Early Days in Custody EdiC Practitioner Mental Health
Location: Portland, Dorset – HMP Portland
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full time
Salary: £37,338-£44,962 per annum, dependent on experience
We are proud to be working with Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust who have recently been voted by the Sunday Times as one of the Best Places to Work 2023.
Are you ready to unlock your potential within a challenging, creative and fast paced work environment? Do you want to escape your current job role and work with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past? Now is the time to break into offender healthcare and develop your career.
Due to Oxleas’ success as the healthcare provider at HMP Portland, they are currently expanding opportunities due to additional commissioned services. They are looking for a compassionate, knowledgeable and motivated Early Days in Custody Practitioner (RMN) to join their friendly team at HMP Portland.
The healthcare team have a real impact on promoting health and well-being to those in prison and Oxleas pride themselves on using skills and strategies that instil hope for patients future resettlement back into the community. They directly deliver Mental Health, Physical Health, Pharmacy and Clinical Substance Misuse in an integrated healthcare delivery model to provide effective and responsive care to improve wellbeing and support better outcomes in the future.
As part of the mental health team, you will enjoy all the benefits of NHS AfC employment (inc pension) with the opportunity to work within a forward-thinking service, who encourage career and personal development to all staff to increase their clinical and interpersonal skills.
What will you be doing?
As an Early Days in Custody Practitioner (EDiC) you will be responsible for ensuring that new prisoners are supported during their first 14 days in the prison. This will include ensuring they have access to relevant healthcare offers and managing their general health and wellbeing whilst in prison. You will be required to identify the wider needs of patients through the completion of a comprehensive assessment and work in partnership with them to co-produce a written care plan that addresses their health and social care needs.
You will also be required to cover some work for the wider mental health team which will include care planning, caseload reviews and administering antipsychotic depot medication.
You will be responsible for ensuring all relevant clinical history has been collected and synthesized to ensure safety, continuity of care and minimal re-assessments for patients. Clear pathway management should be in place and information should be shared (where appropriate and consent has been given) to ensure that care plans and risks for patients are widely understood by all staff, including HMPPS staff.
What do you need?
* To be a Registered RMN
* CPD portfolio containing evidence of active involvement in CPD activities
* Substantial post-qualification experience as an RMN
* Extensive clinical experience including individual and group work reflecting social inclusion
* Supervisory experience of junior staff and students
* Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
What next?
If this is a role you’re interested in, and you want to join the team and help make a difference, please click on the apply button. You will be redirected to a page where you can enter your details, answer a few questions about your experience, and attach your CV. Someone will then be in touch with you to provide you with next steps.
Interested? Click apply now!