Are you ready to unlock your potential within a challenging, creative and fast paced work environment? Do you want to escape your current job role and work with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past? Now is the time to break into offender healthcare and develop your career.
As part of the Kent Prison Healthcare contract awarded to Oxleas NHS trust in 2022, we are looking for a compassionate, knowledgeable and motivated Substance Misuse Nurse to join our friendly team at HMP Swaleside.
Our healthcare team have a real impact on promoting health and well-being to those in prison and we pride ourselves on using skills and strategies that instil hope for patients' future resettlement back into the community. We directly deliver Mental Health, Physical Health, Pharmacy and Clinical Substance Misuse in an integrated healthcare delivery model to provide effective and responsive care to improve wellbeing and support better outcomes in the future.
As part of our substance misuse team, you will enjoy all the benefits of NHS AfC employment (including pension) with the opportunity to work within a forward-thinking service that encourages career and personal development to all staff.
Main duties of the job
In this impactful role, you'll be at the forefront of treatment management, directly influencing health outcomes. Your guidance and oversight will play a crucial role in the health and recovery of individuals under your care. As a key member of our team, your role will be instrumental in shaping our strategies and patient outcomes. You will collaborate with a diverse group of professionals, contributing to the delivery of an integrated healthcare model. Your mentorship and role-modelling of clinical excellence will foster a culture of continuous improvement, ensuring the best possible care for our patients. You will also champion health promotion initiatives that empower the prison population on substance misuse.
Job responsibilities
JOB PURPOSE & KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Provide specialist substance misuse care to offenders and work as part of an integrated and multi-disciplinary health service.
- Deliver a range of specialist interventions at primary and secondary care levels, including referral management, screening assessment, triage, and evidence-based interventions.
- Contribute to alternatives to inpatient admission and assist with early discharge from inpatient services.
- Perform robust assessment, screening, and interventions for offenders with substance misuse concerns.
- Ensure timely delivery of waiting time, assessment, and interventions to meet service performance targets.
- Work closely with community mental health teams (CMHTs) for continuity of care.
- Provide comprehensive and timely reports to multi-agency public protection panels (MAPPA), police, probation services, solicitors, and court liaison teams.
- Provide supervision to junior staff and receive supervision as directed.
- Participate in resource centre services, delivering group therapy and specialist activities.
- Work in a psychologically minded way with offenders to achieve their agreed goals.
Minimum Requirements
All applicants must be willing to undertake National Security Vetting to work in a Prison Setting. This will be completed as part of the pre-employment checks through Oxleas and the prison vetting team.
Person Specification
- Registered Nurse
- Relevant post-registration training in Substance misuse/dual diagnosis or Psychological therapies.
- Minimum 2 years of working post qualification as a Registered nurse.
- Experience in prison or secure settings.
- Post qualification experience in working within substance misuse services.
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