Main area: Prison Substance Misuse
Grade Band: 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Shift Pattern)
Job ref: 277-6633124-COOK-C
Site: HMP Cookham Wood
Town: Rochester
Salary: £39,338 - £46,962 pa inc, inc RRP
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 24/01/2025 23:59
Job overview
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.
As part of the Kent Prison Healthcare contract awarded to Oxleas NHS Trust in 2022, we are looking for a compassionate, knowledgeable, and motivated Substance Misuse Nurse to join our friendly team at HMP Cookham Wood.
Our healthcare team has a real impact on promoting health and well-being to those in prison. We pride ourselves on using skills and strategies that instill hope for patients' future resettlement back into the community.
Main duties of the job
In this impactful role, you'll be at the forefront of treatment management, directly influencing health outcomes. Your guidance and oversight will play a crucial role in the health and recovery of individuals under your care.
* Provide specialist substance misuse care to offenders as part of an integrated and multi-disciplinary health service.
* Deliver a range of specialist interventions at primary and secondary care levels, including referral management, screening assessment, triage, and evidence-based interventions.
* Contribute to alternatives to inpatient admission and assist with early discharge from inpatient services.
* Perform robust assessment, screening, and interventions for offenders with substance misuse concerns.
* Ensure timely delivery of waiting times, assessments, and interventions, contributing to service performance targets.
* Collaborate with other specialist services for continuity of care.
* Provide supervision to junior staff and participate in resource center services.
* Champion health promotion initiatives that empower the prison population on substance misuse.
Person specification
* Registered Nurse
* Relevant post-registration training in Substance misuse/dual diagnosis, Psychological therapies, RCGP Part 1 Certificate
* Minimum 2 years of working post-qualification as a Registered Nurse
* Experience in prison or secure settings
* Post-qualification experience in working within substance misuse services
We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that welcomes and supports individuals of all abilities. If you meet the minimum criteria for this role and have a disability, you can be guaranteed an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme.
If you require any adjustments to participate fully in the interview process, please let us know.
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