Senior Nurse Practitioner (Learning Disability Complex Care)
Band 6
Main area: Prison Services
Grade: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Office hours are 7.30-19.30, the shift pattern is long days based on service need)
Job ref: 350-SC6831943-A
Site: HMP Liverpool
Town: Liverpool
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 + £1200 R&R per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 19/01/2025 23:59
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and particularly encourage applications from ethnic minorities, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce.
Job overview
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust is the health provider for the delivery of the Integrated Mental Health Team (IMHT) at HMP Liverpool. The service is designed to support the holistic mental health and learning disability needs of our client group, in partnership with our Physical Health providers and HMPPS colleagues.
The service provides individual and group-based interventions based on the clinical needs of the population. The service is developing and will adopt the biopsychological model to inform practice and tailor interventions accordingly.
The post holder will be joining a dedicated team of clinical staff from a range of backgrounds and experience. Team members have high levels of skill, passion and enthusiasm and are committed to ensuring the ongoing successful development of the service.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will work alongside a fellow Learning Disability Nurse and the wider IMHT to support those in custody with Learning Disability and Autism needs.
The post holder will have clinical responsibility via the application of relevant assessments and facilitating individual and group-based interventions based on the holistic needs of the client group.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Principal Responsibilities:
1. To carry a clinical caseload within the prison with individuals who present behaviour that challenges or where there is a risk of offending.
2. Undertake thorough assessments of new referrals using a range of tools.
3. Provide comprehensive risk assessments of offending and/or other complex behaviours.
4. Develop Risk Management Plans including strategies and recommendations.
5. Support the implementation of specialist therapeutic interventions.
6. Evaluate the outcome of any interventions.
7. Encourage the ethos of the Positive Behavioural Support model in the delivery of care.
8. Provide advice and support to teams to maintain consistency in the overall management and response to risky or challenging behaviour.
9. Organise and chair regular staff meetings and other forums as appropriate.
Person specification
Qualifications
* 1st level Nurse Registration in either Learning Disability or Mental Health.
* Degree plus evidence of additional experience and significant skill within the relevant field.
* Post registration training in a therapeutic/intervention approach.
* Good computing skills (ECDL or Similar).
Knowledge & Experiences
* Minimum eighteen months post registration experience working with people with learning disability needs and those in forensic services.
* Experience in the use of forensic risk assessment and management.
* A good understanding of the Mental Capacity Act, DOLs, Safeguarding and the legal frameworks applicable to working with offenders in a forensic setting.
Skills
* Excellent spoken and written communication skills.
* Ability to work autonomously and on own initiative.
* Skills in the assessment of complex behaviours using a variety of methods.
* Able to recognise limits of own competency and when to seek supervision.
Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply for all correspondence. Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.
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