Job summary
Location:The Emerald Centre - Bedfordshire.
Salary: £43,513 pro rata based on a 42 hour FTE per week.
Hours: 24 hours per week. Rota basis, Flexible seven day rota 12hrs 9am to 9pm.
Are you looking for a new and exciting alternative career path within the Health & Justice care sector? This is the perfect opportunity for a compassionate person to join a growing, innovative and market-leading service provider within Sexual Assault Referral Centres. (SARC).
The role of SOE is critical in providing victims of sexual assault with the dedicated support and care required. You will be known as a Forensic Nurse Examiner.
We're looking for caring and compassionate RNs, Midwifes, RMNs or Paramedics to join us as Sexual Offence Examiner to provide holistic care and support to victims of sexual assault.
As a Forensic Nurse Examiner you'll receive full training and support to become a qualified Forensic Practitioner, with further opportunities to undertake additional higher education after one year in-post.
Main duties of the job
The Forensic Nurse Examiner (FNE) will be responsible for providing a holistic sexual assault examination services within our SARC's as part of a 24/7 rota.
- Duties will include, but are not limited to, providing telephone advice to patients and colleagues.
- Undertaking Holistic assessments including sexual health, mental health & safeguarding
- Forensic examinations and obtaining forensic exhibits.
- Use of a camera system to document injuries.
- Information sharing where appropriate.
- Producing individual management plans.
Benefits
- Enhanced sickness pay scheme
- Enhanced Maternity Pay after 1 year's service
- Well-being programme
- Advanced rota planning for better work-life balance
- 6 weeks annual leave
- Pension Scheme
- Bonus Scheme
- Life Assurance
- Employee Assistant Programme
- Long Service/Team of the Month Awards
- A range of accredited and CPD training courses and masterclasses
- Funding for higher education courses after one years' service.
About us
Founded by passionate clinicians on a mission to provide expert patient-centred services, Mountain Healthcare leads the clinical forensic healthcare provisions sector in the UK. A premier partner of NHS England and the police, our unique provisions include Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARCs), Police Custodial Healthcare, Secure Estate Healthcare and clinical telephone advice.
Driven by our values Be Kind and Do the Right Thing, Mountain Healthcare provides holistic and trauma-informed care that improves the immediate and long-term health outcomes of patients across the criminal justice system. Through innovative technologies and strategic partnerships, our expert clinicians ensure equal, effective and efficient services to all our patients and always put their health, safety and rights first.
Join the Best Provider, Make the Greatest Difference
Clinical forensic healthcare is a rapidly growing career path as demand for specialist critical services has greatly increased in recent years. At Mountain Healthcare, we understand that to provide the highest quality services for our patients and customers, our people must be the best in the field. We are proud to offer unrivalled staff training and development opportunities such as our unique Forensic Practitioner Gateway, our wide range of accredited and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) courses, and access to events across the health and justice sector.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Provide advice and triage cases needing to be seen, consider patients forensic and therapeutic needs, recognise and refer to specialist services if acutely unwell, participate in strategy meetings for the service and consider safeguarding in all cases.
- Document accurately remote assessments and advice.
- Carry out holistic assessment including remote advice with the consent of that individual.
- Potentially using multi agency determination, assess where an individual lacks capacity (or is not Gillick competent) if an assessment can be conducted in that persons best interests or with Parental Responsibility.
- Assessments can be taken with consideration of an appropriate examination strategy for non-recent cases, explanation of the choices related to self-referrals and identification of a management plan.
- Carry out forensic examinations with the consent of that individual.
- Forensic examinations are undertaken, with consideration of an appropriate forensic strategy, exhibits taken with robust chain of evidence, camera systems and management of images according to national guidance, with documentation of injuries on body maps recommending photography or undertaking photography following local protocols.
- Ensure that forensic standards are followed, including consideration of the room cleanliness, cross contamination, and PPE requirements.
- Ensure all forensic modules and equipment are in date.
- Ensure that stock levels are between required minimum and maximum, ordering where necessary. Perform checks on medicines and equipment including the grab bag, making sure they are fit for purpose.
- Participate and chair case review, ensuring referrals are undertaken.
- Take responsibility for records management for camera systems deleting and checking images.
- Proactively engage in the PAIERs and SI process: Raise PAIERs; review local PAIERs tracker; carry out any actions associated with each PAIER and feed back to the individual or manager.
- Mentor Preceptor FNEs/SARC HCPs, new starters, Crisis Workers, Administrators and Doctors.
- Take pride and personal responsibility in continuous professional development.
DE&I Mountain Healthcare aims to create and encourage an environment that is committed to promoting equality, diversity, working inclusively, and valuing the differences that individuals can bring to the workplace. We uphold these principles in our organisational values and behaviours towards each other and our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexuality, or other personal circumstances.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Provide advice and triage cases needing to be seen, consider patients forensic and therapeutic needs, recognise and refer to specialist services if acutely unwell, participate in strategy meetings for the service and consider safeguarding in all cases.
- Document accurately remote assessments and advice.
- Carry out holistic assessment including remote advice with the consent of that individual.
- Potentially using multi agency determination, assess where an individual lacks capacity (or is not Gillick competent) if an assessment can be conducted in that persons best interests or with Parental Responsibility.
- Assessments can be taken with consideration of an appropriate examination strategy for non-recent cases, explanation of the choices related to self-referrals and identification of a management plan.
- Carry out forensic examinations with the consent of that individual.
- Forensic examinations are undertaken, with consideration of an appropriate forensic strategy, exhibits taken with robust chain of evidence, camera systems and management of images according to national guidance, with documentation of injuries on body maps recommending photography or undertaking photography following local protocols.
- Ensure that forensic standards are followed, including consideration of the room cleanliness, cross contamination, and PPE requirements.
- Ensure all forensic modules and equipment are in date.
- Ensure that stock levels are between required minimum and maximum, ordering where necessary. Perform checks on medicines and equipment including the grab bag, making sure they are fit for purpose.
- Participate and chair case review, ensuring referrals are undertaken.
- Take responsibility for records management for camera systems deleting and checking images.
- Proactively engage in the PAIERs and SI process: Raise PAIERs; review local PAIERs tracker; carry out any actions associated with each PAIER and feed back to the individual or manager.
- Mentor Preceptor FNEs/SARC HCPs, new starters, Crisis Workers, Administrators and Doctors.
- Take pride and personal responsibility in continuous professional development.
DE&I Mountain Healthcare aims to create and encourage an environment that is committed to promoting equality, diversity, working inclusively, and valuing the differences that individuals can bring to the workplace. We uphold these principles in our organisational values and behaviours towards each other and our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexuality, or other personal circumstances.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified Registered Nurse, Midwife, Paramedic.
- Advanced DBS and level 2 Police vetting will be required.
Experience
Essential
- A minimum of 3 years + relevant post qualification experience.
- Knowledge and understanding of safeguarding children and adults.
- Knowledge and understanding of confidentiality.
- Phlebotomy skills.
- Experience of autonomous working.
- Because of the nature of the Sexual Offence Examiner, applications are invited from females only. This post has a genuine occupational qualification under the Sex Discrimination Act, Section 7(2)b and 7(2)e.
- Whilst the position may be based from one location, additional travel may be a requirement of the role across SARC's, therefore a UK driving license is required for this role and access to a vehicle.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified Registered Nurse, Midwife, Paramedic.
- Advanced DBS and level 2 Police vetting will be required.
Experience
Essential
- A minimum of 3 years + relevant post qualification experience.
- Knowledge and understanding of safeguarding children and adults.
- Knowledge and understanding of confidentiality.
- Phlebotomy skills.
- Experience of autonomous working.
- Because of the nature of the Sexual Offence Examiner, applications are invited from females only. This post has a genuine occupational qualification under the Sex Discrimination Act, Section 7(2)b and 7(2)e.
- Whilst the position may be based from one location, additional travel may be a requirement of the role across SARC's, therefore a UK driving license is required for this role and access to a vehicle.
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.
