Job responsibilities
Provide direction and co-ordination in conjunction with Heads of Departments and relevant managers in shaping and implementing the future provision and quality of services provided.
The post holder will exercise a high degree of personal and professional autonomy and can plan and reach complex and critical judgments and have decision making skills to satisfy the expectations of the role. To foster and maintain effective relationships with HMPS senior management team, Governors, and staff.
Deputise for the Prisons Services Manager as required.
To strategically develop, deliver, clinically audit and evaluate the Integrated Healthcare Service for the prison. This will include acute & primary care, long term conditions management, enhanced assessment and diagnostic intervention services and health promotion activities and be in line with the NHS Plan, public health indicators and National Service Frameworks.
To demonstrate and provide robust expert clinical leadership with a sound understanding of evidence-based nursing practice to provide a pro-active approach, to ensure quality and outcome driven practice on a day-to-day basis, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
To ensure the implementation of effective and appropriate patient centred care planning tools I Care Programme Approach (CPA), long-term condition registers and consistent delivery throughout all the prisons and forensic units within the service.
To ensure monitoring systems are in place, to promote the development of evidence-based practice in specialist fields and to promote research as appropriate.
To ensure the development of and participation in managerial and professional clinical supervision programme, to ensure all staff receive appropriate supervision, training and annual appraisal, and to ensure that it becomes an integral part of team practice.
The post holder will work collaboratively with the Clinical Lead, GPs, psychiatrists and other clinicians to meet and review service needs as required.
Management Responsibilities
Operational
To be responsible for the development and delivery of an effective integrated healthcare service clinical model.
To develop, implement and maintain the National Standards for Health Care in Prisons for the service.
Ensure all clinics and consultations are delivered in a clinically effective and timely way, in line with service needs.
Develop robust systems for the collection triage & allocation of referrals as appropriate and monitoring and auditing the quality and effectiveness of service delivery.
Management
Develop strategies designed to promote and improve health and prevent disease, working proactively and collaborating with other professionals, organisations and agencies as required.
Maximising resources to target need, including the deployment and supervision of staff.
Delegate appropriate responsibility and authority to team members, whilst retaining overall responsibility and accountability for the service's performance & results.
To develop and maintain an effective case management service to ensure care and continuity of treatment is maintained throughout a patient care pathway whilst detained in prison.
To monitor and review the implementation of appropriate & effective and accredited care planning tools/ CPA for all prisoners/ patients that are subject to the process in accordance with agreed Trust Policies.
To develop effective systems and interfaces with community and acute health services ensuring continuity of care on release or discharge.
To actively promote and demonstrate working across professional and organisational boundaries.
To develop and maintain close working partnerships with all services that may be involved with the care and management of offenders, (prison staff, Ministry of Justice, Trust & Directorate senior managers & relevant forums, CMHT staff, NHS Hospitals, Probation Services, CPS, Courts, GP's, community health services, Housing/Benefit services, social care, community multiagency forums etc.).
Human Resources
Responsible for day-to-day management & co-ordination of the Integrated Healthcare Team.
Responsible for the selection recruitment and retention of appropriately skilled staff.
To ensure systems are in place for clinical supervision to team members including annual appraisal and identification of specific service, training, and personal development needs.
Governance
Ensure the clinical policies are fair and equitable and that they support the needs of the Commissioners and offenders and are in line with Trust key performance targets and Clinical Governance Frameworks.
Ensure staff compliance with all Prison and Trust clinical policies and procedures as appropriate.
Responsible for the management of all matters relating to discipline, complaints and serious & untoward incidents and investigations as required.
Ensure appropriately skilled & qualified staff comply with the administration and management of medications according to their responsibilities in accordance with all relevant policies, guidance, and procedures.
Ensuring high standards of electronic record-keeping competencies and offender confidentiality in line with trust & prison policy and systems, through effective monitoring and auditing processes.
General
To liaise with other senior Trust personnel to share expertise, promote ideas and to ensure the service is working collaboratively with the Trust's other Directorates as required.
To effectively manage and continuously monitor all budgets and physical resources within the post holder's sphere of control.
To act as budget holder and authorised signatory for the Integrated Healthcare team.
Develop and maintain inter-disciplinary and inter-agency working with all relevant agencies and organisations.
Undertake other duties agreed in conjunction with the Prisons Services Manager
Liaises with Clinical Lead, multi-professional teams, HMPS staff, Trust senior directors and staff, commissioners, independent service providers, CMHTs, multi-agency protection panels, community health providers, acute services, probation service, court services, criminal justice agencies, offenders, carers and families
IMPORTANT INFORMATION, PLEASE READ:
All applicants must be willing to undertake National Security Vetting in order to work in a Prison Setting. This will be completed as part of the pre-employment checks through Oxleas and the prison vetting team.
You will need to provide:
Proof of right to work documentation
Proof of ID, needs to include 1 photographicID
Proof of address documentation
Non-UK passport holders will need to have correct documentation (right to work in the UK) and a Home office Share code.
Address History:
5 years address history will be needed.
Applicants that are not UK Passport holders who provide less than 5 years UK address history will need to provide a Police Certificate which must be in English from where they resided previously.
Applicants who are UK Passport holders who have lived abroad for a period of more than six months during the last three years will need to provide a certificate of good conduct or an overseas police check in English from the countries resided in or visited.
In order to assist you in obtaining a Police Certificate, guidance can be sought from:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants
If the country you have resided in is not listed here, you can obtain the necessary information by contacting the relevant Embassy or High Commission for that Country. Their contact details can be found on the Foreign & Commonwealth Office website (http://www.fco.gov.uk/en).
