Job summary
The mental health service lead is responsible for the delivery of high-quality mental health, psychological and therapeutic services at HMP Woodhill.
The post holder will have overall responsibility for the line-management, clinical, operational and performance functions of the Mental Health team within the prison. This will involve ensuring effective and efficient resource utilisation, awareness of financial impact, the delivery of evidence-based patient care and a safe service. In conjunction with the Consultant Psychiatrist and the Head of Healthcare, the post holder will provide clear, visible leadership, vision and clinical expertise to enhance the service user experience.
Main duties of the job
To deliver effective leadership and direction to all staff within the Mental Health team.
To ensure the service is cost effective, well organised, evidence based, & service user focussed.
To ensure that all targets and performance indicators as agreed with the Head of Healthcare are met, and where they are 'at risk' to communicate with the Deputy Director Operations North and Business and Performance Lead as soon as a risk is identified.
To be responsible for implementing service changes when required, ensuring effective implementation with measurable outcomes and to agreed timescales.
To advance innovative ideas and strategies and provide vision and inspiration to enable staff to deliver care more effectively.
To ensure that clinical practice in the team is delivered safely and in accordance with the Care Qualify Commission Framework, Professional Practice standards and any other relevant national policies and standards.
To implement a culture that focuses on improving outcomes across the care pathway for clients.
To work in partnership with the Prison and other healthcare providers to ensure there are clear and responsive operational policies, procedures and protocols.
To take a leadership role in the ACCT process and other risk management processes.
To provide cover for the Head of Healthcare as required
About us
We're passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic, in the patient's own home or in Health and Justice. Patients are at the heart of everything we do.Providingtop quality caredepends on our ability to employ the best people.We're always looking torecruit outstanding peoplewho will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee we're hoping to find our future leaders and we'll support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career.With adiverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across mental health, community services, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities and more - whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at CNWL.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To develop and monitor systems, policies and procedures that ensure compliance with best practice requirements in line with strategic policies and statutory obligations with respect to CPA, risk assessment, clinical substance misuse, Health and Safety, Infection Control and discharge planning.
To establish an effective working relationship with forensic and non-forensic community teams and other statutory, non-statutory and voluntary services.
To be responsible for developing excellence within the team, ensuring that there are clear systems in place and providing evidence that they are both in place and operating effectively.
To manage and deliver excellent assessments that provide high standards of clinical intervention through effective treatment plans and transfers / discharges, by providing management and leadership.
To ensure that all team members are aware of their obligations.
To ensure programmes of care meet the needs of individuals throughout their stay in the team, including detailed arrangements for discharge, with the patient central to the planning and decision-making process.
To implement and evaluate systems to monitor risk, making improvements where required.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To develop and monitor systems, policies and procedures that ensure compliance with best practice requirements in line with strategic policies and statutory obligations with respect to CPA, risk assessment, clinical substance misuse, Health and Safety, Infection Control and discharge planning.
To establish an effective working relationship with forensic and non-forensic community teams and other statutory, non-statutory and voluntary services.
To be responsible for developing excellence within the team, ensuring that there are clear systems in place and providing evidence that they are both in place and operating effectively.
To manage and deliver excellent assessments that provide high standards of clinical intervention through effective treatment plans and transfers / discharges, by providing management and leadership.
To ensure that all team members are aware of their obligations.
To ensure programmes of care meet the needs of individuals throughout their stay in the team, including detailed arrangements for discharge, with the patient central to the planning and decision-making process.
To implement and evaluate systems to monitor risk, making improvements where required.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- oRegistered NMC Nurse, Allied Health or Social Care Professional.
- oEducation to degree level, or appropriate experience.
Desirable
- oRecognised management training in leadership, policy or strategy
- oTraining or Mentorship qualification
Previous Experience
Essential
- oPost-registration experience.
- oSubstantive experience of managing within a multi-disciplinary staff team, including line management, supervision responsibility and operational management of services at band 7
- oSubstantial experience within a prison or low, medium or high security hospital setting.
- oExperience of re-provisioning of services and managing staff through change
- oExperience of service development
- oExperience of managing staff and resources.
- oExperience of writing reports and delivering presentations
- oExperienced in involving service users and carers in service planning and monitoring
- oCompetent in using IT, including word processing, spreadsheet and email.
Desirable
- oExperience of managing budgets
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- oUp to date knowledge of nursing developments, especially in forensic mental health.
- oAbility to provide clinical advice appropriate to background and experience
- oAbility to build and develop teams of people and to provide strong leadership to a diverse workforce
- oDemonstrable ability to performance manages services to meet key performance indicators (KPIs) and performance targets
- oAbility to identify problems and use initiative and creativity in problem solving
- oAbility to communicate effectively in writing and orally, presenting ideas with clarity, for a variety of audiences.
- oAbility to manage pressure and changing and conflicting priorities effectively.
- oAbility to support and monitor systems for clinical practice
- o Able to influence and use negotiation skills to manage differences constructively.
- oA demonstrable ability to work closely with a range of stakeholders and other providers in helping plan the future of service provision.
- oAbility to manage change and conflict
- oAble to demonstrate a genuine commitment to principles of equal opportunity, fair access and service user empowerment, and the ability to translate principles into practice.
- oAble to demonstrate an understanding of safeguarding practice for both vulnerable adults and children
- oTo demonstrate professional integrity, and an ability to present the nursing viewpoint within appropriate meetings
Desirable
- oDetailed knowledge of policy agenda in forensic Mental Health services
- oUnderstanding of the NHS Long term plan, and direction of travel for mental health services in ICS
Attitudes, aptitudes personal characteristics
Essential
- oTo demonstrate a positive 'can do' attitude despite the difficulty of any given situation
- oTo demonstrate the ability to weigh up situations and consider the benefits and problems before decisions are made.
Desirable
- oDemonstrable ability to plan and implement change in the service and ensure the involvement of the workforce in the programme of change.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- oRegistered NMC Nurse, Allied Health or Social Care Professional.
- oEducation to degree level, or appropriate experience.
Desirable
- oRecognised management training in leadership, policy or strategy
- oTraining or Mentorship qualification
Previous Experience
Essential
- oPost-registration experience.
- oSubstantive experience of managing within a multi-disciplinary staff team, including line management, supervision responsibility and operational management of services at band 7
- oSubstantial experience within a prison or low, medium or high security hospital setting.
- oExperience of re-provisioning of services and managing staff through change
- oExperience of service development
- oExperience of managing staff and resources.
- oExperience of writing reports and delivering presentations
- oExperienced in involving service users and carers in service planning and monitoring
- oCompetent in using IT, including word processing, spreadsheet and email.
Desirable
- oExperience of managing budgets
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- oUp to date knowledge of nursing developments, especially in forensic mental health.
- oAbility to provide clinical advice appropriate to background and experience
- oAbility to build and develop teams of people and to provide strong leadership to a diverse workforce
- oDemonstrable ability to performance manages services to meet key performance indicators (KPIs) and performance targets
- oAbility to identify problems and use initiative and creativity in problem solving
- oAbility to communicate effectively in writing and orally, presenting ideas with clarity, for a variety of audiences.
- oAbility to manage pressure and changing and conflicting priorities effectively.
- oAbility to support and monitor systems for clinical practice
- o Able to influence and use negotiation skills to manage differences constructively.
- oA demonstrable ability to work closely with a range of stakeholders and other providers in helping plan the future of service provision.
- oAbility to manage change and conflict
- oAble to demonstrate a genuine commitment to principles of equal opportunity, fair access and service user empowerment, and the ability to translate principles into practice.
- oAble to demonstrate an understanding of safeguarding practice for both vulnerable adults and children
- oTo demonstrate professional integrity, and an ability to present the nursing viewpoint within appropriate meetings
Desirable
- oDetailed knowledge of policy agenda in forensic Mental Health services
- oUnderstanding of the NHS Long term plan, and direction of travel for mental health services in ICS
Attitudes, aptitudes personal characteristics
Essential
- oTo demonstrate a positive 'can do' attitude despite the difficulty of any given situation
- oTo demonstrate the ability to weigh up situations and consider the benefits and problems before decisions are made.
Desirable
- oDemonstrable ability to plan and implement change in the service and ensure the involvement of the workforce in the programme of change.
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).
