Primary Care Lead, HMP Swaleside, Kent - Band 7 - Salary £43,659 - £49,672 pa inc.

We are currently looking for a expert practitioner to join the team at HMP Swaleside on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent as full time Primary Care Lead. The successful applicant will act as a source of expert advice to clinicians, allied health care professionals, offenders and their carers, providing specialist nurse interventions to patients and support to junior colleagues. They will assist & support the Operational Manager to lead a nurse-led integrated primary care service and develop a specialist practice-based clinical model of care. Key Responsibilities: To ensure the Integrated Healthcare Service provide a range of quality services to offenders. To support the development and delivery of an effective integrated healthcare service team clinical model. To manage a specialised & complex clinical caseload. To support the Operational Manager to maintain the National Standards for Health Care in Prisons for the service. As delegated be responsible for the management & co-ordination of the Integrated Healthcare Service Team on a day-to-day basis in the absence of the Operational Manager. Ensure long term conditions clinics are delivered in a clinically effective, efficient & timely way, in line with service needs. Work with senior colleagues to develop strategies designed to promote and improve health and prevent disease, working proactively and collaborating with other professionals, organisations and agencies as required. As delegated, maximise resources to target need, including the deployment and supervision of staff. Support the development of robust systems for the collection, triage & allocation of referrals as appropriate, and monitoring and auditing the quality and effectiveness of service delivery. To monitor and maintain an effective case management service to ensure care and continuity of treatment is maintained throughout a patients care pathway whilst detained in prison/ forensic services.