Employer: Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Westgate Frankland
Town: Durham
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 27/03/2025 23:59
Band 6
Hello!
We are delighted you are considering coming to work with us at Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust (CNTW).
We know the power of looking into an organisation and being able to say, ‘I’ve seen somewhere I can fit in and be myself.’ We’re on a journey to make the Trust an inclusive employer, representative of the community we serve and we want more of our community to consider applying for jobs with us.
Opportunities for you
We offer flexible working, helping work fit around family and caring responsibilities, or training and development needs, along with benefits such as lease cars, childcare schemes, staff discounts, season tickets for travel, and a cycle to work scheme. All this in a vibrant workplace supported by the following staff networks:
* Cultural diversity staff network
* Disabled staff network
* LGBT+ staff network
We also have staff support groups open to any staff to attend, including:
* Armed Forces and Veterans Staff Association
* Mind, Health and Wellbeing Community
* Menopause toolkit and cafes and staff carer support group
We offer fantastic personal development opportunities through our Collective Leadership Programme and other Organisational Development initiatives. You will be joining a supportive, friendly team, offering varied and interesting roles, with opportunities for career progression.
Always improving
CNTW is regulated by the national healthcare regulator, the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Our last two inspections have rated us as an outstanding organisation. We’re always seeking to improve as an organisation. Do you want to be part of that?
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for an Inreach practitioner to join the Westgate team based within Frankland Prison.
The successful candidate may have desirable experience of working within prison environments or forensic inpatient environments. They will have demonstrable experience of effective working with wider agencies and effective delivery of identified interventions.
The Westgate Multi Disciplinary Team consists of Nursing staff, Forensic and clinical psychologists, and occupational therapists. They are integrated within the prison environment, working closely with prison operational staff. The successful candidate will be provided with a thorough induction programme and developmental opportunities to enhance their skillset.
The Westgate team is part of the Offender Personality Disorder national strategy. The Offender Personality Disorder (OPD) pathway programme aims to provide a pathway of psychologically informed services for a highly complex and challenging offender group.
Working for our organisation
Rated Outstanding by the Care Quality Commission, our Trust provides Care and Treatment across the Northeast of England and Cumbria.
We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented, and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return, we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please find attached job description for full details.
We welcome your application.
Person specification
Education and Qualification
* Professional Nursing qualification RMN/RMNH and evidence of active ongoing CPD
Knowledge and Experience
* Significant post registration experience. Proven track record of effective working relationships.
* Evidence of up to date knowledge base.
* Detailed working knowledge of up to date clinical practice in Working Age Adults.
* To apply up to date evidence based nursing practice.
* To adapt to working within a prison environment.
* To effectively use resources within a secure setting.
* Experience of prison and/or secure environment.
* Experience within a community mental health setting.
* Knowledge of prison healthcare systems.
* Knowledge of primary/secondary care mental health services.
Skills and Competencies
* Interpersonal skills
* Clinical skills appropriate to direct therapeutic patient contact
* Decision Making
* Ability to work independently and use initiative
* Able to work within a challenging setting
* Qualification in cognitive behaviour therapy and/or qualification in psychosocial interventions.
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name: Lauren Waites
Job title: Team Manager
Email address: lauren.waites@cntw.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 0191 3765923
Additional information: Dave Goldsmith - dave.goldsmith@cntw.nhs.uk
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