Job summary
Are you ready to unlock your potential within a challenging, creative and fast paced work environment? Do you want to escape your current job role and work with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past? Now is the time to break into offender healthcare and develop your career.
As part of the South West Prison Healthcare contract awarded to Oxleas NHS trust in 2022, we are able to expand recruitment and are looking for a compassionate, knowledgeable and motivated Learning Disability Nurse to join our friendly team at HMP Portland.
Our healthcare team have a real impact on promoting health and well-being to those in prison and we pride ourselves on using skills and strategies that instil hope for patients future resettlement back into the community. We directly deliver Mental Health, Physical Health, Pharmacy and Clinical Substance Misuse in an integrated healthcare delivery model to provide effective and responsive care to improve wellbeing and support better outcomes in the future.
As part of our healthcare team, you will enjoy all the benefits of NHS AfC employment (inc pension) with the opportunity to work within a forward-thinking service, who encourage career and personal development to all staff to increase their clinical and interpersonal skills.
Main duties of the job
As a Learning Disability Nurse you will be providing visible, high calibre nursing care and support to adults with learning disabilities & additional complex needs. You will be joining an established nursing team and contribute to the development of good clinical practice, promoting the clinical and professional development of staff to ensure they provide holistic and evidence-based care.
You will participate in the assessment and preparation of service users for the first intake and support other nurses to undertake this. You'll actively participate in the adoption of a person-centred holistic approach to service users' assessment and care planning using contemporary models of care and evidence based challenging behaviour services. You will involve service users with mild/moderate learning disabilities in these processes.
You'll be required to demonstrate understanding and importance of developments in relation to challenging behaviour and people with learning disabilities as well as the important of risk assessment & management of risk with particular reference to people with mild to severe learning disabilities & challenging behaviour.
You will be actively involved in clinical supervision and staff support group facilitation around challenging behaviour practice & interventions. You will also lead in co-ordinating and taking part in the education of a range of specialist training initiatives about challenging behaviour & people with mild to moderate learning disabilities.
About us
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. 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.
Our healthcare departments operate across three prisons in the Dorset cluster each of which require a bespoke service responding to the prisoner and prison needs:
- HMP Guys Marsh - Cat C - Population = 550
- HMP Portland - Cat C - Population = 530
- HMP The Verne - Cat C - Population = 600
Oxleas are the lead provider across 10 South West prisons and operate in Bristol, South Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Devon in addition to the above.
Our wider 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 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.
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
Participate in the assessment and preparation of service users for the first intake and support other nurses to undertake this task.
Promote and develop communication systems which enable staff to work in a person centred way with service users.
Ensure the provision of contemporary evidence based challenging behaviour services
Actively participate in the adoption of a person-centred holistic approach to service users assessment and care planning using contemporary models of care. To involve service users with mild/moderate learning disabilities in these processes.
Demonstrate evidence based guidance on person centred/holistic assessment, care planning, intervention and evaluation for adults with severe challenging behaviour,
Ensure the principles of Valuing People and Transforming Care are embedded in practice.
Ensuring Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults policy is understood and adhered to and that issues are reported appropriately.
Demonstrate understanding the importance of developments/contemporary practice issues in relation to challenging behaviour and people learning disabilities.
Demonstrate understanding and the importance of risk assessment and management of risk with particular reference to people with mild to severe learning disabilities and challenging behaviour.
Actively involved in clinical supervision and staff support group facilitation around challenging behaviour practice and interventions.
Undertake direct specialist assessment/therapeutic work with individuals or groups, in liaison with the MDT and encourage others to do so.
Lead in co-ordinating and/or take part in the education of a range of specialist training initiatives about challenging behaviour and people with mild to moderate learning disabilities
Contribute to Clinical Governance and lead on specific projects.
Work to enhance the standards of nursing practice across the Service.
Participate in local audit and trust wide audits.
Work closely with prisons MDT, other Oxleas Services and internal/external colleagues to enhance service
Promote equality and diversity initiatives
Develop and maintain effective relationships with key partners, within the forensic and prisons directorate, Local Authority, local Universities, The Home Office, Police, the voluntary sector, and non-statutory agencies.
Provide cover for the clinical charge nurses as required
The post holder will be part of skilled multidisciplinary teams comprising 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 ensure a named care co-ordinator is allocated for every patient with complex needs who will ensure a proactive, evidence-based approach to clinical interventions, health promotion/prevention activity, and management of acute and long-term conditions using our stepped care approach.
The post holder will ensure that a single, integrated, care plans developed, and the individualised care is regularly reviewed.
The post holder will ensure that a comprehensive risk assessments and care plans are regularly reviewed in a needs-led review cycle.
The post holder will ensure a care coordination criteria and MDT meetings for patients with complex needs will be tailored to the needs of the establishment.
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 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
Participate in the assessment and preparation of service users for the first intake and support other nurses to undertake this task.
Promote and develop communication systems which enable staff to work in a person centred way with service users.
Ensure the provision of contemporary evidence based challenging behaviour services
Actively participate in the adoption of a person-centred holistic approach to service users assessment and care planning using contemporary models of care. To involve service users with mild/moderate learning disabilities in these processes.
Demonstrate evidence based guidance on person centred/holistic assessment, care planning, intervention and evaluation for adults with severe challenging behaviour,
Ensure the principles of Valuing People and Transforming Care are embedded in practice.
Ensuring Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults policy is understood and adhered to and that issues are reported appropriately.
Demonstrate understanding the importance of developments/contemporary practice issues in relation to challenging behaviour and people learning disabilities.
Demonstrate understanding and the importance of risk assessment and management of risk with particular reference to people with mild to severe learning disabilities and challenging behaviour.
Actively involved in clinical supervision and staff support group facilitation around challenging behaviour practice and interventions.
Undertake direct specialist assessment/therapeutic work with individuals or groups, in liaison with the MDT and encourage others to do so.
Lead in co-ordinating and/or take part in the education of a range of specialist training initiatives about challenging behaviour and people with mild to moderate learning disabilities
Contribute to Clinical Governance and lead on specific projects.
Work to enhance the standards of nursing practice across the Service.
Participate in local audit and trust wide audits.
Work closely with prisons MDT, other Oxleas Services and internal/external colleagues to enhance service
Promote equality and diversity initiatives
Develop and maintain effective relationships with key partners, within the forensic and prisons directorate, Local Authority, local Universities, The Home Office, Police, the voluntary sector, and non-statutory agencies.
Provide cover for the clinical charge nurses as required
The post holder will be part of skilled multidisciplinary teams comprising 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 ensure a named care co-ordinator is allocated for every patient with complex needs who will ensure a proactive, evidence-based approach to clinical interventions, health promotion/prevention activity, and management of acute and long-term conditions using our stepped care approach.
The post holder will ensure that a single, integrated, care plans developed, and the individualised care is regularly reviewed.
The post holder will ensure that a comprehensive risk assessments and care plans are regularly reviewed in a needs-led review cycle.
The post holder will ensure a care coordination criteria and MDT meetings for patients with complex needs will be tailored to the needs of the establishment.
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 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
Desirable
- oDegree level qualification or equivalent
- oDemonstrate other relevant forms of professional development
Experience
Essential
- oTwo years post registration experience working with people with a learning disability.
- oIs a driver holding full driving licence as expectation this post the person would travel various sites
Desirable
- oExperience of working in a multidisciplinary/multi agency team.
- oExperience of supervising staff.
- oExperience of delivering training.
- oExperience of prison nursing
Skills/Abilities/Knowledge
Essential
- oExperience and knowledge at providing assessment, formulating plan and delivering intervention
- oGood interpersonal skills - able to get on with people and communicate well under pressure.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
- oDegree level qualification or equivalent
- oDemonstrate other relevant forms of professional development
Experience
Essential
- oTwo years post registration experience working with people with a learning disability.
- oIs a driver holding full driving licence as expectation this post the person would travel various sites
Desirable
- oExperience of working in a multidisciplinary/multi agency team.
- oExperience of supervising staff.
- oExperience of delivering training.
- oExperience of prison nursing
Skills/Abilities/Knowledge
Essential
- oExperience and knowledge at providing assessment, formulating plan and delivering intervention
- oGood interpersonal skills - able to get on with people and communicate well under pressure.
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).
