Job overview
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust Forensic Service is expanding, and developing our existing integrated model of mental health care for men in prisons across the Thames Valley region.
Prisons are very rewarding places for mental health nurses to work, where you have the opportunity to develop your existing skills with a vulnerable and unique patient group.
We are looking to recruit forward thinking, innovative, creative, and compassionate senior mental health nurses to offer a wide variety of interventions to the prison population at HMP Bullingdon in Bicester, which is a Category B and C local prison housing approximately 1000 remand and sentenced male prisoners.
You will be part of a supportive multi-disciplinary team who deliver triage, assessment, group interventions, and caseload management in a person-centred way.
* Please note, this advert will close once sufficient applications are received *
This post attracts a RSU Lead of £1,446 per annum on top of your annual salary.
Main duties of the job
As a Senior Mental Health Nurse you will provide high quality, safe and effective mental health care and interventions to the service users within the prison establishment, including management of self harm and complex needs.
You will be responsible for managing a caseload, triage, assessment, and delivery of evidence based interventions within the framework of the multi-disciplinary team and care programme approach, and input into discharge planning.
As an integral member of the integrated Mental Health Team, you will provide advice and support to primary health care based within the prison, and other prison staff.
You will work with internal and external partners, including partner healthcare providers, prison colleagues, social care providers, and probation services.
Working for our organisation
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible
Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”
Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”
At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
1. Excellent opportunities for career progression
2. Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
3. 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
4. NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
5. Competitive pension scheme
6. Lease car scheme
7. Cycle to work scheme
8. Employee Assistance Programme
9. Mental Health First Aiders
10. Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
11. Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To provide mental health support and interventions to service users within the prison establishment.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
12. Professional registration
Desirable criteria
13. Experience of working in the field of criminal justice
14. Knowledge of forensic care
Experience
Essential criteria
15. Experience of providing specialist interventions for those with mental health challenges
16. Experience of managing self harm and associated risks
Desirable criteria
17. Experience of developing and delivering group work
Contractual Requirements
Essential criteria
18. Ability to undertake continuing professional development
Desirable criteria
19. Valid Driving Licence
20. All new starters have a thorough induction process, both local and Trust wide, which aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.
21. Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.
22. Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
23. We are ambitious in our pursuit of excellence, driven by the belief that a fair, just and fully inclusive organisational culture enables our teams to deliver the best quality of care and services possible and we work hard to ensure that our diverse workforce reflects the communities that we serve.
24. We welcome applications from all sections of the community, are an Equal Opportunities employer with a number of internal networking groups to support our employees and where possible will always look to make reasonable adjustments in order that you can fulfil the role to recognise your full potential. All our employees are committed to demonstrating through their behaviour our core values – safe, caring and excellent.
25. Oxford Health is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
26. Oxford is a world-renowned centre of excellence for research. Oxford Health works closely with the University of Oxford department of Psychiatry and the Department of Primary care, has a Biomedical Research Centre dedicated to improving mental health and the NIHR Clinical Research Facility at the Warneford site. The Trust also hosts the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) which carries out applied research that directly impacts patient health and wellbeing