and maintain an effective case management service to ensure care and continuity of treatment is maintained throughout a patient care pathway whilst detained in prison.

To monitor and review the implementation of appropriate & effective and accredited care planning tools/ CPA for all prisoners/ patients that are subject to the process in accordance with agreed Trust Policies.

To develop effective systems and interfaces with community and acute health services ensuring continuity of care on release or discharge.

To actively promote and demonstrate working across professional and organisational boundaries.

To develop and maintain close working partnerships with all services that may be involved with the care and management of offenders, (prison staff, Ministry of Justice, Trust & Directorate senior managers & relevant forums, CMHT staff, NHS Hospitals, Probation Services, CPS, Courts, GP's, community health services, Housing/Benefit services, social care, community multiagency forums etc.).

Human Resources

Responsible for day-to-day management & co-ordination of the Integrated Healthcare Team.

Responsible for the selection recruitment and retention of appropriately skilled staff.

To ensure systems are in place for clinical supervision to team members including annual appraisal and identification of specific service, training, and personal development needs.

Governance

Ensure the clinical policies are fair and equitable and that they support the needs of the Commissioners and offenders and are in line with Trust key performance targets and Clinical Governance Frameworks.

Ensure staff compliance with all Prison and Trust clinical policies and procedures as appropriate.

Responsible for the management of all matters relating to discipline, complaints and serious & untoward incidents and investigations as required.

Ensure appropriately skilled & qualified staff comply with the administration and management of medications according to their responsibilities in accordance with all relevant policies, guidance, and procedures.

Ensuring high standards of electronic record-keeping competencies and offender confidentiality in line with trust & prison policy and systems, through effective monitoring and auditing processes.

To liaise with other senior Trust personnel to share expertise, promote ideas and to ensure the service is working collaboratively with the Trust's other Directorates as required.

To effectively manage and continuously monitor all budgets and physical resources within the post holder's sphere of control.

To act as budget holder and authorised signatory for the Integrated Healthcare team.

Develop and maintain inter-disciplinary and inter-agency working with all relevant agencies and organisations.

Undertake other duties agreed in conjunction with the Prisons Services Manager.

Communication

Liaises with Clinical Lead, multi-professional teams, HMPS staff, Trust senior directors and staff, commissioners, independent service providers, CMHTs, multi-agency protection panels, community health providers, acute services, probation service, court services, criminal justice agencies, offenders, carers and families.

Person Specification

Eduction and Qualification

Essential

• Evidence of Leadership / Management qualification
• Degree or equivalent experience

Experience

Essential

• Previous middle management experience in a multi-disciplinary healthcare provision environment (minimum 3yrs)
• Experience of working within prison settings
• Experience of managing diverse staff groups across 24hr, 7 day period
• Experience of service implementation, development and change management

Skills

Essential

• Working knowledge of current issues/ agendas facing prison healthcare
• Working knowledge of the criminal justice system and its application to healthcare services
• Up-to-date knowledge of the National Offender Management Services approach to healthcare for offenders

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

HMP Elmley

Church Road

Eastchurch, Sheerness

ME12 4DZ

Employer's website

http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)