Advanced Mental Health Clinical Lead

4 weeks ago

Lancaster, Lancashire, United Kingdom NHS Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Mental Health Clinical Lead to join our team at HMP Lancaster Farms, a category C Prison located in Lancaster. This is a permanent position, Monday - Friday, 37 hours per week, with flexibility required for some additional weekends when necessary.

The successful candidate will manage a team of 20, covering all elements of Mental Health and working as part of an integrated team in Primary Care. The role offers a competitive annual salary of up to £53,077 per annum FTE, depending on experience.

Main Duties of the Job
  • Provide clinical leadership and management to the registered nurses and care teams
  • Deputise on behalf of the Deputy/Head of Healthcare when required, working closely with partners to maintain a robust, high-quality clinical service for patients
  • Ensure that your clinical practice is consistent with autonomous practice within the role, modeling a culture of compassion, care, courage, commitment, communication, and competence
  • Coach, line manage, and develop clinician staff; support and contribute to audits and governance, and contribute to developing and reviewing clinical/non-clinical Local Operating Protocols for the site
  • Chair and facilitate specific healthcare meetings with the team and different partners, provide clinical supervision (training available), and carry out investigations locally and for the wider region
What We Offer
  • 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
About Us

The Health in Justice team at Practice Plus Group makes a real difference across over 60 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 their background.

  • 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
Qualifications Required:
  • Registered Nurse Mental Health NMC
  • Experience in leading a team
  • Evidence of Continued Professional Development
  • Understanding of the complexities of multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working
  • A non-judgmental and compassionate approach
  • Existing line management experience and student nurse mentorship

Although not essential, ideal applicants would have experience in a hospital, community, or prison environment.

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.

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