[ref. y40467804] London - Health and Wellbeing Nurse Practitioner - HMP&YOI Feltham

Job overview

The Nurse Practitioner within the Health and Wellbeing Team in HMP & YOI Feltham will be committed to providing healthcare services in custody, equivalent to those in the community. Post-holders will have broad experience of working in successful Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services and will have a good understanding of what is required to deliver an effective mental health service for young people in a custodial setting.

The post holder will participate in and co-delivering of training, attending team Reflective Practice as a key part of the role, facilitating a therapeutic culture and activities on the units including Community Meetings, contributing to Formulations and, where appropriate, providing supervision to prison staff.

The Health and Wellbeing Team will deliver a service that includes the following interventions: brief interventions, crisis resolution, early intervention in psychosis, dual diagnosis, learning disability and personality disorder. The Team will provide a multi-disciplinary approach, with a variety of therapeutic options, and an emphasis on (mental) health and wellbeing across the YOI.

Main duties of the job

To ensure duties are carried out in accordance with the service contract, the Health and Justice; Children and Young People Service Line, the YOI Service and the post-holder’s professional guidelines.

To be responsible for a caseload of complex assessment, treatment and consultation work with young people and adults, with mental health difficulties and learning disability.

To be responsible for initial assessment and developing, implementing and reviewing short term therapeutic interventions for referred young people where the work can be considered early intervention. The post-holder will carry out this process in consultation, as appropriate, with the young person and their family/carer, prison staff, fellow team members, other professionals, and the referrer.

To operate as a member of the multidisciplinary team providing a role that contributes to both the generic and specialist work of the Health and Wellbeing Team. Contribute to the integrated landing-based health support team for an identified landing, including being a visible presence on the landing and developing good working relationship with young people and staff.

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. 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.

Working for our organisation

Excellent staff benefits: our benefit packages are amongst the best in London and include: childcare vouchers, health and wellbeing services, season ticket loans, cycle to work scheme and relocation package.

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.

HMP Feltham offer free parking for staff.

1. To work with all members of the team to uphold quality assurance systems that support performance against a) the contract, b) the Care Quality Commission’s Essential Standards of Quality and Safety, and c) Health and Justice Services KPIs.
2. To use a range of outcome measures as required by the service.
3. To be an active member of all clinical governances processes within the team.
4. To attend formal prison-led meetings on security and safer custody (suicide prevention and violence reduction) and complex case review meetings (e.g. Child Protection, MAPPA, ACCT) when asked to do so by a senior member of the team.
5. To contribute to policy reviews relevant to the Health and Wellbeing Team in HMYOI Aylesbury.
6. To contribute to the production of reports, information and proposals that support effective delivery of care and an integrated approach to work with colleagues at local level or through external agencies.
7. To assist the HWBT Service Manager in activities that ensure compliance with DH PHPQIs, Offender Care KPI’s and HMIP Expectations relevant to mental health.
8. To take responsibility, under the direction of the HWBT Service Manager or Team leader, to achieve excellent performance for all relevant performance targets.

Person specification

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE

• Previous post registration experience
• Ability to keep accurate records.
• Practical experience of providing high quality care and exceeding expectations.
• Experience in providing and receiving supervision
• Experience of running clinics and/or group work.
• Experience of managing other staff

• Experience of working within a secure environment / prison and/or working with adolescents
• Experience of SystmOne IT system

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Registered Mental Health Nurse/Registered General Nurse/Children’s Nurse or experienced CAMHS specialist Occupational Therapist HCPC registered
• Evidence of personal and professional development

• Post registration qualification appropriate to speciality
• ENB 998 or equivalent

SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, ABILITIES

• Knowledge of medication rounds and the safe storage and administration of drugs
• Knowledge of, and ability to follow, NMC code of conduct
• Knowledge of clinical audit process and an ability to use audit tools
• Ability to assess plans, implement and evaluate patient care and act accordingly if untoward changes occurred
• Knowledge of risk assessment and management and its implementation
• Ability to teat pateinct with respect and dignity
• Ability to use the computer to access patent information and use email
• Able to use computer software packages such as MS word and Excel
• Demonstrates the ability to manager work under pressure

• Leadership skills (motivating, using initiative, change management)
• Senior Nurse/ Bleep holding/ Bed management experience

CNWL (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust) has almost 8,000 staff providing integrated healthcare to a third of London's population, Milton Keynes and areas beyond. We involve service users, carers, the public, staff and partner organisations in the way that we are run.

We’re proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME and people with disabilities to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

We are recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing high quality, innovative healthcare. We aim to employ only the best people, and our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy and policy, and many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries.

We offer a generous relocation package (subject to eligibility assessment) and flexible working options, including bank assignments for most roles. For more information on these and other benefits of working for us, see our Benefits, Reward and Wellbeing page

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CNWL NHS Foundation Trust are committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow safe recruitment practices to protect children and vulnerable adults.

Due to the high response levels we receive for some vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date and advise you to submit your application as soon as possible.

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