Job summary
Mental Health In-reach Manager Permanent Full Time: 37.5 hours per week
'Previous applicants need not apply'
We're recruiting for Mental Health Inreach Manager to work within HMP Wandsworth.
An expert practitioner, the post holder is a source of expert advice to healthcare staff, prison staff, & offenders, responsible for the mental and physical health & well-being of offenders, operational management, day-to-day leadership of the mental health Resource Centre and outreach Service, development and support of specialist services.
To take a lead role in maximising
- Evidence based practice
- Takes leadership in providing alternative treatment models for service users.
- The post holder will have an ability to reach complex and critical judgements and have decision making skills to satisfy the expectations and demands of the role.
- The post holder will deliver and direct others to provide sound clinical interventions for offenders.
- The post holder will be required to take an active role in health training and development both within the team and Prison service in general
- The post holder will develop with audit and evaluation tools in line with Trusty strategy to improve the quality and clinical effectiveness of the resource centre/ outreach service.
Main duties of the job
- Development of a high quality health services Ensuring that appropriate systems are in place, which enable and facilitate the CPA, assessment, quality and completeness and continuity of care co-ordination for prisoners with mental health needs.
- Supervise junior staff undertaking highly complex clinical interventions
- To represent prison healthcare and be an active member of Directorate Board and other Trust forums as required
- To chair case conferences, multi disciplinary and professional meetings related to offender healthcare
- To actively contribute to the strategic direction and planning of prison health services.
- To offer professional advice related to service developments
- To effectively provide leadership, management and support to healthcare staff
- To be responsible for and directly manage delegated budgets as required
- To ensure that the Service provides clinically effective interventions which are guided by national and local standards and based on clinical evidence?
- To ensure that clinical interventions are effective in reducing the length of stay IPD and external transfers.
Please check job description for full details.
About us
Oxleas - About Us
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people living in South East London and Kent and to people in prison. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,000 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, children's centres, schools and people's homes. We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations across the London Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent and manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital in Woolwich as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are one of the largest providers of prison health services providing healthcare to prisoners across Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
- We're Kind
- We're Fair
- We Listen
- We Care
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To ensure documentation is of a consistent high standard and meets the professional standards of practice
- To ensure that staff maintain up to date written, electronic and activity data in accordance with professional, Prison and Trust standards
- To ensure all record keeping related to own and others practice complies with professional, Prison and Trust standards
- To lead on skill mix, recruitment and retention of staff in the IPD. Promote a positive image of Prison and offender healthcare services
- To be responsible for and effectively manage delegated budgets as required
- To ensure that staff adhere to Health and Safety guidelines and maintain safe environments and working practices
- To be an authorised signatory if required
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To ensure documentation is of a consistent high standard and meets the professional standards of practice
- To ensure that staff maintain up to date written, electronic and activity data in accordance with professional, Prison and Trust standards
- To ensure all record keeping related to own and others practice complies with professional, Prison and Trust standards
- To lead on skill mix, recruitment and retention of staff in the IPD. Promote a positive image of Prison and offender healthcare services
- To be responsible for and effectively manage delegated budgets as required
- To ensure that staff adhere to Health and Safety guidelines and maintain safe environments and working practices
- To be an authorised signatory if required
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Professional Mental Health Qualification o NMC Registration.
- Relevant, substantive post registration training or experience in one of the following areas: ? Learning disability ? Personality disorder ? Substance misuse/dual diagnosis ? Psychological therapies ? Working with mentally disordered offenders.
Experience
Essential
- oMinimum 4 years of post qualification practice.
- oMinimum 2 years experience at a senior management level or supervisory role including managing change and introducing new ways of working.
- oExperience of multi-professional collaboration at a senior level including working in partnership with other statutory and voluntary organisations.
- oExperience of setting, monitoring and evaluating standards of care
Skills abilities and Knowledge.
Essential
- oAbility to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing, presenting ideas with clarity in a persuasive and influential style, for a variety of audiences.
- oAbility to manage change and develop innovative ways of working
- oAbility to maintain a high profile within senior management structures.
- oClear understanding of CPA process.
- oClear understanding of Risk
- oKnowledge of models of mental health assessment
- oAbility to lead and empower people to make decisions and to plan ahead.
- oKnowledge of current national standards for Prison Mental health care policy and National Service Frameworks
- oAbility to resolve conflict and build teams
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Professional Mental Health Qualification o NMC Registration.
- Relevant, substantive post registration training or experience in one of the following areas: ? Learning disability ? Personality disorder ? Substance misuse/dual diagnosis ? Psychological therapies ? Working with mentally disordered offenders.
Experience
Essential
- oMinimum 4 years of post qualification practice.
- oMinimum 2 years experience at a senior management level or supervisory role including managing change and introducing new ways of working.
- oExperience of multi-professional collaboration at a senior level including working in partnership with other statutory and voluntary organisations.
- oExperience of setting, monitoring and evaluating standards of care
Skills abilities and Knowledge.
Essential
- oAbility to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing, presenting ideas with clarity in a persuasive and influential style, for a variety of audiences.
- oAbility to manage change and develop innovative ways of working
- oAbility to maintain a high profile within senior management structures.
- oClear understanding of CPA process.
- oClear understanding of Risk
- oKnowledge of models of mental health assessment
- oAbility to lead and empower people to make decisions and to plan ahead.
- oKnowledge of current national standards for Prison Mental health care policy and National Service Frameworks
- oAbility to resolve conflict and build teams
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
