Job summary
- Main area
- Health & Justice Services
- Grade
- NHS AfC Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Health & Justice Services work to a 7 day working week)
- Job ref
- 333-D-HJ-1900
- Employer
- Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- HMP Downview
- Town
- Sutton, Surrey
- Salary
- £53,751 - £60,651 per annum inc Outer HCAS (pro rata if P/T)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/10/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 17/11/2025
Employer heading
Primary Care Clinical Team Lead - HMP Downview
NHS AfC Band 7
CNWL (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust) has almost 8,000 staff providing integrated healthcare to a third of London's population, Milton Keynes and areas beyond. We involve service users, carers, the public, staff and partner organisations in the way that we are run.
Our catchment area spans diverse communities, with over 100 first languages spoken. It contains areas of great affluence as well as areas of much deprivation. We are committed to providing services that meet the needs of the people who use them, and we actively encourage involvement from local people who can help make a difference. We’re proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME and people with disabilities to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.
We are recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing high quality, innovative healthcare. We aim to employ only the best people, and our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy and policy, and many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries.
We offer a generous relocation package (subject to eligibility assessment) and flexible working options, including bank assignments for most roles. For more information on these and other benefits of working for us, see our Benefits, Reward and Wellbeing page
Become part of our team. We care for you as much as you care for others.
CNWL NHS Foundation Trust are committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow safe recruitment practices to protect children and vulnerable adults.
Job overview
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust is a Top Employer Award Winner and works in partnership to provide responsive and dependable primary care, mental health, intellectual disability and substance misuse services to the diverse and culturally rich communities we serve.
In our quest to deliver patient-focused quality care we are looking to recruit a highly motivated, innovative and enthusiastic Primary Care Clinical Team Lead to join our forward thinking, friendly and expanding Health & Justice team at HMP Downview.
By joining our Prisons Health Care Team, you will not only look after the healthcare needs of our patients residing in secure environments, but who also have the opportunity to have a real impact on promoting health and well-being.
Our motto is “Caring NOT Judging” so by working in partnership with the criminal justice system and other agencies, we provide responsive, dependable and high-quality primary care and mental health services to those who may have offended and those at risk of offending in the communities we serve, to improve their health status and to encourage social inclusion.
Why not see what our staff say about working within our award winning teams: https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/health-and-justice/find-out-what-its-work-health-and-justice
Main duties of the job
The Clinical Team Leader is a clinical expert who will lead the Primary Care nursing team to achieve a targeted and appropriate service, delivered in accordance with evidence-based practice and local policies and procedures. The post holder is expected to deliver care in a range of nurse led clinics utilising the Quality Outcome Framework and to further develop services such as long-term conditions management, nurse led minor ailment clinics and immunisation programmes.
The post holder will demonstrate a professional manner which is tolerant, courteous and calm in the full course of their duties, in relation to dealing with colleagues, visitors and patients. They will be able to effectively deal with all patients in a professional, nonreactive manner and diffuse potentially volatile situations to avoid escalation.
They will be expected to demonstrate a full and proactive commitment to equal opportunities in accordance with local and national policies.
The post holder will continually promote high standards of service within the Primary Care nursing team, effectively manage poor performance and contribute to the development of a culture of professionalism within the team.
The post holder will work closely with the Primary Care Lead and other Healthcare managers to develop and implement an effective Primary Care Strategy.
Working for our organisation
Along with the fully established benefits such as Monthly supervision; Annual personal development plans/appraisals; Support and guidance with Revalidation; Hidden Gem and annual award ceremonies. We are also able to offer access to a full range of internal and external training opportunities across our services.
Our Health and Justice healthcare services present unique and diverse learning, development, and leadership opportunities for nurses, where you will have the potential to make a significant difference to the lives of adults, children and young people who often experience a wide range of health inequalities.
We have a clinical leadership career pathway in place to ensure you feel supported and valued via our career pathway programme that facilitates lifelong learning and development enabling you to progress within you career within Health & Justice.
We will support you to ensure you develop your clinical and leadership skills this includes:
-
Induction programme
-
Career coaching
-
Clinical supervision
-
Reflective Practice
-
Ongoing support from professional nurse advocates
-
NHS Leadership Academy leadership course
-
Bespoke health and justice clinical competencies
-
External training courses in enhanced and advanced practice
All our sites in Surrey offer free use of the onsite leisure facilities and free parking for staff.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Clinical
- Plan, deliver and evaluate interventions for treatment as clinically appropriate using evidence based models
- Set up processes/protocols for effective assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care for all patients with a range of physical health care needs, including those who may also have mental health and/or substance misuse needs.
- Safeguard vulnerable patients in line with Trust safeguarding policies.
- Provide brief interventions - health education, advice and information - to patients and develop Health promotion programmes to be delivered in partnership with the prison.
- Provide specialist clinical advice, training and support to nursing colleagues on the management of patients.
- Apply local Risk Assessment and management protocols.
- Make appropriate referrals to other services for long term or complex care management e.g. detox, counselling, psychology.
- Advise Primary care nursing staff and GP’s on medication issues, promote adherence to local medication policies/protocols and compliance with legal and professional standards.
- Possess knowledge of the security implications of medicines within Health & Justice Services.
- Monitor the on-going health status of patients and address identified issues.
- Co-ordinate multi-disciplinary clinical practice to provide focused, integrated care and treatment programmes.
- Work collaboratively with primary care staff to develop clinical services that deliver high quality nurse-led clinics e.g. minor ailments, chronic disease clinics and health promotion initiatives.
- Use highly skilled interventions to de-escalate aggressive patient behaviours and be aware of the appropriate processes for dealing with them.
- Work collaboratively with staff of other disciplines e.g. prison, education staff to provide integrated and coordinated care.
- Work within own sphere of competency and ensure that training needs are communicated to the team manager.
- Lead local audits and participate in trust audits to enhance quality of care.
Person specification
Education & Qualification
Essential criteria
- NMC Registered Adult Nurse
- Education to degree level, or appropriate experience
Desirable criteria
- ENB998/SLICE or Mentorship qualification
Attitudes, aptitudes personal characteristics
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate the ability to weigh up situations and consider the benefits and problems before decisions are made
- Demonstrate a positive ‘can do’ attitude despite the challenges of any given situation.
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrable ability to plan and implement change in the service and ensure the involvement of the workforce in the programme of change.
Other
Essential criteria
- The post holder must have the ability to understand and implement the equal opportunities policy at a level appropriate to the job
- Ability to promote anti-discriminatory and anti-racist practices
Skills & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Up to date knowledge of primary care/ health & justice nursing.
- Ability to support in building and developing teams of people, and to provide clinical leadership to a diverse workforce.
- Demonstrable ability to performance manage staff to meet key performance indicators (KPIs) and performance targets
- Ability to identify problems and use initiative and creativity in problem solving.
- Ability to manage pressure and changing and conflicting priorities effectively
- Ability to support and monitor systems for clinical practice
- Able to influence and use negotiation skills to manage differences constructively.
- A demonstrable ability to work closely with a range of stakeholders and other providers in helping plan the future of service provision
- Ability to manage change and conflict
- Able to demonstrate an understanding of safeguarding practice for both vulnerable adults and children
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience at Band 6 or equivalent in a multi- disciplinary staff team, including line management and supervision responsibility
- Experience of supporting staff through change
- Experience of multi-professional collaboration, including partnership working with other agencies
- Experienced in involving service users in service planning and monitoring.
- Developing and running Nurse Led Clinics
Desirable criteria
- Experience of service development.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Deborah Anderson
- Job title
- Primary Care Service Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
We are a friendly team and encourage any prospective candidate to contact us with any questions and/or to book an informal visit.
You can also find more information on our services and the work we do within the Health & Justice Directorate please do take a look at our new website https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/health-and-justice
Our healthcare services work to a 7-day week working model, to ensure our patient's healthcare is managed and maintained to the highest of standards at all times.
List jobs with Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust in Nursing and Midwifery or all sectors