Head of Healthcare

Job summary

Secure environments are one of the most challenging yet rewarding places for healthcare professionals to work. We have an opportunity for a highly motivated, innovative, and enthusiastic individual to lead our healthcare team at HMP Hindley.

As a member of the wider management team in HMP Hindley you will be responsible for providing the day to day clinical and operational management of our diverse healthcare teams.

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.

Main duties of the job

You will be accountable for the delivery of the contract including responsibility for monitoring performance and delivery against key performance indicators.

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 review the attached job description and person specification.

 Person Specification

Education and Training

Essential

• Registered Health care Professional with current appropriate registration e.g., Nurse with NMC membership.
• Degree or equivalent in relevant sub-ject area or equivalent level of expe-rience
• 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

• 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

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Spectrum Community Health CIC

Address

HMP Hindley

Wigan

WN2 5TH

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