Job summary
Bank Mental Health Nurse - HMP Leyhill - Band 6
*PLEASE NOTE THIS VACANCY IS FOR HMP LEYHILL ONLY*
An opportunity has arisen to join the primary care healthcare team at HMP Leyhill, a category D open prison preparing prisoners for release and resettlement back into the community.
The healthcare department at HMP Leyhill is very much like a GP surgery in the community and the role is similar to that of a practice Nurse. You will hold your own caseload and carry out daily clinics autonomously as well as being part of a very supportive team.
Daily clinics include urgent care same day matters to triage and routine primary care such as long-term condition management, imms & vacs, wound care, health screening and promotion and care planning.
The role will also include some emergency response and medication administration.
The prison is located just off the M5, 15 minutes away from Bristol and 30 minutes from Gloucester. There is plenty of free onsite parking, staff can also access the gym facilities for free before work and at lunchtime.
Our working hours are Monday-Friday 07:30-17:30, Saturday & Sunday's 07:30-12:00
The aim is to provide a quality primary care service and a range of specialist interventions for offenders. To support junior colleagues. Assist & support the Primary care manager as directed to deliver a nurse-led integrated primary care service and develop a specialist practice-based clinical model of care.
Main duties of the job
To perform robust assessment, screening, and interventions to service users with mental health and neurodevelopmental and trauma needs.
Ensure that all waiting time, assessment and interventions are delivered in a timely manner, and positively contribute to the achievement of the service's performance targets.
Ensure integrated and collaborative working with other specialist services, including continuity of care and through the gate arrangements and liaison
Work closely with community mental health teams (CMHTs) to ensure appropriate sharing of information, continuity of care and the Care Programme Approach (CPA) for all service users where necessary.
To provide comprehensive and timely reports and mental health expertise to multi agency public protection panels (MAPPA), police, probation services, solicitors and court liaison teams as directed.
Deliver active clinical leadership and supervision within the team, covering for the manager and colleagues as required. To receive supervision as directed (line management and clinical).
To participate in resource centre services as directed, delivering psychological therapy and specialist activities under the direction of the clinical lead.
About us
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
- We're Kind
- We're Fair
- We Listen
- We Care
Job description
Job responsibilities
To work in a psychologically minded way with service users in achieving their agreed goals and quality health outcomes.
Close working relationships with all prison staff, to include participation in sentence planning, resettlement, safer custody, and the ACCT processes.
To develop and take on a specialist lead role as appropriate and provide peer support and training in this area.
To contribute towards support, advice, consultation, and training for prison staff.
The post holder will be part of a skilled multidisciplinary team (MDT) comprising of all healthcare staff, including strategic partners, and prison managing a single referral pathway.
The post holder will be required to undertake training to maximise uptake of screening, health promotion and prevention activity, including vaccinations.
The post holder will be required to hold a caseload and care co-ordinate services uses with secondary mental health and complex needs. Ensuring a proactive, evidence-based approach to clinical interventions, health promotion/prevention activity, and management of acute and long-term conditions using a stepped care approach.
The post holder will ensure that a single, integrated, care plan is devolved in collaboration with service users and responsible for facilitating the development of comprehensive risk assessment, crisis plans, rapid access plans, advance statements etc, involving other agencies such as primary care etc where appropriate. Ensure the individualised care is regularly reviewed and updated where necessary.
The post holder as a care coordinator will attend/contribute in a a weekly MDT meeting for service uses on secondary case load and complex care needs. This will ensure a tailored individual needs approach.
The post holder will ensure that they undertake all training in evidence-based CBT approaches, to enhance consistency and quality of care delivery.
The post holder will support patients to manage all areas of their health at every stage, from oral health to long term conditions.
The post holder will ensure that health promotion embedded into every aspect of the service.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To work in a psychologically minded way with service users in achieving their agreed goals and quality health outcomes.
Close working relationships with all prison staff, to include participation in sentence planning, resettlement, safer custody, and the ACCT processes.
To develop and take on a specialist lead role as appropriate and provide peer support and training in this area.
To contribute towards support, advice, consultation, and training for prison staff.
The post holder will be part of a skilled multidisciplinary team (MDT) comprising of all healthcare staff, including strategic partners, and prison managing a single referral pathway.
The post holder will be required to undertake training to maximise uptake of screening, health promotion and prevention activity, including vaccinations.
The post holder will be required to hold a caseload and care co-ordinate services uses with secondary mental health and complex needs. Ensuring a proactive, evidence-based approach to clinical interventions, health promotion/prevention activity, and management of acute and long-term conditions using a stepped care approach.
The post holder will ensure that a single, integrated, care plan is devolved in collaboration with service users and responsible for facilitating the development of comprehensive risk assessment, crisis plans, rapid access plans, advance statements etc, involving other agencies such as primary care etc where appropriate. Ensure the individualised care is regularly reviewed and updated where necessary.
The post holder as a care coordinator will attend/contribute in a a weekly MDT meeting for service uses on secondary case load and complex care needs. This will ensure a tailored individual needs approach.
The post holder will ensure that they undertake all training in evidence-based CBT approaches, to enhance consistency and quality of care delivery.
The post holder will support patients to manage all areas of their health at every stage, from oral health to long term conditions.
The post holder will ensure that health promotion embedded into every aspect of the service.
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- Diploma level/Degree in relevant health/social care profession, eg RMN, RLDN OT, Social Worker.
- Current relevant registration with the NMC or HCPC
Desirable
- Desirable relevant, post registration training in one of the following areas: Learning disability, Personality disorder, Substance misuse/dual diagnosis or Psychological therapies
Experience
Essential
- Two years substantive post-registration experience gained working in a range of frontline adult mental health services, undertaking assessment and delivering interventions.
Desirable
- Relevant post-registration qualifications, such as Thorn, Non-Medical Prescribing, CBT, AMHP, Brief Interventions etc
- Experience gained in a wide variety of settings
- Working in a custodial setting
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- Diploma level/Degree in relevant health/social care profession, eg RMN, RLDN OT, Social Worker.
- Current relevant registration with the NMC or HCPC
Desirable
- Desirable relevant, post registration training in one of the following areas: Learning disability, Personality disorder, Substance misuse/dual diagnosis or Psychological therapies
Experience
Essential
- Two years substantive post-registration experience gained working in a range of frontline adult mental health services, undertaking assessment and delivering interventions.
Desirable
- Relevant post-registration qualifications, such as Thorn, Non-Medical Prescribing, CBT, AMHP, Brief Interventions etc
- Experience gained in a wide variety of settings
- Working in a custodial setting
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).
