Senior Registered Mental Health Nurse

at  Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust Inclusion Services

Are you an RMN (Registered Mental Health Nurse) looking to widen your experience working within a prison? Then look no further than our integrated mental health and substance misuse team at HMP Long Lartin.
Our team is made up of different disciplines, skills and expertise, which benefits those needing our care. As an RMN in a prison environment, you will help provide specialist mental health interventions to help support those experiencing difficulties.
Being an RMN within a prison is one of the most challenging, yet rewarding career opportunities. The variety of the role will keep things fresh and stimulating whilst being part of a supportive team with effective management who provide supervision and guidance. We are looking for an RMN who is able to provide high quality mental health care.
HMP Long Lartin is a Category A adult male establishment that houses about 600 men aged 21 years and above. It accommodates men serving long sentences and forms part of the long term and high security estate. HMP Long Lartin is located near Evesham, Worcestershire.
Come and join our team where you will be supported to develop your existing skills and benefit the lives of others!
Working effectively within the team you will provide evidence based interventions. You will manage a caseload of patients and will be required to undertake assessments and reviews. Using a Care Programme Approach, you will be a care coordinator , communicating effectively with those involved in the care of our patients in custody and on release. The role will require you to be a reflective practitioner, eager to work collaboratively with patients, carers and team members to contribute to the delivery of an effective, dynamic, specialist mental health service.
You will work with individuals from initial assessment through to discharge, which can include transferring care to other providers such as hospitals or CMHTs whilst working with a variety of agencies in the Offender Health Pathway. You will help to rehabilitate and support service users to live hopeful and fulfilling lives as members of the community.
Inclusion (part of Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust) has prison substance misuse and mental health teams across the country and you will benefit from training and development opportunities as well as the support of an NHS employer experienced in providing prison healthcare for many years.
Inclusion, created in 2002 is part of the Specialist Services Care Group of Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT). We provide caring and effective services across England, including, West Yorkshire, West Midlands, East Midlands, West Mercia, Thames Valley, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Thurrock, Essex. We support individuals, families and communities who are affected by addiction, crime, mental health or need treatment for their sexual health.
We believe that the individuals and families who use our services should receive high quality, committed and inclusive care, realising all the benefits a modern NHS organisation can provide. We work with patients and our staff teams to achieve the best outcomes we can. We invest heavily in training and development, and the wellbeing of our people, both staff and service users is central to who we are.
Here at MPFT, we are proud of the comprehensive wellbeing and lifestyle support offer available, in addition to in-house training and coaching support. Our services are robustly governed, evidence-based, inclusive, and designed and provided in conjunction with service users. We are committed to providing the best service we can, and if you share our values, we want you on our team!
For more information about HMP Long Lartin and our incentives offer please see attached information.
A relocation package may be considered for the right applicant
Please see the attached job description for the full list of duties and responsibilities. Here is a summary:
Provide a high quality service to people who use our service.
Provide care within the CPA Framework.
Assess people’s needs, develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care.
Facilitate therapeutic group work programmes taking the lead where appropriate.
To deliver evidenced based interventions.
You will be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care.
You will identify those people in prisoner requiring hospital treatment and facilitate the timely transfer via The Mental Health Act.
You will be a role model of excellence in leading and developing junior members of the team

Please refer the Job description for details