Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Management responsibilities

• To be responsible for primary care staff rotas, taking into account efficient use of resources, staff capacity and changing service needs.
• Responsible for staff supervision and annual appraisal
• 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.
• Involve HR policies e.g. disciplinary.
• The post holder will participate in all service reviews as required .
• Act as an Authorised Signatory as well as being responsible for the booking of temporary staffing.

Leadership

• 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 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.

 Clinical

• As an Oxleas AECP / Paramedic you will ensure that care is always delivered in collaboration with the key people involved and will provide support and information to the people in your care and to their carers where appropriate.
• You will be directly involved in handling and administering prescribed medication and controlled drugs and involved in procedures where you are expected to be appropriately trained and competent i.e. suturing and wound care.
• You will monitor physiological observations by undertaking a full assessment using a structured and prioritized approach and the recognition of the acutely ill patient e.g. ABCDE approach, ECG recognition, pathways for CVA and the diagnosis and referral of a range of cardiac conditions.
• You will complete all patient documentation associated with an episode of patient using Systemone clinical record.
• The post holder will exercise a degree of personal and professional autonomy, make complex and critical judgments under the management of the Primary Care Clinical Lead and have decision making skills to satisfy the expectations of the role.

 Research

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

 Communication

• You will be committed to establishing good working relationships with other professionals and partner organisations involved in providing that care and will work closely with the multidisciplinary team, providing excellent written and verbal feedback on the people in your cares progress.
• You will be a competent and skilled communicator, listening and being involved in shared decision making and will appreciate the cultural diversity of your client group and the stigma that can be related to health issues.
• This role requires a Registered Nurse / Paramedic to work as part of a team delivering care to patients within the prison.
• You will communicate report and document the patients’ history, condition and treatment to a full range of medical staff including colleagues, nurses and doctors as appropriate.
• You will be expected to liaise with local hospital wards where prisoners are admitted as well as undertaking hospital ward visits to support discharge and continuity of care within the prison.

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).