Mental Health Practitioner (RMN)-HMP Aylesbury

at  Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

HMP Aylesbury has recently been recategorized into a Category C prison and healthcare delivery is being remodelled to reflect this change.
CNWL are the prime healthcare providers at HMP Aylesbury working with a number of subcontracted providers and took over the contract in October 2022.
We are looking to recruit Band 6 Mental Health Senior Nurses to work within the Multi-Disciplinary Integrated Mental Health Team at HMP Aylesbury. If you thrive on new challenges, being in an environment where no two days are the same and feel passionate about Health and Justice then you may be the very person that we are looking for to join our developing team.
To work under the direction of the Mental Health Lead to ensure that clinical priorities are clearly understood and met to an agreed standard.
To assess health and social care needs and negotiate care plans with Patients and staff teams
To undertake risk assessments including the formulation of a comprehensive plans developed jointly with the Patients and staff teams
To work within the Prison Service safer custody framework for managing Suicide and self-harm (SASH procedures) to support Patients requiring this
To provide a service sensitive to age, culture, ethnicity and gender, sexuality and disability
To contribute to the effective multi-disciplinary team working within the team and the rest of the Prison
To participate in the reception/induction process, and any other model that the local team adopts, in order to identify individuals with mental health problems at the earliest opportunity
To have an active presence and act as a resource for all staff and prisoners, in addition to those patients under your care, in the Segregation unit and Clinical Assessment Unit.
Central & North West London NHS Foundation Trust is committed to providing quality health & social care services, tailored to the needs of individuals, public & private organizations, delivered close to home. Our services are designed to increase well being & provide opportunities for recovery. We want our employees to feel valued, challenged & supported.
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.
To work closely with other departments to ensure that all risks are assessed and managed.
To function fully within the Integrated Mental Health Team, assessing and treating patients through their journey in prison.
To accept referrals and triage patients with the team.
To undertake comprehensive assessments alone or with colleagues and feedback to the Multi-disciplinary Team, ensuring that planned care is individual and appropriate to the needs of the patient.
To provide effective case management to a defined caseload in accordance with the Care Programme Approach, in conjunction with the team, appropriate prison departments and external health, social care and probation services.
To ensure effective pre-release care planning

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