Job summary
Are you ready to unlock your potential within a challenging, creative and fast paced work environment? Do you want to work with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past?
This is an excellent opportunity for a Clinical Nurse Specialist to join our team of diverse, talented healthcare professionals to deliver care that is not only efficient but deeply centred on the patient.
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 patient's 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.
Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide specialist assessments, nursing interventions and prescribing of medications to adults residing in HMP Bristol. As a senior clinician, you will participate in the review of clinical policies and guidelines relevant to the area and support and implement changes to practice. The post holder will be required to liaise with other organisations and professionals to promote communication and good practice, be able to undertake audit activity and supervision to other staff in Mental Health team.
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
Key Task and Responsibilities
- To actively manage a complex caseload of patients and undertake case management/lead professional/CPA as needed
- Undertake the role of supplementary/independent prescriber
- To be responsible for the assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation of quality mental health care for patients.
- Line management and supervision of staff, including ensuring staff are supported to achieve a high standard of practice via regular supervision, support meetings and personal development.
- Actively support colleagues to deliver quality evidence based care through supervision, guided self-development, reflective practice and supported skill development.
- Performance monitoring and management including engaging with commissioners and service evaluators as required.
- To ensure that the team provides effective and evidence based interventions which are guided by national, local and professional standards.
- Support the Clinical Lead with the co-ordination of recruitment and selection of staff within the team
- Respond to serious untoward incidents as appropriate and support any subsequent investigation
- Ensure complaints are investigated fully, within the time limits ensuring a proactive approach is standard and in accordance with trust policies
- Work with other Offender Healthcare teams across the Trust as required.
- To ensure robust service to carers, including assessment and support
- Ensure that job plans are developed, are reflective of service needs and are regularly reviewed and adjusted to meet the demands of the service.
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 photographic ID
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 soughtfrom: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).
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Task and Responsibilities
- To actively manage a complex caseload of patients and undertake case management/lead professional/CPA as needed
- Undertake the role of supplementary/independent prescriber
- To be responsible for the assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation of quality mental health care for patients.
- Line management and supervision of staff, including ensuring staff are supported to achieve a high standard of practice via regular supervision, support meetings and personal development.
- Actively support colleagues to deliver quality evidence based care through supervision, guided self-development, reflective practice and supported skill development.
- Performance monitoring and management including engaging with commissioners and service evaluators as required.
- To ensure that the team provides effective and evidence based interventions which are guided by national, local and professional standards.
- Support the Clinical Lead with the co-ordination of recruitment and selection of staff within the team
- Respond to serious untoward incidents as appropriate and support any subsequent investigation
- Ensure complaints are investigated fully, within the time limits ensuring a proactive approach is standard and in accordance with trust policies
- Work with other Offender Healthcare teams across the Trust as required.
- To ensure robust service to carers, including assessment and support
- Ensure that job plans are developed, are reflective of service needs and are regularly reviewed and adjusted to meet the demands of the service.
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 photographic ID
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 soughtfrom: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).
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- Registered RMN
- Registered Independent non-medical prescribing
Desirable
- Mentorship/Leadership Course
- Post qual training relating to MH, neurodevelopment disorders or addiction
Experience
Essential
- Community Mental Health or Offender Healthcare experience
- Significant experience of demonstrable achievement in clinical practice in variable settings
- Experience of providing professional support/supervision and motivation of staff
- Prescribing experience
Skills
Essential
- Knowledge of the key drivers behind community mental health care
- Ability to provide and receive complex and emotive information with staff, service users, carers and other stakeholders.
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- Registered RMN
- Registered Independent non-medical prescribing
Desirable
- Mentorship/Leadership Course
- Post qual training relating to MH, neurodevelopment disorders or addiction
Experience
Essential
- Community Mental Health or Offender Healthcare experience
- Significant experience of demonstrable achievement in clinical practice in variable settings
- Experience of providing professional support/supervision and motivation of staff
- Prescribing experience
Skills
Essential
- Knowledge of the key drivers behind community mental health care
- Ability to provide and receive complex and emotive information with staff, service users, carers and other stakeholders.
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).
