Clinical Lead - Prison Mental Health Team - £3,000 Joining Bonus

Clinical Lead - Prison Mental Health Team - £3,000 Joining Bonus

Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

Have you thought about working within prison mental health services? This is an excellent opportunity for mental health nurses / registered professionals who have experience working within mental health services to join a team working in a rewarding environment where you will develop a full range of psychiatric skills and interventions. We offer a comprehensive induction and workforce development plan with a vast array of personal, professional and academic training opportunities enabling you to expand your skill set and evidence-based practices.

HMP Humber is looking for a Clinical Lead to provide mental health care to patients. This role will be responsible for assessment and caseload management of those referred into mental health services working as part of a stepped care model. You will complete comprehensive assessments, confidently communicate treatment options, initiate supportive care plans, and provide evidence-based interventions alongside the wider multi-disciplinary team.

You will work with internal and external partners, including partner healthcare providers, prison colleagues, social care providers, and probation services. As such, you will need excellent communication skills and a teamwork ethos.

Main Duties of the Job

You will either be a Registered Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker, or Occupational Therapist. You'll have a flexible approach to working within a team that encourages new ideas and opinions on how to improve the service.

You will have experience providing compassionate mental health care and an understanding of the criminal justice system. You will make ongoing assessments of need reflecting individual circumstances and provide relevant interventions and input to discharge planning. Strong coordination and planning skills, with the ability to make decisions based on comprehensive health and risk assessments, are required.

You should be innovative, flexible, and able to engage with patients with complex needs. You will be committed to a person-centred approach and have the ability to prioritise.

A £3,000 Trust welcome bonus will be applied to this post and is paid as follows:

• £1,500 upon joining the Trust
• £750 after year 1
• £750 after year 2

Applications are welcome from those registered with the Trust's Temporary Staffing Service (Bank) or that undertake work for the Trust via an external agency. However, please be aware that this incentive is only applicable to individuals on one occasion only. Therefore, you will not be eligible if you have received it previously.

Candidates must have 18 months post-qualifying experience, including sign-off of appropriate preceptorship or competency framework.

About Us

Our Journey to Change sets out why we do what we do, the kind of organisation we want to be and the three big goals we're committing to. It was co-created with patients, carers, colleagues, and partners.

We want people to lead their best possible lives.

Our values: We are committed to three big goals:

• To co-create a great experience for our patients, carers, and families.
• To co-create a great experience for our colleagues.
• To be a great partner.

We offer a comprehensive induction, robust supervision arrangements, and training opportunities, enabling you to expand your skill set and evidence-based practices. As well as team operational and clinical support and leadership, you will have access to professional specific support including an Advanced Nurse Practitioner, a Nurse Consultant, and an Associate Director of Nursing.

We require the post holders to be committed to equal opportunities and non-discriminatory practices and reflect the trust values of Responsibility, Respect, and Compassion.

We would welcome candidates to contact and arrange a visit to the prison or an informal discussion.

Job Responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.

Person Specification

Qualification

• RNMH/RNLD or registered practitioner, current professional registration with NMC or relevant professional body.
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.
• MIP, FLIP, ENB 998 Teaching & Assessing in Clinical Practice or City & Guilds 730 Teaching in Adult Education (within agreed timescales).
• 18 months post-qualifying experience including sign off of appropriate preceptorship or competency framework.
• Clinical Supervisor (within agreed timescales).
• Recognised sign-off mentor or must be achieved within agreed timescale.
• Qualified practitioner in e.g. CBT, DBT, PSI, dual diagnosis etc. (within agreed timescale).
• Key skills in literacy, numeracy and ITQ level 2 (or equivalent).
• Non-medical Prescriber (within agreed timescale).
• Post-graduate qualification in a relevant area.

Experience

• Significant experience working with people with mental ill health in a community setting.
• A good understanding of the Offender Health pathway.
• Working collaboratively with service users and their families/carers.
• Working in a multi-disciplinary team.
• Quality improvement activities.
• Leadership or management experience.
• Experience in a secure environment.
• Experience of providing clinical supervision.
• Experience of mentoring students on practice placement.

Skills

• Provide leadership and monitor, co-ordinate and prioritise the activities of a team.
• Communicate complex and sensitive information effectively to patients, carers/families, and all members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team and undertake care co-ordinator responsibilities.
• Provide effective clinical supervision, teaching, training, and assessing in clinical practice.
• Write reports.
• Use multimedia materials for presentations in professional settings.
• Use approved breakaway techniques.
• Competency in venepuncture and ECGs.

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.

Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

£37,338 to £44,962 a year (pro rata), per annum.