Job summary
If you're ready for a new challenge, come and join our Health and Justice team!
Spectrum is recruiting a driven, ambitious nurse to lead our primary care team and drive forward clinical excellence across our healthcare service.
As Lead Nurse, you'll manage our skilled nursing team and provide effective clinical leadership on a wide range of issues. You'll also be passionate about patient care - with advanced nursing knowledge, an understanding of NICE guidelines and a desire to be involved with key decision-making.
In Spectrum, we don't believe in 'standing still'; we want our nurse leaders to challenge existing practice and have the courage to innovate for the good of our patients, so that we can keep on improving.
We need a nurse who can be a role model and mentor for our staff, support them to deliver the highest standards of evidence-based care and demonstrate proactive, visible leadership. You'll need the confidence to build relationships with a wide range of NHS partners, stakeholders, Prison authorities and Community services, and to engage actively as part of a wider multidisciplinary team.
In return, we'll give you a Welcome Payment bonus and a fantastic staff benefits package!
Main duties of the job
- Working closely with our management team and key stakeholders, you will contribute to and deliver a comprehensive primary care health service.
- You will lead a multi-disciplinary team, assisting and supporting others in undertaking physical and/or health assessments, providing a range of health treatments/interventions for prisoners, and contributing to the wider continuous development of prison healthcare services.
- You will be responsible for the day-to-day line management of the Primary Care Team, ensuring that the delegation of work takes into account the roles, skills and competence of staff
- Support other senior managers in ensuring a high level of performance within the team is maintained, by participating in audits, Health and Justice Performance indicators, and NHS data collection activity.
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
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.
We are building on our ambition to deliver the best in health and wellbeing on a values-driven ethos and to maintain the highest standards of patient care and service. We are an expanding organisation, but we aim to grow without compromising on quality and social value.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification for further details on the advertised role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification for further details on the advertised role.
Person Specification
Education & Training
Essential
- Registered General Nurse Level 1
- Evidence of ongoing CPD and delivery of evidencebased care
- Independent Nurse /Supplementary/ NonMedical Prescriber qualification or willingness to undertake
- Appropriate management qualification of equivalent experience
Desirable
- RCGP Cert 1/2 Primary Care/LTC qualification
Knowledge
Essential
- Post registration experience
- Significant experience of working in a complex environment with multidisciplinary professionals demonstrating effective communication and leadership skills
- Be able to demonstrate experience of clinical governance used to improve patient care
- Experience of working as an autonomous practitioner
- Change management experience
- Experience of leading a team and effectively using policy and procedures to improve clinical and professional standards
- Experience of multidisciplinary/multi agency working
- Understanding and application of confidentiality
Desirable
- Experience of working within Health & Justice
- Experience of working in primary care/substance misuse/acute care
- Understanding of local and national key documents and their impact on health care delivery in a prison setting
- Research experience
Skills
Essential
- Able to communicate efficiently and effectively. Demonstrate a high level of personal and professional autonomy and an understanding of professional accountability
- Openness to explore and lead alternative working practices
- Able to develop and maintain positive working relationships
- Keyboard skills - computer literate with a working knowledge of Microsoft Office
- Able to maintain contemporaneous clinical records following clinical activities
Person Specification
Education & Training
Essential
- Registered General Nurse Level 1
- Evidence of ongoing CPD and delivery of evidencebased care
- Independent Nurse /Supplementary/ NonMedical Prescriber qualification or willingness to undertake
- Appropriate management qualification of equivalent experience
Desirable
- RCGP Cert 1/2 Primary Care/LTC qualification
Knowledge
Essential
- Post registration experience
- Significant experience of working in a complex environment with multidisciplinary professionals demonstrating effective communication and leadership skills
- Be able to demonstrate experience of clinical governance used to improve patient care
- Experience of working as an autonomous practitioner
- Change management experience
- Experience of leading a team and effectively using policy and procedures to improve clinical and professional standards
- Experience of multidisciplinary/multi agency working
- Understanding and application of confidentiality
Desirable
- Experience of working within Health & Justice
- Experience of working in primary care/substance misuse/acute care
- Understanding of local and national key documents and their impact on health care delivery in a prison setting
- Research experience
Skills
Essential
- Able to communicate efficiently and effectively. Demonstrate a high level of personal and professional autonomy and an understanding of professional accountability
- Openness to explore and lead alternative working practices
- Able to develop and maintain positive working relationships
- Keyboard skills - computer literate with a working knowledge of Microsoft Office
- Able to maintain contemporaneous clinical records following clinical activities
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 (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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 (opens in a new window).