Job summary
As an expert practitioner, and source of expert advice to offenders, carers and colleagues, to provide a practice nursing lead and consultancy in developing nursing practice within Oxleas prison services on behalf of the forensic and prison services directorate.
To take the lead role in maximising the contribution that nursing makes to focusing on five main areas;
- expert evidence based nursing practice
- nursing leadership and consultancy
- education and research
- practice and service development - including supervision
- professional advisory function including continuous professional development
The post holder will exercise a high degree of personal and professional autonomy, have an ability to reach complex and critical judgements and have decision making skills to satisfy the expectations and demands of the job.
The post holder will provide advanced clinical nursing interventions for offenders.
They will provide robust clinical leadership to the nursing team.
The post holder is expected to take an active role in clinical nursing education across the prison services. They would also ensure that services are offender-focussed and reflect the NHS modernisation agenda.
If you have any queries please contact Amita Solanky, Project Manager at:
oxl-tr.swprisonslot1-staffqueries@nhs.net
Main duties of the job
- Expert clinical practitioner working with offenders, carers, and staff across the whole spectrum of prison healthcare services (primary care and mental health services)
- Supervision, education and training of nursing and other staff, and trainees from all disciplines.
- Teaching and coaching of staff both formally and informally
- Participates as an active expert in respect of clinical practice in nursing
- Has a direct clinical input/caseload as a routine part of their workload
- Undertakes research in specialist area
- Ensures the development and maintenance of clinical excellence in respect of forensic nursing care
About us
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. 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 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes. We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England including Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Buckinghamshire and Kent including the Isle of Sheppey, in London we operate within the 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 the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, 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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To manage a clinical caseload, relevant to clinical expertise.
- To act as an expert practitioner demonstrating advanced knowledge and skill beyond that associated with traditional nursing roles, including the integration of research evidence into practice by expert clinical reasoning and decision-making
- To utilise advanced clinical reasoning skills and evidence based knowledge in the management of offenders with highly complex presentations and to be clinically competent to utilise expert skills and knowledge.
- To develop, establish and implement guidelines and nurse led initiatives, particularly where precedents do not exist.
- To create, develop and design with other multi-professional staff care pathways for the treatment of the particular offender groups with the aim of disseminating good practice and improving outcomes.
- To interpret and analyse complex clinical and non-clinical facts, to regularly provide expert advice and second opinion to health care professionals, including when views may differ or conflict.
- To provide expert nursing advice on the treatment and support of offenders.
- To provide a consultancy service to clinical teams across the prison services.
- To be involved in the development of a research culture within the prison services, which will enable practice to be informed.
- To access relevant clinical supervision for your work, and provide supervision for less experienced practitioners of all professions.
- To promote evidence based nursing practice.
- To exercise a key role within the prison clinical governance forums.
- To contribute as required to the assessment of an individual and individual plans in response to the offenders physical, social, spiritual, cultural and psychological needs, monitoring same to ensure the achievement and maintenance of the highest quality care,
- To ensure a high priority is afforded to health promotion initiatives for offenders
- To participate and promote multi-disciplinary working.
- To develop nursing policies and procedures for the delivery of care,
- To develop, lead and audit training programmes.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To manage a clinical caseload, relevant to clinical expertise.
- To act as an expert practitioner demonstrating advanced knowledge and skill beyond that associated with traditional nursing roles, including the integration of research evidence into practice by expert clinical reasoning and decision-making
- To utilise advanced clinical reasoning skills and evidence based knowledge in the management of offenders with highly complex presentations and to be clinically competent to utilise expert skills and knowledge.
- To develop, establish and implement guidelines and nurse led initiatives, particularly where precedents do not exist.
- To create, develop and design with other multi-professional staff care pathways for the treatment of the particular offender groups with the aim of disseminating good practice and improving outcomes.
- To interpret and analyse complex clinical and non-clinical facts, to regularly provide expert advice and second opinion to health care professionals, including when views may differ or conflict.
- To provide expert nursing advice on the treatment and support of offenders.
- To provide a consultancy service to clinical teams across the prison services.
- To be involved in the development of a research culture within the prison services, which will enable practice to be informed.
- To access relevant clinical supervision for your work, and provide supervision for less experienced practitioners of all professions.
- To promote evidence based nursing practice.
- To exercise a key role within the prison clinical governance forums.
- To contribute as required to the assessment of an individual and individual plans in response to the offenders physical, social, spiritual, cultural and psychological needs, monitoring same to ensure the achievement and maintenance of the highest quality care,
- To ensure a high priority is afforded to health promotion initiatives for offenders
- To participate and promote multi-disciplinary working.
- To develop nursing policies and procedures for the delivery of care,
- To develop, lead and audit training programmes.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse
- Masters Level Degree education or appropriate experience
Experience/ Knowledge
Essential
- A minimum of eight years consolidated post registration experience
- Extensive, specialist knowledge and experience of clinical issues relating to mentally disordered offenders
- Experience of developing nursing/service protocols
Skills And Attributes
Essential
- Outstanding communication skills across a wide range of situations such as with service users, senior clinicians & academics
- Using critical thinking in managing conflicting agendas
- Clinically credible and competent
- Highly developed negotiating and facilitative skills
Person Specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse
- Masters Level Degree education or appropriate experience
Experience/ Knowledge
Essential
- A minimum of eight years consolidated post registration experience
- Extensive, specialist knowledge and experience of clinical issues relating to mentally disordered offenders
- Experience of developing nursing/service protocols
Skills And Attributes
Essential
- Outstanding communication skills across a wide range of situations such as with service users, senior clinicians & academics
- Using critical thinking in managing conflicting agendas
- Clinically credible and competent
- Highly developed negotiating and facilitative skills
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Devon & Dorset cluster
1 Emperor Way,
Exeter Business Park, Exeter, Devon
EX1 3QS
Employer's website
http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
