Job summary
Looking for something new & exciting in the NHS? Ever considered Prison healthcare?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Substance Misuse Nurse or Psychosocial Practitioner to join the Offender Health Directorate working at HMP Gartree.
HMP Gartree is a Category B Lifer Prison and part of the Long Term High Security estate.
HMP Gartree houses approx 700 adult, male prisoners serving long term or Life sentences.
There is a dedicated healthcare suite located in the main building providing physical and mental healthcare, support and advice.
Main duties of the job
To take a lead role in providing the successful and effective delivery of Substance Misuse services in HMP Services Offender Health. To work as a senior substance misuse Nurse or Psychosocial Practitioner within a multi-disciplinary team in a prison setting, providing care to patients with complex substance misuse problems, from the point of entry into the prison system to re-entry into the community so that re-offending is reduced, and the health and social functioning of prisoners is improved.
To provide high quality patient care through assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care for people with substance misuse problems working to both harm reduction and health promotion / recovery agendas.
To provide leadership to junior staff
To provide effective substance misuse care services for prisoners, which deliver against required standards, e.g. Key Performance Indicators, Prison Health Performance Quality Indicators and demonstrate value for money, improve the mental health of individuals, enabling the service to compete as provider of choice to local commissioners.
About us
We have a huge variety of opportunities in our expansive Trust covering geographically from South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire to Leicester, providing mental health inpatient and community services, community health services, forensic mental health services and secure prison healthcare across the East Midlands.
We have more than 100 sites and a huge scope of unique opportunities to develop your career and gain some amazing experiences. We strive to be a great place to work and offer many staff benefits and tailored staff support and wellbeing programmes.
Do you want to make a difference?
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Then Nottinghamshire Healthcare is the perfect place for you to start, maintain or further your career. Join our team of nearly 9000 who are making a difference every day. We are all about our people - our staff, volunteers, carers, service users and patients. We are NottsHC.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
The Offender Health Directorate is one of the largest and most successful providers of prison healthcare in the UK. The Directorate provide physical, mental health and substance misuse healthcare services in prisons across the East Midlands, Lincolnshire & Leicestershire.
The Directorate provides healthcare to 9 prisons and a short term holding facility. You are part of a large peer group of 400+ healthcare professionals with access to peer support, supervision and excellent opportunities for learning and development. We also offer services within the Personality Disorder Pathway, including Therapeutic Communities (within prisons), Community and Prison Personality Disorder services and specialist Veteran Services.
We are committed to working in partnership with prison services, national probation service other healthcare providers and our criminal justice system partners to improve health, support justice to reduce re-offending behaviour. The Offender Health Team truly believes it can make a difference to the lives of offenders by offering consistent, high-quality care in primary, mental health and substance misuse services that are equivalent to health services delivered outside of Prison.
To co-ordinate and lead the team in the provision of clinical and psychosocial interventions.
To provide guidance and support to junior members of the team regarding standards of care for patients.
To provide advice, guidance and leadership in respect of mental health and concurrent substance misuse needs.To provide clinical and managerial supervision to team members.
Our DBS check is free, you have no fees to pay!
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Offender Health Directorate is one of the largest and most successful providers of prison healthcare in the UK. The Directorate provide physical, mental health and substance misuse healthcare services in prisons across the East Midlands, Lincolnshire & Leicestershire.
The Directorate provides healthcare to 9 prisons and a short term holding facility. You are part of a large peer group of 400+ healthcare professionals with access to peer support, supervision and excellent opportunities for learning and development. We also offer services within the Personality Disorder Pathway, including Therapeutic Communities (within prisons), Community and Prison Personality Disorder services and specialist Veteran Services.
We are committed to working in partnership with prison services, national probation service other healthcare providers and our criminal justice system partners to improve health, support justice to reduce re-offending behaviour. The Offender Health Team truly believes it can make a difference to the lives of offenders by offering consistent, high-quality care in primary, mental health and substance misuse services that are equivalent to health services delivered outside of Prison.
To co-ordinate and lead the team in the provision of clinical and psychosocial interventions.
To provide guidance and support to junior members of the team regarding standards of care for patients.
To provide advice, guidance and leadership in respect of mental health and concurrent substance misuse needs.To provide clinical and managerial supervision to team members.
Our DBS check is free, you have no fees to pay!
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- First level registered nurse, RGN or RNMH
- Significant demonstrable experience within the substance misuse field with evidence of appropriate continued learning
Desirable
- Non Medical Prescribing Course (or willingness to attend)
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with and interviewing clients on a 1:1 basis and building good service user relations
- Significant experience of planning and being in charge of a ward/unit
Desirable
- Experience of working in criminal justice setting
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of current substance misuse related issues
- Understanding of equal opportunities issues within healthcare in criminal justice
Desirable
- Awareness of local networks to support the delivery of SMS
Skills
Essential
- Ability to engage with and develop a rapport with the client group
- Ability to participate in and understand multi professional teamwork
- Teaching, influencing, negotiation, and supervision skills
Desirable
- Experience of training delivery
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- First level registered nurse, RGN or RNMH
- Significant demonstrable experience within the substance misuse field with evidence of appropriate continued learning
Desirable
- Non Medical Prescribing Course (or willingness to attend)
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with and interviewing clients on a 1:1 basis and building good service user relations
- Significant experience of planning and being in charge of a ward/unit
Desirable
- Experience of working in criminal justice setting
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of current substance misuse related issues
- Understanding of equal opportunities issues within healthcare in criminal justice
Desirable
- Awareness of local networks to support the delivery of SMS
Skills
Essential
- Ability to engage with and develop a rapport with the client group
- Ability to participate in and understand multi professional teamwork
- Teaching, influencing, negotiation, and supervision skills
Desirable
- Experience of training delivery
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
