Primary Care Senior Staff Nurse - HMP Send

at  Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust is a Top Employer Award Winner and works in partnership to provide responsive and dependable primary care, mental health, intellectual disability and substance misuse services to the diverse and culturally rich communities we serve.
In our quest to deliver patient-focused quality care we are looking to recruit a highly motivated, innovative and enthusiastic Primary Care Senior Staff Nurses to join our forward thinking, friendly and expanding Health & Justice team at HMP Send.
By joining our Prisons Health Care Team, you will not only look after the healthcare needs of our patients residing in secure environments, but who also have the opportunity to have a real impact on promoting health and well-being. Our healthcare services work to a 7 day week working model , to ensure our patient’s healthcare is managed and maintained to the highest of standards at all times.
Our motto is “Caring NOT Judging” so by working in partnership with the criminal justice system and other agencies, we provide responsive, dependable and high-quality primary care and mental health services to those who may have offended and those at risk of offending in the communities we serve, to improve their health status and to encourage social inclusion.
Why not see what our staff say about working within our award winning teams: https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/health-and-justice/find-out-what-its-work-health-and-justice

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:

Plan, deliver and evaluate clinically appropriate interventions using evidenced based guidance and practice.
Set up processes/protocols for effective assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care for those patients with physical, mental health and substance misuse.
Safeguard vulnerable patients in line with CNWL Trust safeguarding policies.
Apply local risk assessment and management
Make appropriate referrals to other services for long term or complex care management.
Co-ordinate multi-disciplinary clinical practice to provide focused and integrated care treatment programs/packages.
Use highly skilled interventions to de-escalate aggressive patient behaviours and be aware of the appropriate processes for dealing with
Work collaboratively with staff of other disciplines e.g. prison, education staff to provide integrated and coordinated
Work within own sphere of competency and ensure that training needs are communicated to the team
Participate in local and trust audits and trust audits. Participate in clinical governance and utilise research skills for audit, service development and research within the area served by the multi-disciplinary
Liaise with other professional services e.g. hospital staff, GPs and caseworkers, sharing information
Work in a highly emotive environment with patients who may have a sexual offending history or mental health / substance misuse problems on a regular basis. Able to communicate sensitive and complex information whilst maintaining a high level of professionalism at all times.
Attend and contribute to prison meetings as required, and present the view of Healthcare Team on relevant clinical issues. Ensure any actions taken from these meetings are communicated to the appropriate individual responsible for completing the action.
Ensure that pathways of care are created for the patients, including collecting collateral information and making appropriate referrals into the community when they are approaching
Work closely with colleagues to ensure information about risk is recorded and communicated sensitively
Maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping, including electronic data entry
Ensure that within all aspects of professional activity e.g. communication with patients, relatives, colleagues and the assessment, development and delivery of interventions, issues of diversity such as race, culture, identity, gender and sexuality are sensitively considered and incorporated to reflect individual differences appropriately.

IT RESPONSIBILITIES:

Input and maintain appropriate electronic clinical records and statistical data, providing this to the Service Lead/business and performance team when necessary.