Primary Care Nurse Consultant - Health and Justice

We are looking for an experienced Primary Care clinical nurse leader and advanced practitioner to pioneer the role of Nurse Consultant within our Health and Justice services.

Main duties of the job

As a Nurse Consultant in Health and Justice, you will be instrumental in delivering high-quality, advanced practice to those under our care. This role provides dedicated time and resources to ensure the delivery of safe, effective care and prescribing with senior clinical leadership and oversight for advanced practitioners within our service. You will be responsible for all four pillars of advanced practice: clinical practice, leadership and management, education, and research.

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.

About us

CNWL's Health & Justice services span London, Milton Keynes, Kent, and Surrey. We are committed to delivering high-quality, innovative care across various settings, including court and police liaison, diversion services, low secure inpatient settings, community forensic teams, and healthcare within the prison estate. Our aim is to ensure the highest standards of care and patient experience through continuous improvement and innovation.

At CNWL Health and Justice, establishing a highly skilled and visible advanced practitioner workforce is a top priority. This ground-breaking role offers a unique opportunity to make a profound impact on the lives of individuals who face significant health disparities.

Our Health and Justice healthcare services provide a rich environment for learning, development, and advanced practice. This role offers a wealth of opportunities to enhance your leadership and advanced practice skills, allowing you to engage comprehensively with the holistic healthcare pathway through diverse nursing and leadership functions.

We are committed to supporting you as an innovator, leader, and team player across the health and care system. You'll benefit from a bespoke career pathway that includes continuous professional development, research opportunities, mentoring, and supervision.

Job description

Job responsibilities

**Please see full job description for further information**

Our responsibilities will include:

• Clinical supervision and development of staff
• Conducting clinical and regulatory audits
• Initiating quality improvement programs
• Leading research initiatives
• Enhancing and monitoring the quality of care provided to our patients

You will be an essential member of the Senior Leadership Team, upholding clinical and professional standards. Your dynamic and motivated approach will drive excellence in Health and Justice patient care. You will provide clinical leadership, support nursing development, promote improved health outcomes, and address health inequalities.

Your role will focus on:

• Leading nursing excellence and care delivery
• Enhancing patient experiences, clinical outcomes and efficiency
• Inspiring, influencing, and motivating others with your leadership, quality and governance skills

Join us in this rewarding role where your expertise and passion will help shape the future of our Health and Justice services, improving the lives of our patients and advancing the field of nursing.

Person Specification

Knowledge, Training & Experience

Essential

• NMC registered RN, Educated to master's level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in Primary Care, specialist areas including long term conditions. Non-medical prescriber (V300)
• MSC or PGdip in Advanced Clinical Practice or equivalency criteria as per national standards
• If PGdip must have previously completed an MSc
• Extensive knowledge of Primary Care specialist areas, acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to master's level equivalent
• Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development.
• Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy in Health & Justice and appreciate the implications of this on engagement
• Should have an appreciation of the relationship between the NHS England and individual provider and commissioning organisations
• Member of relevant professional body
• Extensive Health & Justice experience across community and inpatient - an expert in their field.
• Can demonstrate experience of advanced clinical skills in primary care management
• Ability to deliver teaching and training and mentoring
• Co-production experience and skills

Desirable

• Teaching qualification
• Additional Leadership training

Communication Skills

Essential

• Developed communication skills for delivering key messages to a range of stakeholders both internal and external (including outside the NHS) to the organisation, some at very senior level.
• Good presentational skills for conveying complex concepts.
• Ability to use informed persuasion to influence others.

Analytical

Essential

• Ability to identify risks, anticipate issues and create solutions and to resolve problems in relation to project or service delivery.
• Ability to understand a broad range of complex information quickly and making decisions where opinions differ/no obvious solution

Planning Skills

Essential

• Evidence of planning and delivering programmes and projects and services on time

Management Skills

Essential

• Abilities for financial and staff management

Physical Skills

Essential

• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office with intermediate keyboard skills.

Autonomy

Essential

• Ability to work without supervision, providing specialist advice to the organisation, working to tight and often changing timescales
• Interpreting national policy for implementation

Equality & Diversity

Essential

• Will consider the most effective way to promote equality of opportunity and good working relationships in employment and service delivery and has the ability to take actions which support and promote this agenda.

Financial and Physcial Resources

Essential

• Previously responsible for a budget, involved in budget setting and working knowledge of financial processes

Other

Essential

• Team working skills
• Self-motivated
• Ability to move between details and the bigger picture.
• Demonstrates honesty and integrity and promotes organisational values.
• Embrace change, viewing it as an opportunity to learn and develop

Employer details

Employer name

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

HMP High Down and HMP Bronzefield

High Down Lane

Sutton

SM2 5PJ

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333-D-HJ-1669