About this role
Job summary
Our NLFT London Prison situated in North London, has a vacancy for a Early Days in Custody Senior Practitioner. The core of this role is to support the delivery of care, which is currently in the form of New Models of Care.
The ideal candidate will need to ensure they are operating in line with the New Models of care by providing a high standard to individuals within our prison settings who are presenting with mental health problems.
The post holder will work with staff across healthcare and the wider prison establishment, providing specialist advice particularly to GPs in the assessment and treatment of patients on the prison residential wings.
The successful candidate will need to adapt to and embrace a recovery and enablement model to seamlessly realign prisoners with mental health problems alongside their local community- based mental health service upon release from prison.
The post holderwill be a qualified RMN with sound experience in Mental Health, knowledge and experience of forensic mental health service provision and offender care.
As well as the outstanding development opportunities within the Health in Justice Team, This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Mental Health care-coordinator to join our Trust as our prison services are transforming in partnership with other healthcare providers.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work with the team lead and therapies lead to ensure the team work to an agreed operational policy, offering a high standard and integrated triage, assessment and intervention for individuals within our prison settings who are presenting with mental health problems in line with the New Models of Care.The post holder will ensure that all patients are seen, receive a mental health triage, risk assessment and safety plan and to establish any immediate and ongoing health needs. As an Early Days in Custody Senior Practitioner, you will be innovative, bringing fresh ideas and solutions to the challenges of providing healthcare in a prison. You will be responsible for identifying those with mental health concerns including those in mental health crises and referring them on to the appropriate team.
About us
North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.Our Five-Year Strategy:
We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.
In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.
Job description Job responsibilities
The post holder will be required to support the delivery of care currently in the form of New Models of Care, enabling the service to meet the London Wide service specification standards for Prison Healthcare.
The post holder will be required to carry out triage and comprehensive assessments and be able to produce effective care plans that are recovery focused and seek to minimise risk. The post holder will have an excellent understanding of risk assessment and management and be able to share this knowledge with colleagues and others involved in the patients care in order to minimise risk.
The post holder will manage a caseload of patients and be able to prioritise and coordinate their care according to their needs and ensure that there is continuity of care throughout the period of detention.
The post holder will provide support, consultation, and formal and informal training to colleagues and other staff. Excellent communication and relationship management skills are essential to this post.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications Essential
Dip/BSc (Hons) in Mental Health Nursing, Social Work or Occupational Therapy Evidence of further post-registration education and training or equivalent teaching and assessing qualification.
Desirable
ENB 998 or equivalent teaching and assessing qualification
Previous Experience Essential
Post registration experience as a registered professional (RMN, OT, SW) preferably within a Forensic Setting. Experience in a leadership role
Desirable
Experience of working within a Trauma informed framework
Skills and Abilities Essential
Ability to plan and organise a range of complex clinical activities which require judgments to be made on competing factors. Ability to undertake risk assessments using standardised or semi-structured risk assessment methods. Ability to network, collaborate and liaise with other agencies. Ability to work independently and autonomously.
Desirable
Ability to contribute to new strategies and policy development. Ability and confidence to take responsibility in planning, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating the standards of care programmes in the community.
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name North London NHS Foundation Trust
Address HMP Pentonville
Caledonian Road, London
Islington
N7 8TT
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)