Job summary
Do you want to join and lead an established multidisciplinary team, embedding a culture of high performance, continuous progression, and innovation?This is an amazing opportunity to lead a truly integrated team who will deliver outstanding patient care to the women.
We are recruiting for a highly motivated, innovative, and enthusiastic clinician to lead our healthcare team at HMP Styal as the Head of Healthcare. Situated in Wilmslow, Manchester, HMP Styal is a closedcategory prison for female adults and young offenders.
At HMP Styal we are proud to deliver an integrated model of healthcare with a full range of primary care, sexual health andscreening services, and substance misuse services. This is done through safe, optimal and integrated health and wellbeing services that deliver best outcomes for the individual, their families andcommunities.
If you're in search of a position that allows you to enhance your managerial and nursing skills and gain new knowledge daily within a dynamic setting, this might just be the perfect role for you.
This role also has an attractive relocation payment of up to £8000. For further details on this policy, please enquire.
Main duties of the job
You will be the registered CQC Manager and be responsible for supporting and ensuring compliance with CQC standards and regulations usingcontinuous improvement methodologies, working alongside colleagues from the Quality department.
You will be responsible for the effective day-to-day operational management of all clinical services provided throughout the prison, includingprimary care nursing clinics, GP clinics, and substance misuse services. You will be responsible for the management andmonitoring of all service level agreements (dental services, physiotherapy, podiatry) ensuring performance-monitoring standards are adhered toand the highest standards of care are maintained. This role within the prison is a senior role with responsibility as lead for delivery of serviceoutcomes at a local level.
Your health and wellbeing is important to us and as such we offer flexibility in the workplace to support balance in your working life. We welcome informal site visits prior to interview.
This position is a perfect match for someone who is passionate about upholding and advancing exceptional standards of care and service and possesses the capability to motivate and elevate the team through robust clinical supervision and continuous professional growth.
About us
BE THE DIFFERENCE IN HEALTHCARE
Join our team
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
We have an ambition to become a truly lived experience inclusive employer, changing how we approach staff experience and value personal stories our colleagues bring with them.
We welcome applications from everyone, including applicants with lived experience, those who belong to LGBTQIA+ Community and are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (or questioning), Intersex and Asexual, people with a disability, neurodivergent applicants and people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds.
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information regarding the advertised role, please refer to the attached job description/person specification and applicant recruitment pack.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information regarding the advertised role, please refer to the attached job description/person specification and applicant recruitment pack.
Person Specification
Education and Training
Essential
- Registered Healthcare Professional with current appropriate registration e.g., Nurse with NMC membership.
- Masters or equivalent in relevant subject area or equivalent level of experience
- Management or leadership qualification or equivalent experience
- Evidence of continued professional development at post graduate level, including delivery of evidence-based care
Desirable
- RCGP Level 1 and 2 in alcohol or substance misuse
- Prescribing qualification
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Extensive and significant, demonstrable successful experience at a senior level in a management operational role within a healthcare environment, working in a complex environment with multi health professionals
- Knowledge of the effective application of the Health & Social Care Act 2014 and relevant legislation
- Knowledge and understanding in relation to the government's offender health agenda
- 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
- Experience of identifying and implementation of quality initiatives
- Experience of managing and maintaining effective relationships with a variety of stakeholders.
- Experience of leading clinical governance e.g. Infection Prevention & Control, Risk Management etc
- Understanding and application of confidentiality
Desirable
- Experience of conducting and supporting research
- Experience of working with Commissioners
- Experience of managing offender care or secure units.
- Experience of working in substance misuse services
- Experience of primary care, long term conditions management and minor illnesses
- Coroner's Court experience
Skills
Essential
- Excellent leadership skills.
- Skilled at leading a team to drive effective and safe delivery of care
- Understanding an application of effective workforce planning
- Ability to analyse complex information
- Well-developed and effective communication and facilitation skills, with the ability to influence with accountability
- Working knowledge of clinical information systems e.g. SystmOne
- Effective skills in consultation, negotiation, influencing and motivating people
- Ability to manage conflict sensitively and effectively.
- Ability to lead effectively with demonstrable motivational and performance skills
- Effective delegation skills
- Ability to write clear and concise written information e.g., reports, protocols etc. and present complex information
- Keyboard skills - computer literate with a working knowledge of Microsoft Office
- Meets the requirements of being the CQC registered manager
Desirable
- Research skills
- IT Skills
- Experience of utilising quality improvement methodologies to develop services
- Understands Primary Care and LTC management
Person Specification
Education and Training
Essential
- Registered Healthcare Professional with current appropriate registration e.g., Nurse with NMC membership.
- Masters or equivalent in relevant subject area or equivalent level of experience
- Management or leadership qualification or equivalent experience
- Evidence of continued professional development at post graduate level, including delivery of evidence-based care
Desirable
- RCGP Level 1 and 2 in alcohol or substance misuse
- Prescribing qualification
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Extensive and significant, demonstrable successful experience at a senior level in a management operational role within a healthcare environment, working in a complex environment with multi health professionals
- Knowledge of the effective application of the Health & Social Care Act 2014 and relevant legislation
- Knowledge and understanding in relation to the government's offender health agenda
- 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
- Experience of identifying and implementation of quality initiatives
- Experience of managing and maintaining effective relationships with a variety of stakeholders.
- Experience of leading clinical governance e.g. Infection Prevention & Control, Risk Management etc
- Understanding and application of confidentiality
Desirable
- Experience of conducting and supporting research
- Experience of working with Commissioners
- Experience of managing offender care or secure units.
- Experience of working in substance misuse services
- Experience of primary care, long term conditions management and minor illnesses
- Coroner's Court experience
Skills
Essential
- Excellent leadership skills.
- Skilled at leading a team to drive effective and safe delivery of care
- Understanding an application of effective workforce planning
- Ability to analyse complex information
- Well-developed and effective communication and facilitation skills, with the ability to influence with accountability
- Working knowledge of clinical information systems e.g. SystmOne
- Effective skills in consultation, negotiation, influencing and motivating people
- Ability to manage conflict sensitively and effectively.
- Ability to lead effectively with demonstrable motivational and performance skills
- Effective delegation skills
- Ability to write clear and concise written information e.g., reports, protocols etc. and present complex information
- Keyboard skills - computer literate with a working knowledge of Microsoft Office
- Meets the requirements of being the CQC registered manager
Desirable
- Research skills
- IT Skills
- Experience of utilising quality improvement methodologies to develop services
- Understands Primary Care and LTC management
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).
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).