Senior RMN , Band 6

In-patient Unit

Permanent

Full time: 37.50 hours per week-Shifts to cover 24/7 1.0 WTE

We're recruiting for Clinical Lead Nurse, Band 6 to work within HMP Wandsworth.

The post holder will act as clinical lead to the IPU in HMP Wandsworth

To provide quality Physical and Mental healthcare interventions to prisoners.

Provide direct line supervision, leadership and support to junior colleagues.

Assist & support senior staff to deliver nurse-led integrated Inpatient Unit services.

Develop specialist practice-based clinical models of care to HMP Wandsworth prison.

Provide a range of quality services and interventions.

Main duties of the job

To play a lead role in the on-going development and delivery of an effective integrated healthcare service clinical model.

To manage a clinical caseload.

Ensure all clinics are delivered in a clinically effective, efficient & timely way, in line with service needs.

Deliver strategies designed to promote and improve health and prevent disease, working proactively and collaborating with other professionals, organisations and agencies as directed

Support systems for the collection, triage & management of all referrals.

Monitor and audit of the quality and effectiveness of all aspects of service delivery.

Maintain an effective case management service to ensure care and continuity of treatment is maintained throughout an offender's care pathway whilst detained in prison and admitted to the IPU.

To liaise with others to share expertise, promote ideas and work collaboratively with key stakeholders, agencies and organisations as required.

Expectations of Post Holder

Develop and maintain inter-disciplinary and inter-agency working with all relevant agencies and organisations

Develop and maintain close working partnerships with HMPS, senior management teams and staff, probation services, CPS, police and all other statutory and non-statutory agencies that are integral to offender care and offender management.

The post holder is expected to provide support, leadership and supervision to junior staff.

Undertake other duties agreed in conjunction with senior managers.

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: o We're Kind o We're Fair o We Listen o We Care

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will exercise a degree of personal and professional autonomy, make complex and critical judgments under the supervision of the Inpatients Unit Manager and have decision making skills to satisfy the expectations of the role.

To have effective access to IPU staff rotas, taking into account efficient use of resources, staff capacity and changing service needs.

Responsible for staff supervision and annual appraisal

To support and undertake research, clinical audit and evaluate the service as directed.

This will include acute care, long term conditions management and health promotion activities and be in line with the NHS Plan, public health and National Service Frameworks.

To demonstrate and provide robust clinical leadership to junior staff 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.

To participate in all monitoring systems to promote the development of evidence-based practice in the specialist field and to promote research as appropriate.

To lead in the professional clinical supervision programme, to ensure all junior staff receive appropriate supervision, training and annual appraisal to ensure that it becomes an integral part of team practice.

Lead in the identification of all aspects of specific service, training and personal development needs.

To lead in the implementation of effective and appropriate patient centred care planning tools / Care Programme Approach (CPA) and consistent delivery throughout all the prisons and forensic units within the service.

The post holder will participate in all service reviews as required.

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 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).

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential

• Professional Qualification. (Registered Mental Health Nurse)
• Minimum of 18 months at band 5 level

Desirable

• Prison experience/ Forensic

Experience

Essential

• Minimum of 12-18 months experience at Band 5.
• Experience of working within secure & prison settings
• Working knowledge of current issues/agendas facing prison/offender healthcare
• Experience of multi-professional collaboration including working in partnership with other statutory and voluntary organisations. Experience of setting, monitoring and evaluating standards of care.

Skills/Abilities/ Knowledge

Essential

• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing, presenting ideas with clarity in a persuasive and influential style.
• Ability to demonstrate an understanding of change management and new ways of working.
• Ability to lead and empower people to make decisions and to plan ahead
• Knowledge of current National Prison Health Quality & Performance Indicators
• Excellent interpersonal skills

Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

HMP Wandsworth

Heathfield Road, Wandsworth

Wandsworth

SW18 3HU

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