Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health Nursing
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 267-SS6524635
- Employer
- Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- HMP Grendon and Springhill
- Town
- Aylesbury
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 + Forensic Lead allowance of £1446
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/08/2024 23:59
Employer heading
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Senior Mental Health Nurse - HMP Grendon and Springhill
Band 6
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.
We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
We know Job Descriptions and Specifications can sometimes be long which can be off-putting for some people, and we don’t want to let that deter you from applying.
We actively support anti-racism, equality, diversity, and inclusion so, if you’re excited about this job opportunity and you meet our Trust values, but feel unsure about applying, then please get in touch and we will be happy to have a conversation with you.
We are also committed to increasing diversity in the workforce, that is why we actively encourage applications from those groups of people who are currently under-represented, which include amongst others: people with disabilities; men from all socio-economic backgrounds; people from diverse ethnic backgrounds; and people from the LGBTQI+ community.
Good luck and we hope to hear from you!
Job overview
Oxford Health Foundation Trust Forensic Service is developing and delivering a new integrated model of mental health care for men in prisons across the region. We are looking for forward thinking, innovative, creative, compassionate and thoughtful senior mental health nurses who will be able to offer a wide range of interventions in HMP Grendon near Aylesbury, which is a Category B prison, operating as a therapeutic community for approximately 240 men.
You will be managing a caseload of patients in a person-centred way to plan, deliver and evaluate care, whilst being supported by a well-resourced multidisciplinary team. You will be able to develop your own practice, and support others to develop theirs, in partnership with primary health care providers and prison staff.
Main duties of the job
To provide mental health interventions to service users within the prison establishment.
To be responsible for managing a caseload, including the assessment, planning, delivery of interventions and review of care of patients located within the prison with a mental illness, within the framework of the multi-disciplinary team and Care Programme Approach.
To work as an integral member of the multi-disciplinary, multi-agency team to provide advice and support to primary health care based within the prison, and to liaise with and provide advice and support to, statutory and non-statutory agencies.
To support the team manager in delivering identified objectives in terms of patient care, staff and service development.
Working for our organisation
Benefits of working for Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust include:
- Excellent opportunities for career progression
- 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, with an increase to 33 days with continuous service
- NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
- Staff accommodation
- Competitive pension scheme
- Lease car scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To provide mental health interventions to service users within the prison establishment.
Please see attached Job Description/Person Specification for full duties.
Person specification
NMC registration
Essential criteria
- Current registration
Desirable criteria
- Experience in field of criminal justice
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of providing specialist interventions for those with mentalhealth problems
Desirable criteria
- Experience of developing and delivering group work.
Contractual Requirements
Essential criteria
- Ability to undertake mandatory training
Desirable criteria
- Valid Driving Licence
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Laurence Walder
- Job title
- Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01296 445333
- Additional information
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