Job summary
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust is a Top Employer Award Winner and works in partnership to provide responsive and dependable primary care, mental health, intellectual disability and substance misuse services to the diverse and culturally rich communities we serve.
In our quest to deliver patient-focused quality care we are looking to recruit a highly motivated, innovative and enthusiastic Primary Care Senior Staff Nurses to join our forward thinking, friendly and expanding Health & Justice team at HMP Send.
By joining our Prisons Health Care Team, you will not only look after the healthcare needs of our patients residing in secure environments, but who also have the opportunity to have a real impact on promoting health and well-being. Our healthcare services work to a 7 day week working model, to ensure our patient's healthcare is managed and maintained to the highest of standards at all times.
Our motto is "Caring NOT Judging" so by working in partnership with the criminal justice system and other agencies, we provide responsive, dependable and high-quality primary care and mental health services to those who may have offended and those at risk of offending in the communities we serve, to improve their health status and to encourage social inclusion.
HMP Send is situated within an acute rural area, candidates will require their own transport to access, there is no direct public transport links to and from the establishment.
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Main duties of the job
The post holder will:
1. Deliver an expert healthcare service to patients.
2. Be confident in offering advice to clinicians, allied healthcare professionals and patients.
3. Provide a comprehensive primary care health service as part of the integrated health service comprising Primary care, Substance misuse and Mental Health teams, supported by allied health professionals.
4. Undertake physical health assessments, run clinics, provide and evaluate a range of health treatments and interventions, to meet the patient's healthcare needs and contribute to the wider continuous development of healthcare services.
5. Demonstrate knowledge, skills and understanding of health issues and treatment options in order to provide clinical guidance to staff on matters relating to physical health and wellbeing.
6. Ensure high standards of primary care services are delivered in a changing healthcare environment, ensuring that the needs of the patients are at the centre of practice.
7. Ensure that the Healthcare Team is integrated within the wider prison services and that there is excellent communication and working relationships with all stakeholders, both internal and external
8. Continually promote high standards of service within the nursing team and contribute to development of a culture of professionalism within the team.
9. Participate in a flexible working arrangement which will include weekends and unsocial hours when required.
About us
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust offers its staff ongoing career progression through:
10. Monthly supervision
11. Annual personal development plans/appraisals
12. Access to exciting internal and external training opportunities.
Excellent progression through various career pathway opportunities such as but not limited to:
13. Preceptorship Programme
14. Support and guidance with Revalidation
15. Hidden Gem and annual award ceremonies
Excellent staff benefits, our benefit packages are amongst the best in London and include:
16. Health and wellbeing services
17. Season ticket loans
18. Cycle to work scheme
19. Relocation package
The trust also values its staff and you are entitled to become a member of MyTrustBenefits. MyTrustBenefits is an online portal for all CNWL staff, as well as their family and friends. It offers over 1400 discounts at hundreds of retailers nationwide. Save money on your weekly food shops, toiletries, cosmetics, cinema, meals out, holidays, travel and entertainment. You can also access free online courses on a variety of topics, professional and personal, ranging from business management, languages, law and teaching.
All of our sites in Surrey offer free use of the onsite leisure facilities and free parking for staff.
As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main Responsibilities:
20. Plan, deliver and evaluate clinically appropriate interventions using evidenced based guidance and practice.
21. Set up processes/protocols for effective assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care for those patients with physical, mental health and substance misuse.
22. Safeguard vulnerable patients in line with CNWL Trust safeguarding policies.
23. Apply local risk assessment and management
24. Make appropriate referrals to other services for long term or complex care management.
25. Co-ordinate multi-disciplinary clinical practice to provide focused and integrated care treatment programs/packages.
26. Use highly skilled interventions to de-escalate aggressive patient behaviours and be aware of the appropriate processes for dealing with
27. Work collaboratively with staff of other disciplines prison, education staff to provide integrated and coordinated
28. Work within own sphere of competency and ensure that training needs are communicated to the team
29. Participate in local and trust audits and trust audits. Participate in clinical governance and utilise research skills for audit, service development and research within the area served by the multi-disciplinary
30. Liaise with other professional services hospital staff, GPs and caseworkers, sharing information
31. Work in a highly emotive environment with patients who may have a sexual offending history or mental health / substance misuse problems on a regular basis. Able to communicate sensitive and complex information whilst maintaining a high level of professionalism at all times.
32. Attend and contribute to prison meetings as required, and present the view of Healthcare Team on relevant clinical issues. Ensure any actions taken from these meetings are communicated to the appropriate individual responsible for completing the action.
33. Ensure that pathways of care are created for the patients, including collecting collateral information and making appropriate referrals into the community when they are approaching
34. Work closely with colleagues to ensure information about risk is recorded and communicated sensitively
35. Maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping, including electronic data entry
36. Ensure that within all aspects of professional activity communication with patients, relatives, colleagues and the assessment, development and delivery of interventions, issues of diversity such as race, culture, identity, gender and sexuality are sensitively considered and incorporated to reflect individual differences appropriately.
Research and Audits:
37. Utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence-based practice in individual.
38. Assist in audits as per the annual planner or when requested to do so in order to develop and improve service provision.
Teaching, Training and Supervision:
39. Participate in regular clinical and managerial supervision in accordance with professional practice and CNWL guidelines.
40. Attend appropriate business and clinical meetings, supervision and reflective practice groups
41. Develop skills and competencies that assist in the delivery of current duties
42. Contribute to and facilitate the training and support of all staff.
43. Manage and provide supervision and training to nursing staff.
44. Ensure all appraisals are up to date and each member of the team has a personal development plan.
45. Develop nursing skills and systems which allow for effective triage, minor aliment management and appropriate referral to other healthcare services.
46. Participate in the induction and training of new staff, peers, junior staff and students
Management, Recruitment and Service Development:
47. Assist in the design and implementation of service development projects within the service as required.
48. Attend meetings in which service developments are planned and discussed.
IT responsibilities:
49. Input and maintain appropriate electronic clinical records and statistical data, providing this to the Service Lead/business and performance team when necessary.
Policy and Procedures:
50. Duties and responsibilities of this post will be undertaken in accordance with the policies and procedures of CNWL / Health & Justice Service Directorate and with the NMC Code of Conduct and Guidance on Professional Practice. It is the post-holders responsibility to ensure that they keep up-to-date with these policies and other policy
51. Works in accordance with Health & Justice Service Directorate procedures, in particular security, health
52. Applies equal opportunity principles at all times, participate in training activities and Individual Performance and Development
General:
53. Contribute to the development and maintenance of the highest professional standards of practice, through active participation in internal and external CPD training and development programmes, in consultation with the postholders professional and operational manager(s).
54. Maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping and report writing in accordance with professional codes of practice and Trust policies and procedures.
55. Perform other duties of a similar kind appropriate to the grade, which may be required from time to time by their
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
56. Registered Adult Nurse
57. Evidence of personal and professional development in Nursing since Registration
Desirable
58. Post registration qualification appropriate to speciality
59. Mentorship or practice assessor certification
60. Chronic disease management or long term condition qualification
Previous Experience
Essential
61. Practical experience of providing high quality care and exceeding expectations.
62. Experience of providing and receiving supervision
63. Experience of running clinics
Desirable
64. Experience of systmone IT system
65. Experience of working within a secure environment / prison
Skills, Knowledge, Abilites
Essential
66. Knowledge of medication rounds and the safe storage and administration of drugs.
67. Knowledge of clinical audit process and an ability to use audit tools.
68. Ability to assess plans, implement and evaluate patient care & act accordingly if untoward changes occurred
69. Knowledge of risk assessment and management and its implementation.
70. Able to use computer software packages such as MS Word and Excel.
71. Demonstrates the ability to manage work under pressure
72. Excellent verbal communication skills
73. Knowledge of patient confidentiality
74. Understand the different roles of the multi-disciplinary team and own role within it
75. Ability to demonstrate evidence-based practice & understanding of clinical governance in maintaining quality of care
76. Ability to provide and accept feedback, support, clinical/managerial supervision
77. Knowledge of current developments in specialist clinical area.
78. Committed to personal/professional development
79. Flexible approach to work including both day and night shifts where night shifts occur
Desirable
80. Leadership skills
Other
Essential
81. Motivated to maintain the highest standards in a changing service.
82. Willingness to undertake further training relevant to clinical area.
83. Able to recognise signs of stress in self & others.
84. Ability to understand and implement the Equal Opportunities Policy at a level appropriate to the job