Job overview
To provide a comprehensive primary care health service as part of the Multidisciplinary Team to prisoners with health needs within the Offender Health Business Unit.
In conjunction with the management team contribute to and deliver a comprehensive primary care health service in partnership with mental health and key stakeholders as part of a multidisciplinary team within the prison setting.
To operate as part of a multi-disciplinary team, providing the role of Long term condition lead. To undertake physical and/or health assessments, provide and evaluate a range of health treatments and interventions, to meet prisoner healthcare needs and contribute to the wider continuous development of prison healthcare services. Demonstrate knowledge, skills and understanding of Long Term Conditions providing health promotion and advice on treatment options.
The Welcome Payment is payable to new candidates joining Spectrum Community Health CIC.
Main duties of the job
Support the Head of Healthcare in operationally leading the provision of high-quality clinical health care services ensuring a consistent and co-ordinated approach to the delivery of quality evidence-based practice.
The post holder will be responsible for the day-to-day management of long term condition patients and will ensure that the delegation of work to the team takes account of the role, skills and competence of staff and is appropriate to their scope of practice. Demonstrate knowledge, skills and understanding of health issues and treatment options to provide clinical guidance to all staff on matters relating to physical health and well being. The post holder carries continuing responsibility for the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care and the setting of standards of care within a secure environment.
The post holder will exercise advanced clinical expertise, levels of judgement, discretion and decision making in clinical care demonstrated through the advanced competency framework. The post holder will ensure a high level of performance within the team is maintained, by participating in audit, Health and Justice Performance indicators and NHS data collection activity.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information about the vacancy.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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.
Person specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Strong clinical decision maker
- Demonstrates excellent, organisational, time management and motivational skills
- Advocate for patients
- Ability to identify training needs of self and others
- Extensive experience at senior level in relevant field
- Relevant transferable skills such as wound care management.
- Demonstrable clinical examination and assessment skills e.g. history taking, physical assessment with undifferentiated diagnoses.
- Minor illness and minor illness examination and assessment skills.
- Experience of audit participation
- Effective networking with colleagues at all levels, experience or working across professional and organisational boundaries
- Ability to demonstrate commitment to high quality patient care and service innovation
- Experience of providing and maintaining effective and safe student placements
Desirable
- Evidence of prior experience of change management within the health care setting
- Evidence of published work in relevant field
- Proven record to initiate and manage service development
- Ability to lead audit
- Proven track record, demonstrable knowledge, and skills of formal research experience
- Evidence of sound management and leadership experience within specialism
- Experience in a prison setting
Education and Training
Essential
- Registered Health care Professional with current appropriate registration e.g., Nurse with NMC membership.
- Post registration Level 3 or 4 qualification in history taking and physical examination skills
- Evidence of continued professional development at post graduate level, including delivery of evidence-based care
- Non Medical Prescriber
- Diploma in a Long-Term Condition management eg. asthma / diabetes
- Recent or current experience in Primary Care
- Experience of developing and delivering training
Desirable
- Teaching and Assessing qualification
- Minor illness and minor injury accredited course Level 3 or 4
- Accredited Family Planning/ sexual Health qualification.
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This advert is for Long Term Conditions Nurse - HMP Frankland + £1500 welcome payment with Spectrum Community Health CIC in HMP Frankland. It is listed as a Band 7 Nurse (adult and children) role. The advertised salary is £49,387 - £56,515 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 01 Sep 2026.
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