Are you an RMN (Registered Mental Health Nurse) looking to widen your experience working within a prison? If yes, then look no further than our integrated mental health and substance misuse team at HMP/YOI Swinfen Hall.
Our team is made up of different disciplines, skills and expertise, which benefits those needing our care. As an RMN in a prison environment, you will help provide specialist mental health interventions to support those experiencing difficulties.
Being an RMN within a prison is one of the most challenging, yet rewarding career opportunities. The variety of the role will keep things fresh and stimulating whilst being part of a supportive team with effective management providing supervision and guidance.
We are looking for an RMN who is able to provide high-quality mental health care.
Come and join our team where you will be supported to develop your existing skills and benefit the lives of others!
Main duties of the job
Working effectively within the team, you will provide evidence-based interventions. You will manage a caseload of patients and will be required to undertake assessments and reviews. Using a Care Programme Approach, you will be a care coordinator, communicating effectively with those involved in the care of our patients in custody and on release. The role will require you to be a reflective practitioner, eager to work collaboratively with patients, carers, and team members to contribute to the delivery of an effective, dynamic, specialist mental health service.
You will work with individuals from initial assessment through to discharge, which can include transferring care to other providers such as hospitals or CMHTs whilst working with a variety of agencies in the Offender Health Pathway. You will help to rehabilitate and support service users to live hopeful and fulfilling lives as members of the community.
Inclusion (part of Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust) has prison substance misuse and mental health teams across the country, and you will benefit from training and development opportunities as well as the support of an NHS employer experienced in providing prison healthcare for many years.
About us
Inclusion, created in 2002, is part of the Specialist Services Care Group of Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT). We provide caring and effective services across England, including West Yorkshire, West Midlands, East Midlands, West Mercia, Thames Valley, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, and Thurrock, Essex. We support individuals, families, and communities who are affected by addiction, crime, mental health, or need treatment for their sexual health. We believe that the individuals and families who use our services should receive high-quality, committed, and inclusive care, realizing all the benefits a modern NHS organization can provide. We work with patients and our staff teams to achieve the best outcomes we can. We invest heavily in training and development, and the wellbeing of our people, both staff and service users, is central to who we are. Here at MPFT, we are proud of the comprehensive wellbeing and lifestyle support offer available, in addition to in-house training and coaching support. Our services are robustly governed, evidence-based, inclusive, and designed and provided in conjunction with service users. We are committed to providing the best service we can, and if you share our values, we want you on our team! For more information about HMP Oakwood and our incentives offer, please see attached information.
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for the full list of duties and responsibilities. Here is a summary:
* Provide a high-quality service to people who use our service.
* Provide care within the care programme approach framework.
* Assess people's care needs, develop, implement, and evaluate programmes of care.
* Facilitate therapeutic group work programmes, taking the lead where appropriate.
* Deliver evidence-based interventions.
* Be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care.
* Identify those people in prison requiring hospital treatment and facilitate the timely transfer via The Mental Health Act.
* Be a role model of excellence in leading and developing junior members of the team.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registered Mental Health Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Council Register.
* Evidence of recent CPD and compliance with NMC revalidation.
* Relevant training/qualification in associated fields, e.g., CBT, motivational interviewing, brief solution-focused therapy, mapping techniques (ITEP/BTEI).
Experience
* Evidence of good nursing practice.
* Counselling skills, case management experience, and the ability to work under pressure.
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.
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