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Job summary

Main area
Secured Services
Grade
Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
270-TH014-HMPLG
Employer
Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
HMP Lowdham Grange
Town
Lowdham
Salary
£49,387 - £56,515 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
24/04/2026 23:59

Employer heading

Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust logo

Primary Care Lead

Band 7

Job overview

Lead with Compassion. Deliver with Purpose.

Are you a dynamic healthcare leader ready to take the next step in your career? Join Team NHFT as a Primary Care Matron and play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering high-quality healthcare services within a secure environment.

At Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHFT), we’re proud to be rated Outstanding by the CQC. We’re committed to innovation, inclusivity, and making a real difference in the lives of our patients and staff.

Main duties of the job

As Primary Care Matron at HMP Lowdham Grange, a Category B men’s prison, you’ll be a key member of the leadership team, reporting to the Head of Healthcare. You’ll lead a multidisciplinary team, drive service improvements, and ensure the delivery of safe, effective, and compassionate care.

You’ll:

  • Provide clinical and operational leadership to the primary care team
  • Oversee governance, quality assurance, and service development
  • Manage staff recruitment, supervision, and performance
  • Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to deliver integrated care
  • Ensure compliance with CQC, infection control, and health & safety standards

Working for our organisation

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be ‘outstanding’ by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Registered healthcare professional with diploma/degree-level qualification
Desirable criteria
  • Leadership training or qualifications

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Minimum 2 years’ experience at Band 6 or equivalent
  • Proven leadership and staff management experience
  • Experience working across service boundaries
Desirable criteria
  • Previous experience in prison or secure healthcare settings

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyWorkplace Wellbeing Charter LogoArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardDisability confident employerCare quality commission - OutstandingStep into health

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Steve Mason
Job title
Head of Healthcare
Email address
[email protected]
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