Job summary
The post holder will provide specialist nursing expertise for individuals with diagnosed or suspected learning disabilities and autism within a remand prison setting.
The role focuses on identification, assessment and support for individuals with neurodevelopmental needs, ensuring appropriate reasonable adjustments are implemented to support engagement with healthcare and the prison regime.
The post holder will work with complex cases, undertaking specialist assessment of need within the prison environment and coordinating appropriate interventions to improve health outcomes and reduce health inequalities for people with learning disabilities and autism.
Main duties of the job
- Identify individuals with learning disabilities and autism through screening, referral and clinical assessment processes.
- Undertake comprehensive neurodevelopmental and learning disability assessments to identify health and support needs.
- Develop and implement person-centred care plans addressing health needs and environmental adjustments required within the prison setting. Additionally ensure that care plans are reviewed.
- Provide specialist nursing advice regarding the management of individuals with learning disabilities and autism.
- Support individuals to understand healthcare information through adapted communication and accessible materials.
- Work with patients presenting with complex needs, including co-occurring mental health, behavioural or communication difficulties.
- Ensure reasonable adjustments are implemented to support access to healthcare and engagement with prison services.
- Work to enhance the standards of nursing practice across the Service. Participate in local audit and trust wide audits.
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. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, 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. This is strengthened by our new values:
- We're Kind
- We're Fair
- We Listen
- We Care
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Provide supervision and support to the Band 4 Neurodevelopmental Support Worker.
- Ensures effective delegation of tasks to other within the team to meet prioritized needs.
- Offer professional advice to members of the healthcare team regarding neurodevelopmental care.
- Contribute to reflective practice and clinical supervision within the team.
- Compiles reports and documentation as required by the service.
- Supports in the compilation of incidents and accident reports within agreed deadlines.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION, PLEASE READ:
All applicants must be willing to undertake National Security Vetting in order to work in a Prison Setting. This will be completed as part of the pre-employment checks through Oxleas and the prison vetting team.
You will need to provide:
Proof of right to work documentation
Proof of ID, needs to include 1 photographic ID
Proof of address documentation
Non-UK passport holders will need to have correct documentation (right to work in the UK) and a Home office Share code.
Address History:
5 years address history will be needed.
Applicants that are not UK Passport holders who provide less than 5 years UK address history will need to provide a Police Certificate which must be in English from where they resided previously.
Applicants who are UK Passport holders who have lived abroad for a period of more than six months during the last three years will need to provide a certificate of good conduct or an overseas police check in English from the countries resided in or visited.
In order to assist you in obtaining a Police Certificate, guidance can be soughtfrom:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants
If the country you have resided in is not listed here, you can obtain the necessary information by contacting the relevant Embassy or High Commission for that Country. Their contact details can be found on the Foreign & Commonwealth Office website (http://www.fco.gov.uk/en).
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Provide supervision and support to the Band 4 Neurodevelopmental Support Worker.
- Ensures effective delegation of tasks to other within the team to meet prioritized needs.
- Offer professional advice to members of the healthcare team regarding neurodevelopmental care.
- Contribute to reflective practice and clinical supervision within the team.
- Compiles reports and documentation as required by the service.
- Supports in the compilation of incidents and accident reports within agreed deadlines.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION, PLEASE READ:
All applicants must be willing to undertake National Security Vetting in order to work in a Prison Setting. This will be completed as part of the pre-employment checks through Oxleas and the prison vetting team.
You will need to provide:
Proof of right to work documentation
Proof of ID, needs to include 1 photographic ID
Proof of address documentation
Non-UK passport holders will need to have correct documentation (right to work in the UK) and a Home office Share code.
Address History:
5 years address history will be needed.
Applicants that are not UK Passport holders who provide less than 5 years UK address history will need to provide a Police Certificate which must be in English from where they resided previously.
Applicants who are UK Passport holders who have lived abroad for a period of more than six months during the last three years will need to provide a certificate of good conduct or an overseas police check in English from the countries resided in or visited.
In order to assist you in obtaining a Police Certificate, guidance can be soughtfrom:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants
If the country you have resided in is not listed here, you can obtain the necessary information by contacting the relevant Embassy or High Commission for that Country. Their contact details can be found on the Foreign & Commonwealth Office website (http://www.fco.gov.uk/en).
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
- NMC 998 or equivalent
- MSc, working towards, or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Minimum two years experince
- Forensic Experience
Desirable
- Prison Experience
- System One Experience
Documentation
Essential
- IT Experience
- Knowledge of relevant legislation, national initiatives and guidance, and of own professional code of, role and responsibilities
- Use of Systm One
Desirable
- Attention to detail
- Experience of Systm One and IT applications
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
- NMC 998 or equivalent
- MSc, working towards, or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Minimum two years experince
- Forensic Experience
Desirable
- Prison Experience
- System One Experience
Documentation
Essential
- IT Experience
- Knowledge of relevant legislation, national initiatives and guidance, and of own professional code of, role and responsibilities
- Use of Systm One
Desirable
- Attention to detail
- Experience of Systm One and IT applications
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).
