About this role
Job summary
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust is the provider of the Prison Pathway Team, a service jointly commissioned by the PROSPECT Lead Provider Collaborative and NHS England Health and Justice Commissioning.
The Prison Pathway Team plays a key role in supporting safe, timely, and clinically appropriate transfers and remissions between prison and health services. The service ensures that individuals who require specialist inpatient care are transferred promptly into the health system and, where appropriate, supports their remission back to the prison setting once hospital-level care is no longer required.
Through this work, the service contributes to improved capacity and demand management across services, enhances patient experience, delivers greater value, and supports targeted action to reduce identified health inequalities.
The Prison Pathway Team was initially established as a two-year pilot and has demonstrated clear effectiveness and impact, resulting in confirmation of permanent funding.
Main duties of the job
The team have an office base in Indigo building at Maghull Health Park but you will be required to travel to other health and prison sites to deliver the service.
Experience of working with patients / clients within a secure care facility is a requirement of the post holder.
You will provide clinical input and intervention to a range of patients and prisoners, this will be done under the supervision of a qualified Prison Pathway Practitioner. There will be a focus on health promotion, coping strategies and transitional support.
You will be joining a dedicated team with team members having high levels of skill, passion and enthusiasm (and humour!) and are committed to ensuring the on-going successful development of the service and the opportunities it provides for our population.
About us
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Job description Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full detailsand requirementsof the role.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Foundation Degree or equivalent or equivalent work-based experience
Knowledge and Experience Essential
Assessing, planning and implementing individualised programmes of care Understanding local and national influences on health care delivery, including Public Health Experience of previous work in secure health care Experience of managing risk Actively Involved in professional development Knowledge of Health Promotion strategies
Desirable
Knowledge of developing independent skills in patients/clients
Skills Essential
Excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills Ability to travel to different sites, for work purposes
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.
Employer details Employer name Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address Indigo Building, Maghull Health Park
Parkbourn
Maghull
L31 1HW
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)