Medacs - Mental Healthcare Prison Nurse

Mental Healthcare Prison Nurse

The post holder will work with the Primary Mental Health Team with specific responsibility to develop robust screening, assessment, referral, and discharge tools in line with the prison's Integrated Clinical Governance Framework.

Job Summary

To develop and enhance the primary mental health service to identify and manage common mental health problems such as depression, anxiety and sleeping disorder through a proactive wing based approach.
To practice advanced clinical skills and to be responsible for the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of care.
Reduce the negative impact of imprisonment, reducing the adverse consequences of mental health problems on prisoners, and significant others.
Initiate and lead the continuing development of nursing care in consultation with Primary Care Lead/Head of Healthcare.
The position will involve specialist mental health assessments and the application of evidence based practice.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

To carry out assessment, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of care to a designated client group, using a model of ‘stepped care’
Employ advanced/extended knowledge and skills mindful of own competencies and limitations
To ensure high standards of evidence based care for the client, including the education and support of other team members
Demonstrate the ability to manage a small caseload providing brief interventions based upon a cognitive behavioural approach: cognitive reframing, and anxiety management
To remain dynamic, sensitive and responsive in practice to needs of the patients, continually maintaining and improving professional knowledge through education, reflective practice and the application of research
Participate in MDT meetings and the developments of care treatment plans/care pathways
To work in close partnership with colleagues that support open communication and collaborative working, taking personal responsibility for ones own contribution to the process of multidisciplinary team working. Encourage and maintain effective communication links with the relevant community and inpatient units in order to promote good working relationships and continuity of care as well as liaising with referrers as required
Take responsibility for the efficient transfer of information, and communication with other members of the team
To develop links with family services both prison based and community services
To develop links with the domestic violence services’ and other appropriate agencies crucial to the client population
To provide onward referral to secondary mental health services for patients with severe and enduring mental illness
To participate regularly in Clinical Supervision.

Requirements

RMN
Registered with NMC
Evidence of updating practice and continued professional development
Willing to undertake education/courses relevant to area of practice and service development
A minimum of 3 years post registration experience
Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care and ability to develop a therapeutic relationship.
Experience of managing a caseload
Experience of teaching students within the profession
A range of post registration experience within mental health settings including CBT

Interested? Please contact Aga Gozlinska on 0044 207 611 1660 or drop her an email: aga.gozlinska@medacs.com