The Offender Health Directorate is one of the largest and most successful providers of prison healthcare in the UK. The Directorate provides physical, mental health, and substance misuse healthcare services in prisons across the East Midlands, Lincolnshire & Leicestershire. We offer healthcare to 7 prisons and a short-term holding facility. You will be part of a large peer group of 400+ healthcare professionals with access to peer support, supervision, and excellent opportunities for learning and development.
We also offer services within the Personality Disorder Pathway, including Therapeutic Communities (within prisons), Community and Prison Personality Disorder services, and specialist Veteran Services. We are committed to working in partnership with prison services, the national probation service, other healthcare providers, and our criminal justice system partners to improve health and support justice to reduce re-offending behavior. The Offender Health Team believes it can make a difference to the lives of offenders by offering consistent, high-quality care in primary, mental health, and substance misuse services that are equivalent to health services delivered outside of prison.
In this role, you will:
1. Communicate with patients where there may be barriers to understanding, such as learning needs or language.
2. Take appropriate action from messages received and ensure that all information is transmitted to relevant parties.
3. Handle sensitive and sometimes distressing information appropriately while maintaining patient and staff confidentiality.
4. Communicate complex and sensitive information verbally and in writing with members of the multidisciplinary team.
5. Maintain patient health care records, including computerized systems (SystmOne) and databases.
6. Liaise with external organizations as required, contributing to continuity of care for patients required to attend court, transfer establishments, or upon release.
Would you like to work closely with others as part of a wide MDT, including GPs, Psychiatrists, sexual health specialists, Pharmacists, substance misuse experts, RGNs, RMNs, Learning disability nurses, Psychologists, and other allied professionals? Please note this post does not meet the salary and/or skill level required for a Skilled Worker Visa.
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