Head of Healthcare

Overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a Head of Healthcare to join our Healthcare team at HMP Lewes, a local remand category B prison in Lewes.

Hours

Monday - Friday, 37.5 hours per week. On call at weekends once every couple of months on average.

Salary

This position is full time, with an annual salary up to £68,000 + £4,000 car allowance, depending on experience.

How we will support you

• Bespoke induction, including our Introducing Health in Justice training course
• Competency framework
• Regional and national career development opportunities
• Our bespoke Learning Management System to address your learning needs
• Support from the wider team

Candidates are required to have a legal right to work in the UK and due to the nature of the role, offers of employment will be subject to additional vetting and security checks.

Main duties of the job

• Provide pro-active management of the healthcare services on site
• Maintain the strategic direction of the service and deliver agreed contractual requirements and targets from NHS England
• Be responsible for delivering a highly functional clinical service, within the budget, with support from the finance business partner and regional manager
• Form part of the wider prison senior leadership team, working with other key stakeholders to ensure the contract becomes highly functional and health services become fully embedded with the prison as a whole
• Ensure agreed standards are achieved by leading, developing and motivating your team ensuring they receive appropriate supervision and performance appraisal
• Be the CQC registered manager and implement internal and external policies and procedures, particularly those with statutory implications

About us

The Health in Justice team at Practice Plus Group makes a real difference across over 53 prisons, young offenders and immigration removal centres. We are the UK's leading independent provider of NHS services to over 40,000 patients in secure environments, always putting their needs first, regardless of background.

Practice Plus Group's purpose is to unlock your best work life and we stand by our core values:

• We treat patients and each other as we would like to be treated
• We act with integrity
• We embrace diversity
• We strive to do things better together

We are looking for caring, compassionate but also driven professionals who can help us drive our vision for fair and inclusive healthcare access for all.

Qualifications and experience

• Degree or appropriate equivalent level of experience and clinical qualification
• Inclusive leadership approach embedding a culture of continuous progression and innovation
• Ability to influence and deliver information to key partners and stakeholders
• Experience as a CQC registered manager, or equivalent registered body
• Experience managing multifaceted budgets

Other requirements

• Disclosure and Barring Service check: this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and will require a DBS disclosure
• UK registration: applicants must have current UK professional registration

Employer details

Employer: Practice Plus Group

Address: 1 Brighton Rd, Lewes, East Sussex, BN7 1EA

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