Job overview
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust Forensic Service is expanding, and we are developing our existing integrated model of mental health care for men in prisons across the Thames Valley region.
We are recruiting for a Senior Mental Health Nurse to join our team at in Bicester to provide mental health support and interventions to service users within the prison establishment.
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.
This role includes an RSU allowance of £1,446 per annum on top of your salary
Applicants must have a full valid driving licence and have access to a vehicle for work. Adjustments can be considered in line with the Equality Act 2010 where required.
Main duties of the job
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. You will work with internal and external partners, including partner healthcare providers, prison colleagues, social care providers, and probation services.
Please refer to the job description attached for a comprehensive list of duties
Working for our organisation
Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application please read the “candidate guide to making an application” and ensure your supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses any essential criteria.
As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and Northeast 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:
5. Excellent opportunities for career progression
6. Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
7. 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
8. NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
9. Competitive pension scheme
10. Lease car scheme
11. Cycle to work scheme
12. Employee Assistance Programme
13. Mental Health First Aiders
14. Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
15. Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application. The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
16. Current NMC registration
Desirable criteria
17. Experience of working in the field of criminal justice
18. Knowledge of forensic care
Experience
Essential criteria
19. Experience of providing specialist interventions for those with mental health challenges
20. Experience of managing self harm and associated risks
Desirable criteria
21. Experience of developing and delivering group work
Contractual Requirements
Essential criteria
22. Ability to undertake continuing professional development
Desirable criteria
23. Valid Driving Licence
We’re advocates of flexible working, offering in many roles a range of employment options to help you balance your work and personal life.
24. 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.
25. 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.
26. We’re advocates of flexible working and many of our roles offer a range of employment options to help you balance your work and personal life.
27. Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
28. 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.
29. 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.
30. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
31. 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