Job summary
The post holder will work as part of the integrated healthcare services in HMP Wandsworth
The Substance Misuse Service (SMS) provides assessment and clinical treatment for prisoners with drug and alcohol addiction mainly through opioids substitution treatment. We work with prisoners with mainly substance addiction who present with complex and challenging needs. We are currently seeking Band 5 Substance Misuse Nurse Practitioners to support our clinical interventions. Because of the integrated nature of the SMS, and since our patients present with complex physical and mental health needs in addition substance addiction, we are keen to recruit both RGNs and RMNs. Experience of working in secure environments or within a substance misuse setting is welcomed, but is not essential for this role; what is essential is a 'caring not judging' attitude and willingness to learn.
Main duties of the job
JOB PURPOSE
- To provide substance misuse support interventions to offenders. This will require liaison with prison and Serco senior managers and staff probation services, education staff, security personnel, and external NHS providers both in primary and secondary care, and visiting specialists when required.
- To support senior staff in the development of high quality substance misuse care through the effective assessment, development and implementation programmes. To assess care needs and provide high quality nursing care as a member of a multi-disciplinary team for offenders who have substance misuse clinical healthcare needs utilising the care planning and CPA processes and risk assessment & care planning.
- To maintain accurate, legible records of care provided based upon the CPA care plan process, incorporating relevant communication and liaison with other care providers and the wider prison establishment
- To promote the overall health and well being of the offender population using evidence based practice.
About us
Oxleas - 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
Details
Date posted
22 September 2023
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£34,089 to £41,498 a year pa inc
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time
Reference number
277-5522510-WANDS-A
Job locations
HMP Wandsworth
Heathfield Road
Wandsworth
SW18 3HU
Employer details
Employer name
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Address
HMP Wandsworth
Heathfield Road
Wandsworth
SW18 3HU
Employer's website
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