Job summary
We're looking for an experienced mental health nurse/mental health practitioner to join our team working in HMP Haverigg, which is a CAT D Prison based in North Cumbria. This is a rewarding post, where you will get to practice a full range of psychiatric skills, interventions, and recovery skills.
You will make ongoing assessments of needs reflecting individual circumstances, including risk assessment, providing relevant interventions, and coordinating discharge planning.
You will be committed to a person-centered approach and will have the ability to prioritize and work flexibly. We offer a comprehensive induction and a vast array of personal, professional, and academic training opportunities enabling you to expand your skill set and evidence-based practice.
We are looking for a skilled nurse/mental health practitioner who will be working in a multi-disciplinary team, alongside partner providers from a variety of internal and external services.
Main duties of the job
You will have experience providing compassionate mental health care and have an understanding of the criminal justice system. You will make ongoing assessments of need reflecting individual circumstances and provide relevant interventions and input to discharge planning. You will be required to have strong coordination and planning skills, with the ability to make decisions based on comprehensive health and risk assessments.
You should be innovative, flexible, and able to engage with patients with complex needs. You will be committed to a person-centered approach and have the ability to prioritize.
Person Specification
Qualification
Essential
1. RNMH,/RNLD or registered practitioner, current professional registration with NMC or relevant professional body.
2. Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.
3. MIP, FLIP, ENB 998 Teaching & Assessing in Clinical Practice or City & Guilds 730 Teaching in Adult Education (within agreed timescales)
4. 18 months post-qualifying experience including sign-off of appropriate preceptorship or competency framework.
5. Clinical Supervisor (within agreed timescales).
6. Recognised sign-off mentor or must be achieved within agreed timescale.
7. Qualified practitioner in e.g. CBT, DBT, PSI, dual diagnosis etc. (within agreed timescale).
8. Non-medical Prescriber (within agreed timescale.)
Desirable
1. Leadership or management qualification
2. Post-graduate qualification in a relevant area
Experience
Essential
1. Significant experience working with people with mental ill health in a community setting.
2. Experience working in multi-disciplinary teams
3. Working collaboratively with service users and their families/carers.
Desirable
1. Experience working in the criminal justice system
Skills
Essential
1. Communicate complex and sensitive information effectively to patients, carers/families, and all members of the multidisciplinary team
2. Provide leadership and monitor, coordinate, and prioritize the activities of a team.
3. Work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team and undertake care coordinator responsibilities
Desirable
1. Knowledge of health and justice services
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see.
Employer details
Employer name
Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
Address
HMP Haverigg
North Lane
Millom
LA18 4NA
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