Job 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 enthusiastic Women's Primary Care Clinical Leadto join our forward thinking, friendly and expanding Health & Justice team at HMP Send.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 can have a real impact on promoting health and well-being. Our healthcare services work to a 7-day week working model, to ensure our patient's healthcare is always managed and maintained to the highest of standards.
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.
We offer a great range of career pathways to support our nurses through their journey, see the list of endless opportunities under the working for your organisation tab.
Main duties of the job
The Women's Primary Care Clinical Lead will be focussing on Women's Health, and will be a Women's Health clinical expert who will work 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 Women's Health clinics utilising the Quality Outcome Framework and to further develop women specific services such as sexual and reproductive health, menopause and menstrual wellbeing, screening, weight management and health promotion.
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.
About us
Along with the fully established benefits such as Monthly supervision; Annual personal development plans/appraisals; Support and guidance with Revalidation; Hidden Gem and annual award ceremonies. We are also able to offer access to a full range of internal and external training opportunities across our services.
Our Health and Justice healthcare services present unique and diverse learning, development, and leadership opportunities for nurses, where you will have the potential to make a significant difference to the lives of adults, children and young people who often experience a wide range of health inequalities.
We have a clinical leadership career pathway in place to ensure you feel supported and valued via our career pathway programme that facilitates lifelong learning and development enabling you to progress within you career within Health & Justice.
We will support you to ensure you develop your clinical and leadership skills this includes:
All our sites in Surrey offer free use of the onsite leisure facilities and free parking for staff.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached JD&PS for full details of duties and responsibilities.
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 patients with a range of womens health care needs, including menopause, screenings and reproductive health.
- Safeguard vulnerable patients in line with Trust safeguarding policies.
- Provide brief Womens Health interventions - health education, advice and information - to patients and develop Womens Health promotion programmes to be delivered in partnership with the prison.
- Lead the development of Womens Health services. Provide specialist clinical advice, training and support to healthcare colleagues, including Mental Health Teams on the management of patients Womens Health needs.
- To provide comprehensive sexual health information, advice, teaching and support to patients enabling them to select and use a method of contraception suited to their needs.
- Apply local Risk Assessment and management protocols.
- Make appropriate referrals onto other womens health services. Advise Primary care nursing staff and GPs 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 womens health issues.
- Co-ordinate multi-disciplinary clinical practice to provide focused, integrated care and treatment programmes focussing on womens health.
- Work collaboratively with primary care staff to develop clinical services that deliver high quality nurse-led womens health specific clinics e.g. reproductive health, menopause and menstrual wellbeing, screening, clinics and health promotion initiatives.
- Hold a clinical caseload of those with complex Womens Health needs and requiring advanced intervention within Primary Care.
- To undertake non-medical prescribing duties following appropriate accredited training (this being entered on the relevant professional register) within agreed protocols.
- Work collaboratively with staff of other disciplines e.g. prison, education staff to provide integrated and coordinated womens healthcare.
- Work within own sphere of competency and ensure that training needs are communicated to the team manager.
- Lead local audits to enhance quality of care for subjects around womens health.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached JD&PS for full details of duties and responsibilities.
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 patients with a range of womens health care needs, including menopause, screenings and reproductive health.
- Safeguard vulnerable patients in line with Trust safeguarding policies.
- Provide brief Womens Health interventions - health education, advice and information - to patients and develop Womens Health promotion programmes to be delivered in partnership with the prison.
- Lead the development of Womens Health services. Provide specialist clinical advice, training and support to healthcare colleagues, including Mental Health Teams on the management of patients Womens Health needs.
- To provide comprehensive sexual health information, advice, teaching and support to patients enabling them to select and use a method of contraception suited to their needs.
- Apply local Risk Assessment and management protocols.
- Make appropriate referrals onto other womens health services. Advise Primary care nursing staff and GPs 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 womens health issues.
- Co-ordinate multi-disciplinary clinical practice to provide focused, integrated care and treatment programmes focussing on womens health.
- Work collaboratively with primary care staff to develop clinical services that deliver high quality nurse-led womens health specific clinics e.g. reproductive health, menopause and menstrual wellbeing, screening, clinics and health promotion initiatives.
- Hold a clinical caseload of those with complex Womens Health needs and requiring advanced intervention within Primary Care.
- To undertake non-medical prescribing duties following appropriate accredited training (this being entered on the relevant professional register) within agreed protocols.
- Work collaboratively with staff of other disciplines e.g. prison, education staff to provide integrated and coordinated womens healthcare.
- Work within own sphere of competency and ensure that training needs are communicated to the team manager.
- Lead local audits to enhance quality of care for subjects around womens health.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Adult Nurse
- Educated to degree level or evidence of appropriate experience
- Extensive knowledge of Women's Health specialist areas, acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience.
Desirable
- ENB 998 / SLICE or mentorship qualification
- V300 Independent Non-Medical Prescriber or willing to work towards
Previous Experience
Essential
- Experience at Band 6 or equivalent in a multi- disciplinary staff team, including line management and supervision responsibilities
- Experience of multi-professional collaboration, including partnership working with other agencies
- Experienced in involving service users in service planning and monitoring
- Developing and running Nurse Led Clinics and holding a case load of complex cases
- Proven experience working in Women's Health
- Experience within a prison or low, medium or high security hospital setting.
Desirable
- Experience of service development
Skills, Knowledge & Abilities
Essential
- Up to date knowledge of primary care/ health frameworks and guidance for women in prison
- Able to undertake cytology independently
- Ability to support in building and developing teams of people, and to provide clinical leadership to a diverse workforce.
- Demonstrate excellent leadership skills
- Able to influence and use negotiation skills to manage differences constructively
- A demonstrable ability to work closely with a range of stakeholders and other providers in helping plan the future of service provision
- Able to demonstrate a genuine commitment to principles of equal opportunity, fair access and service user empowerment, and the ability to translate principles into practice
- Demonstrate professional integrity, and an ability to present the nursing viewpoint within appropriate meetings
- Able to demonstrate an understanding of safeguarding practice for both vulnerable adults and children
Desirable
- Basic word processing and spreadsheet skills
- Experience with using SystmOne (Clinical System)
Attitudes, aptitudes personal characteristics
Essential
- Demonstrate a positive 'can do' attitude despite the challenges of any given situation
- Demonstrate the ability to weigh up situations and consider the benefits and problems before decisions are made
Desirable
- Demonstrable ability to plan and implement change in the service and ensure the involvement of the workforce in the programme of change.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Adult Nurse
- Educated to degree level or evidence of appropriate experience
- Extensive knowledge of Women's Health specialist areas, acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience.
Desirable
- ENB 998 / SLICE or mentorship qualification
- V300 Independent Non-Medical Prescriber or willing to work towards
Previous Experience
Essential
- Experience at Band 6 or equivalent in a multi- disciplinary staff team, including line management and supervision responsibilities
- Experience of multi-professional collaboration, including partnership working with other agencies
- Experienced in involving service users in service planning and monitoring
- Developing and running Nurse Led Clinics and holding a case load of complex cases
- Proven experience working in Women's Health
- Experience within a prison or low, medium or high security hospital setting.
Desirable
- Experience of service development
Skills, Knowledge & Abilities
Essential
- Up to date knowledge of primary care/ health frameworks and guidance for women in prison
- Able to undertake cytology independently
- Ability to support in building and developing teams of people, and to provide clinical leadership to a diverse workforce.
- Demonstrate excellent leadership skills
- Able to influence and use negotiation skills to manage differences constructively
- A demonstrable ability to work closely with a range of stakeholders and other providers in helping plan the future of service provision
- Able to demonstrate a genuine commitment to principles of equal opportunity, fair access and service user empowerment, and the ability to translate principles into practice
- Demonstrate professional integrity, and an ability to present the nursing viewpoint within appropriate meetings
- Able to demonstrate an understanding of safeguarding practice for both vulnerable adults and children
Desirable
- Basic word processing and spreadsheet skills
- Experience with using SystmOne (Clinical System)
Attitudes, aptitudes personal characteristics
Essential
- Demonstrate a positive 'can do' attitude despite the challenges of any given situation
- Demonstrate the ability to weigh up situations and consider the benefits and problems before decisions are made
Desirable
- Demonstrable ability to plan and implement change in the service and ensure the involvement of the workforce in the programme of change.
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
