Head of Healthcare

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We are currently recruiting for a Head of Healthcare at HMP Ashfield. This is an exciting opportunity to blend your clinical knowledge, leadership skills and commitment to delivering high standards of care in an extremely rewarding environment.

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You will be responsible for the leadership and operational management of the healthcare service at HMP Ashfield. You will work closely with the Regional Manager, peer Heads of Healthcare, HMP Ashfield Healthcare team(s), sub-contractors, Serco colleagues, and you will regularly link with key stakeholders including commissioners, prison governors and the Independent Monitoring Board.

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Our healthcare team have a real impact on promoting health and well‑being to those in prison and we pride ourselves on using skills and strategies that instil hope for patient's future resettlement back into the community. We directly deliver Mental Health, Physical Health, Pharmacy and Clinical Substance Misuse in an integrated healthcare delivery model to provide effective and responsive care to improve wellbeing and support better outcomes in the future.

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Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post

Main duties of the job\n

Within this role, you will oversee and manage a multi-disciplinary team that includes but is not limited to: primary care, substance misuse services, mental health, psychology, psychiatry, administration & GP services.

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You will support the leadership team within HMP Ashfield to provide safe, effective, high quality care; leading and encouraging effective partnership and multidisciplinary working to provide responsive and patient-centred care.

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You will ensure that effective clinical governance is in place, including organising and chairing local Quality Management and Serco Local Delivery and Quality Boards 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.

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You will be required to lead and empower others and demonstrate the ability to plan and implement an innovative practice over a 7 day per week healthcare service.

Working for our organisation\n

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes.

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Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

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• We Listen
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• We Care
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities\n

Provide direction and co‑ordination in conjunction with Heads of Departments and relevant managers in shaping and implementing the future provision, quality and performance of services provided.

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The post holder will exercise a high degree of personal and professional autonomy and can plan and reach complex and critical judgments and have decision making skills to satisfy the expectations of the role.

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To foster and maintain effective relationships with stakeholders including Serco senior management team, Governors, staff, NHSE commissioners and sub-contractors.

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Deputise for the Regional Manager as required.

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To strategically develop, deliver, clinically audit and evaluate the Integrated Healthcare Service for the prison. This will include acute & primary care, long term conditions management, enhanced assessment and diagnostic intervention services and health promotion activities and be in line with the NHS Plan, public health indicators and National Service Frameworks.

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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.

Person specification Education\n

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• Evidence of Leadership/Management Qualification
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• Degree or equivalent experience
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• Professional registration
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Experience\n

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• Previous middle management experience in a MDT delivering Healthcare
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• Experience of working in a prison setting
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• Experience of service implementation, development and change management
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• Facilitating the involvement of service users and carers in service implementation, planning and monitoring
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Skills\n

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• Clinical/Operational skills in crisis/risk resolution strategies
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• Ability to resolve conflict and build teams
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• Service implementation, change management, process design and control skills
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We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that welcomes and supports individuals of all abilities. Remember, if you meet the minimum criteria for this role and you have a disability, you can be guaranteed an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme - Please ensure you select this on your application form. We would encourage you to be open about your needs so we can work with you to design a comfortable and accessible interview experience. Any information you provide regarding a disability or a need for adjustments will be treated in confidence and will only be shared with colleagues who are supporting this request.

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If you require any adjustments to participate fully in the interview process, please let us know by adding the relevant details when scheduling your preferred interview date and time. Please feel free to contact the appointing manager to discuss your needs.

Employer certification / accreditation badges\n

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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