Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated and
aspirational Registered Healthcare Professional to join our close-knit teams at
Blackberry
Hill Secure Forensic Psychiatric Hospital,
working across Fromeside Medium Secure &
Wickham Low Secure Units and Vinney Green Secure Childrens Home Emersons Green.
Fromeside Medium Secure
& Wickham Low Secure Units
In the role you will support the primary care function to
deliver key physical health services to the adult male and female patients
residing within the secure hospital.
Blackberry Hill Hospital, near Fishponds
is an NHS forensic psychiatric
hospital Fromeside is an 80-bed medium secure hospital caring for male and
female patients with mental illness and/or personality disorder, whilst Wickham
low secure service has 31 rehabilitation-focused beds, meeting the specific
needs of vulnerable male patients with ongoing mental health issues.
Vinney Green Secure Childrens Home Emersons
Green
In the role you will support the primary care function as
part of the wider health and wellbeing team to deliver key physical health
services to the children male and female patients residing in the secure childrens
home.
Situated in Emersons Green, Vinney Green secure
Childrens home is 24 bedded unit housing children between 10 and 18 years of
age who have come through the criminal justice system or the welfare system.
Main duties of the job
Working as part of the physical healthcare care team to
provide high quality primary care to the male and female patients.
In the role, you will:
Maintain your
registration in line with requirements of the relevant professional body
Participate
in the safe and effective delivery of primary care services
Undertake
comprehensive assessment of patient needs, including mental capacity and risk
assessment
Support
patients to manage their own health and promoting self-care
Support the
hospital mental health staff, the childrens home staff and patients with
health education
Previous
experience of working within a secure environment or mental health setting is
not required but you will need to demonstrate a strong commitment to the
delivery of quality and safe healthcare and an understanding of capacity
assessment and safeguarding.
With support from your line manager and a dedicated work
buddy, you will receive a robust induction at both sites. During induction,
you will be supernumerary, ensuring you are thoroughly supported until you feel
confident in the role.
As an employee of Hanham Health, you will receive
comprehensive training and will have access to a generous learning and
development library via e-learning for healthcare (e-lfh) and Avon LMC to
support you to maintain and enhance your skills and to broaden your progression
opportunities.
About us
Fromeside is an 80-bed medium secure hospital unit caring
for people with a mental illness and/or personality disorder who also have a
criminal history or have risks and behaviours that mean they cannot be treated
in mainstream mental health services.
Wickham is a low secure hospital unit with
31 rehabilitation-focused beds across three wards, each meeting the specific
needs of vulnerable men with ongoing mental health issues who are at different
stages of recovery and with different levels of independence.
Vinney Green is situated in Emersons Green,
Vinney Green secure Childrens home is 24 bedded unit housing children between
10 and 18 years of age who have come through the criminal justice system or the
welfare system. Many of the patients will have suffered Adverse Childhood
Events so trauma-informed practice is needed.
Hanham Health is a large forward thinking GP practice in
South Gloucestershire operating over two sites (Hanham Surgery and Oldland
Surgery) with a third branch surgery in Almondsbury.
We offer a high standard of service to our patients and
embrace different ways of working and new initiatives.
We are a quality-driven, friendly, and innovative Practice
and have long been involved in the career development of our team.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Part time (Approximately 24 hours per week over 3 days, to
be confirmed at interview)
The position will require you to work 2 days per week at
Fromeside with the remaining hours at Vinney Green Secure Children's Home.
(Working hours and days can be agreed following successful interview but must
fall within Monday to Friday 08:00-16:00)
Up to £34,000.00 per annum (pro rata) Registered General
Nurse or Allied Health Professional (depending on experience),
Up to £24,000 per annum (pro rata) Nursing Associate
(depending on experience).
Key Duties and Responsibilities
Clinical:
Within the scope of your clinical competence and training,
you will:
- Maintain
your professional registration in line with requirements of the relevant
professional body (e.g., NMC, HCPC)
Participate
in the safe and effective delivery of clinical care services, including but not
limited to:
- Long-term
condition reviews
- General
health checks and NHS health checks
- Screening
services
- Immunisation
and vaccination
- Planned and
acute wound care
- Health
promotion and well-being initiatives
- Triaging
patients and signposting / referring as per local pathways
- Assessment
and treatment of acute injury and/or illness
- Responding
to medical emergencies
- Basic life
support
- Undertake
comprehensive assessments of patient needs, including capacity and risk
assessment
- Support
patients to manage their own health and promote self-care
- Assist the
social care provider with some social care activities, where required and
appropriate
General:
- In accordance with relevant policies, protocols, procedures,
guidelines and standards, you will work under the direction of senior staff and
in collaboration with the wider team to:
- Constantly
strive to improve services delivered by Hanham Health
- Develop,
implement, and review policies, protocols and standard operating procedures,
within own scope of knowledge and competency
- Promote and
support multidisciplinary and interagency working across the service
- Work
proactively and collaborate with other agencies
- Promote and
support effective links with relevant health and well-being services in the
community, in support of continuity of care
- Understand
the contribution of others in the wider secure setting system
- Contribute
to strategies designed to promote and improve health and to prevent disease
- Adhere to
national and local key performance indicators
- Identify
issues pertinent to the patient population and advocate on behalf of patients
to promote health and well-being
- Participate
in patient feedback processes to support service improvement
- Participate
in clinical audits to support service improvement and to comply with national
and local requirements
- Ensure that
all services and care is delivered in an effective and timely manner, in
accordance with the organisations contractual obligations and with patient
needs
- Participate
in supervision and continual performance development reviews to ensure high
quality nursing care
- Debrief and
provide emotional support to colleagues following incidents and emergencies
- Positively
support and inspire colleagues to improve standards and quality and to develop
professional practice
- Recognise
and take appropriate action on ethical and legal issues which have implications
for clinical practice
- Identify and
take appropriate action to protect vulnerable individuals
- Identify and
take appropriate action on self-harm and suicide risk
- Report risks
and incidents in support of a transparent, blame-free, and shared learning
culture
- React to and
report any threat, or indication of threat, to the security/safety of the
establishment or any group or individual
- Comply with
hospital orders, procedure, instructions, and security requirements
- Attend
multidisciplinary team meetings and care planning reviews to provide input and
advice on physical health concerns
- Treat all
patients as individuals, always respecting their privacy and dignity
- Understand
and adhere to all organisational policy, protocol, and procedure at all times
- Undertake
such other duties as appropriate to the needs of the organisation
In light of the changing needs in secure healthcare, this
job description could be subject to change in the future.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Part time (Approximately 24 hours per week over 3 days, to
be confirmed at interview)
The position will require you to work 2 days per week at
Fromeside with the remaining hours at Vinney Green Secure Children's Home.
(Working hours and days can be agreed following successful interview but must
fall within Monday to Friday 08:00-16:00)
Up to £34,000.00 per annum (pro rata) Registered General
Nurse or Allied Health Professional (depending on experience),
Up to £24,000 per annum (pro rata) Nursing Associate
(depending on experience).
Key Duties and Responsibilities
Clinical:
Within the scope of your clinical competence and training,
you will:
- Maintain
your professional registration in line with requirements of the relevant
professional body (e.g., NMC, HCPC)
Participate
in the safe and effective delivery of clinical care services, including but not
limited to:
- Long-term
condition reviews
- General
health checks and NHS health checks
- Screening
services
- Immunisation
and vaccination
- Planned and
acute wound care
- Health
promotion and well-being initiatives
- Triaging
patients and signposting / referring as per local pathways
- Assessment
and treatment of acute injury and/or illness
- Responding
to medical emergencies
- Basic life
support
- Undertake
comprehensive assessments of patient needs, including capacity and risk
assessment
- Support
patients to manage their own health and promote self-care
- Assist the
social care provider with some social care activities, where required and
appropriate
General:
- In accordance with relevant policies, protocols, procedures,
guidelines and standards, you will work under the direction of senior staff and
in collaboration with the wider team to:
- Constantly
strive to improve services delivered by Hanham Health
- Develop,
implement, and review policies, protocols and standard operating procedures,
within own scope of knowledge and competency
- Promote and
support multidisciplinary and interagency working across the service
- Work
proactively and collaborate with other agencies
- Promote and
support effective links with relevant health and well-being services in the
community, in support of continuity of care
- Understand
the contribution of others in the wider secure setting system
- Contribute
to strategies designed to promote and improve health and to prevent disease
- Adhere to
national and local key performance indicators
- Identify
issues pertinent to the patient population and advocate on behalf of patients
to promote health and well-being
- Participate
in patient feedback processes to support service improvement
- Participate
in clinical audits to support service improvement and to comply with national
and local requirements
- Ensure that
all services and care is delivered in an effective and timely manner, in
accordance with the organisations contractual obligations and with patient
needs
- Participate
in supervision and continual performance development reviews to ensure high
quality nursing care
- Debrief and
provide emotional support to colleagues following incidents and emergencies
- Positively
support and inspire colleagues to improve standards and quality and to develop
professional practice
- Recognise
and take appropriate action on ethical and legal issues which have implications
for clinical practice
- Identify and
take appropriate action to protect vulnerable individuals
- Identify and
take appropriate action on self-harm and suicide risk
- Report risks
and incidents in support of a transparent, blame-free, and shared learning
culture
- React to and
report any threat, or indication of threat, to the security/safety of the
establishment or any group or individual
- Comply with
hospital orders, procedure, instructions, and security requirements
- Attend
multidisciplinary team meetings and care planning reviews to provide input and
advice on physical health concerns
- Treat all
patients as individuals, always respecting their privacy and dignity
- Understand
and adhere to all organisational policy, protocol, and procedure at all times
- Undertake
such other duties as appropriate to the needs of the organisation
In light of the changing needs in secure healthcare, this
job description could be subject to change in the future.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- You will hold a valid, up-to-date professional registration with the relevant professional body (NMC or HCPC).
- You will have previous experience in, or transferable experience for:
- Providing basic life support
- Continued professional development
- Working within a multi-disciplinary team
- Decision making
- Working within primary care and/or delivering primary care services
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- You will hold a valid, up-to-date professional registration with the relevant professional body (NMC or HCPC).
- You will have previous experience in, or transferable experience for:
- Providing basic life support
- Continued professional development
- Working within a multi-disciplinary team
- Decision making
- Working within primary care and/or delivering primary care services
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
