Deputy Head of Healthcare (12 month FTC)
Flockton, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England
WF4
Hours: Full time
Contract: Bank
Role: Other Qualified Professional
Posted: 16 Jan 2025
Closes: 15 Feb 2025
Job Description
About The Role
We have an exciting opportunity for a Deputy Head of Healthcare to join our busy team at HMP New Hall & HMP Askham Grange - both female prisons in West Yorkshire. This role is being offered on a 12 month FTC covering maternity leave, and is a fantastic opportunity for a current Deputy to gain invaluable experience at different sites, or a current lead looking to step up and progress! You will work from HMP New Hall 4 days per week, and Askham Grange 1 day per week.
Salary: This position is full time, you'll receive an annual salary of £49,585 - £52,000 depending on experience.
Hours: This is a full time role, working 37.5 hours per week, Monday - Friday between 08:00 - 16:00.
How will we support you?
• 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
Candidates are required to have a legal right to work in the UK and due to the nature of the role, offers of employment will be subject to additional vetting and security checks.
What you'll be doing:
* Work closely with the Head of Healthcare and senior team to deliver the best service possible to patients
* Support all pathways that we offer - mental health, primary care and substance misuse
* Work across the two sites, providing leadership to the clinical leads and wider healthcare team
* Deputise for the Head of Healthcare when necessary
* Have responsibility for the operational management of the service
* Continuously review and assess the service being delivered
* Review and improve standards and processes
* Support the Head of Healthcare in delivering agreed contractual requirements and targets from NHS England and drive their strategic vision for the service
* Ensure effective day-to-day operational management of all clinical services across the site
* Ensure agreed standards are achieved by leading, developing and motivating your team, ensuring they receive appropriate managerial supervision and performance appraisal
What we'll look for in you:
The Health in Justice team at Practice Plus Group makes a real difference across over 53 prisons, young offenders and immigration removal centres. We're 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.
Our new Deputy Head of Healthcare will:
* Have knowledge and understanding of healthcare within a prison environment or secure setting
* Be an existing Deputy Head, Clinical Lead or Senior Staff Member
* Have knowledge of clinical governance
* Have experience of QOF (Quality and Outcomes Framework)
* Ideally have experience in a managerial / leadership position
* Any prison or secure environment would be a bonus!
* Be happy to work across multiple sites, and respond to service needs to work where needed
Secure environments are one of the most challenging, yet rewarding places for healthcare professionals to work. If you're looking for a role where you can develop your existing healthcare skills and learn something new every day in an environment that never stands still, then this could be the right opportunity for you.
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