Primary Care Senior Staff Nurse - HMP Coldingley
| Posting date: | 04 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £37,162 - £44,629 per annum inc. Fringe HCAS (pro rata if P/T) |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 04 May 2024 |
| Location: | Bisley, Woking, GU24 9EX |
| Company: | CNWL NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6182076/333-D-HJ-1596 |
Summary
A Vacancy 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 Nurse to join our forward thinking, friendly and expandingHealth & Justiceteam atHMP Coldingley. 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 a7 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
• Deliver an expert healthcare service to patients.
• Be confident in offering advice to clinicians, allied healthcare professionals and patients.
• Provide a comprehensive primary care health service as part of the integrated health service comprising Primary care, Substance misuse and Mental Health teams, supported by allied health professionals.
• Undertake physical health assessments, run clinics, provide and evaluate a range of health treatments and interventions, to meet the patient’s healthcare needs and contribute to the wider continuous development of healthcare services.
• Demonstrate knowledge, skills and understanding of health issues and treatment options in order to provide clinical guidance to staff on matters relating to physical health and wellbeing.
• Ensure high standards of primary care services are delivered in a changing healthcare environment, ensuring that the needs of the patients are at the centre of practice.
• Ensure that the Healthcare Team is integrated within the wider prison services and that there is excellent communication and working relationships with all stakeholders, both internal and external
• Continually promote high standards of service within the nursing team and contribute to development of a culture of professionalism within the team.
• Participate in a flexible working arrangement which will include weekends and unsocial hours when required.
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust offers its staff ongoing career progression through:
• Monthly supervision
• Annual personal development plans/appraisals
• Access to exciting internal and external training opportunities.
Excellent progression through various career pathway opportunities such as but not limited to:
• Preceptorship Programme
• Support and guidance with Revalidation
• Hidden Gem and annual award ceremonies
Excellent staff benefits, our benefit packages are amongst the best in London and include:
• Health and wellbeing services
• Season ticket loans
• Cycle to work scheme
• Relocation package
The trust also values its staff and you are entitled to become a member of MyTrustBenefits. MyTrustBenefits is an online portal for all CNWL staff, as well as their family and friends. It offers over 1400 discounts at hundreds of retailers nationwide. Save money on your weekly food shops, toiletries, cosmetics, cinema, meals out, holidays, travel and entertainment. You can also access free online courses on a variety of topics, professional and personal, ranging from business management, languages, law and teaching.
All of our sites in Surrey offer free use of the onsite leisure facilities and free parking for staff.
As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
Please see main job description and person specification for full list of 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 problems.
• Safeguard vulnerable patients in line with CNWL Trust safeguarding policies.
• Apply local risk assessment and management protocols.
• 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 them.
• Work collaboratively with staff of other disciplines e.g. prison, education staff to provide integrated and coordinated care.
• Work within own sphere of competency and ensure that training needs are communicated to the team manager.
• 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 team.
• Liaise with other professional services e.g. hospital staff, GPs and caseworkers, sharing information where appropriate.
• 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 discharge.
• Work closely with colleagues to ensure information about risk is recorded and communicated sensitively and comprehensively.
• Maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping, including electronic data entry and recording.
• 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.
This advert closes on Tuesday 14 May 2024
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 Nurse to join our forward thinking, friendly and expandingHealth & Justiceteam atHMP Coldingley. 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 a7 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
• Deliver an expert healthcare service to patients.
• Be confident in offering advice to clinicians, allied healthcare professionals and patients.
• Provide a comprehensive primary care health service as part of the integrated health service comprising Primary care, Substance misuse and Mental Health teams, supported by allied health professionals.
• Undertake physical health assessments, run clinics, provide and evaluate a range of health treatments and interventions, to meet the patient’s healthcare needs and contribute to the wider continuous development of healthcare services.
• Demonstrate knowledge, skills and understanding of health issues and treatment options in order to provide clinical guidance to staff on matters relating to physical health and wellbeing.
• Ensure high standards of primary care services are delivered in a changing healthcare environment, ensuring that the needs of the patients are at the centre of practice.
• Ensure that the Healthcare Team is integrated within the wider prison services and that there is excellent communication and working relationships with all stakeholders, both internal and external
• Continually promote high standards of service within the nursing team and contribute to development of a culture of professionalism within the team.
• Participate in a flexible working arrangement which will include weekends and unsocial hours when required.
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust offers its staff ongoing career progression through:
• Monthly supervision
• Annual personal development plans/appraisals
• Access to exciting internal and external training opportunities.
Excellent progression through various career pathway opportunities such as but not limited to:
• Preceptorship Programme
• Support and guidance with Revalidation
• Hidden Gem and annual award ceremonies
Excellent staff benefits, our benefit packages are amongst the best in London and include:
• Health and wellbeing services
• Season ticket loans
• Cycle to work scheme
• Relocation package
The trust also values its staff and you are entitled to become a member of MyTrustBenefits. MyTrustBenefits is an online portal for all CNWL staff, as well as their family and friends. It offers over 1400 discounts at hundreds of retailers nationwide. Save money on your weekly food shops, toiletries, cosmetics, cinema, meals out, holidays, travel and entertainment. You can also access free online courses on a variety of topics, professional and personal, ranging from business management, languages, law and teaching.
All of our sites in Surrey offer free use of the onsite leisure facilities and free parking for staff.
As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
Please see main job description and person specification for full list of 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 problems.
• Safeguard vulnerable patients in line with CNWL Trust safeguarding policies.
• Apply local risk assessment and management protocols.
• 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 them.
• Work collaboratively with staff of other disciplines e.g. prison, education staff to provide integrated and coordinated care.
• Work within own sphere of competency and ensure that training needs are communicated to the team manager.
• 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 team.
• Liaise with other professional services e.g. hospital staff, GPs and caseworkers, sharing information where appropriate.
• 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 discharge.
• Work closely with colleagues to ensure information about risk is recorded and communicated sensitively and comprehensively.
• Maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping, including electronic data entry and recording.
• 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.
This advert closes on Tuesday 14 May 2024
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