Health & Wellbeing Coordinator | Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 08 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £45,742 - £52,056 Pa inc |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 08 May 2024 |
| Location: | Isle of Sheppey, Kent, ME12 4DZ |
| Company: | Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6198452/277-6198452-ELML |
Summary
To manage, lead and co-ordinate the implementation of the health and wellbeing model within the Kent of Prisons. (model attached).
To provide and develop a specialised programme of care, or care packages in the Kent Prison Cluster that will address the prisoner’s presenting vulnerabilities:
Primary care needs and long-term conditions
Mental health needs
Substance misuse
To provide safe and effective care pathways for all offenders identified through the single point of assessment as needing care co-ordination.
Working alongside the responsible prison clinical team, the post-holder will arrange and organise meetings that will support the health and wellbeing model. These meetings include multidisciplinary meetings, case conferences, referral/discharges, and monthly monitoring meetings.
Key Tasks and Responsibilities
Provide co-ordination of and participate in the health and wellbeing working group and provide expertise and support where requested.
Maintain accurate and timely care co-ordination activity, information, and data on an electronic data tracker system.
The data collected must identify all prisoners that are being care ordinated. The referrals made to each department based on the needs of the patient should be recorded.
Monitoring the response of each service should be captured and challenged appropriately and sensitively based on the clinical need of the patient.
Be responsible for monitoring the care co-ordination of offenders including referrals to internal and external healthcare services.
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
IMPORTANT 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 sought from: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).
Management responsibilities
To case manage in conjunction with other practitioners offenders identified as appropriate. This includes developing a specialised programme of care, or care packages that will address the prisoner’s presenting vulnerabilities:
Primary care needs and Long-term conditions
Mental health needs
Substance misuse
Be fully conversant with Trust policies, CPA, and the Mental Health Act, Primary Care Services, Substances Misuse Services (Psychosocial and Clinical Services) and all other services.
Provision of high-quality assessments and reports for example, when planning discharging and releasing of offenders into the community. Reports which include, for example a successful move from dependence on drugs /alcohol to recovery, the ability to access suitable accommodation, improvements in mental and physical health, ability to access education and community-based activities.
Delivering evidence-based protocols for the safe and secure care co-ordination of offenders whilst in custody.
The post holder will be expected to teach health professionals and prison staff on the health and wellbeing model, single point of assessment and care co-ordination process.
Act as the first line of arbitration for disputed care co-ordinated patients. This will involve identifying alternative solutions within the healthcare service.
Report all disputes and delays to the Head of Healthcare in a timely fashion.
Ensure that appropriate systems are in place, which enable and facilitate the effective care coordination and continuity of care.
Working closely with these agencies, provide person centred and integrated packages of care, and co-ordinate activities to achieve joint working and integrated care arrangements.
Actively promote the development of multi-disciplinary clinical practice, embedding as appropriate current research and guidance into daily practice.
As required attend case conferences, clinical reviews, and CPA’s.
As required attend and/or chair other meetings and forums as directed.
Comprehensive knowledge of legislative procedures governing care and treatment of mentally disordered offenders.
Comprehensive knowledge of local and national policies in relation to patient confidentiality, Caldicott principles, Child and Adult safeguarding procedures and Vulnerable Adult’s Policy
The post holder will be part of skilled multidisciplinary teams comprising all healthcare staff, including strategic partners, and prison managing a single referral pathway.
The post holder will be required to undertake training to maximise uptake of screening, health promotion and prevention activity, including vaccinations.
The post holder will ensure a named care co-ordinator is allocated for every patient with complex needs who will ensure a proactive, evidence-based approach to clinical interventions, health promotion/prevention activity, and management of acute and long-term conditions using our stepped care approach.
The post holder will ensure that a single, integrated, care plans developed, and the individualised care is regularly reviewed.
The post holder will ensure that comprehensive risk assessments and care plans are regularly reviewed in a needs-led review cycle.
The post holder will ensure a care coordination criteria and MDT meetings for patients with complex needs will be tailored to the needs of the establishment.
The post holder will ensure that they undertake all training in evidence-based CBT approaches to enhance consistency and quality of care delivery
The post holder will support patients to manage their health at every stage, from oral health to long term conditions.
The post holder will ensure that health promotion embedded into every aspect of the service.
To work positively and effectively in a difficult and often hostile environment.
Be aware of environmental hazards in the working area; ensure staff are aware of relevant health & safety policies deriving from the Health & Safety at Work Act.
To work in accordance with Trust policies and guidelines
To be familiar with Prison Standards, Standing Orders, Circular instructions, Notices to Staff, Health and Safety and all other relevant material to function as an informed practitioner within a prison setting.
Promote equality of opportunity and provide an environment in which the dignity of individuals is respected and free from workplace harassment and bullying.
Leadership
Be responsible for completing staff rotas for the single point of assessment.
Liaising with all services to engage all staff to take responsibility for completing the single point of assessment.
Clinical
Ensure that all relevant clinical information is documented accurately and in a timely fashion onto SystmOne.
As required to provide supervision to junior staff, students and provide training within the service
Practice within the professional code at all times.
To provide expert on-going clinical advice to practitioners as required.
Support senior staff in the development of plans for the achievement of clinical excellence and demonstrate high standards of clinical practice to the team.
Communication
Develop and maintain effective channels of communication, professional links and interfaces with NHS and independent providers, statutory agencies, the third sector and the Prison Service.
Custodial Responsibilities
Assume personal responsibility for the security of issued keys.
Understand and comply with prison orders, procedures, and instructions in your area of work.
Comply with all security requirements.
Respond to any situation or circumstance that might indicate a threat to security of the establishment or to the safety of an individual, completing Incident, Security, Injury, or other reports as appropriate.
Report breaches of order and discipline including reporting and recording untoward incidents according to local protocol.
Contribute to effective risk assessment and management procedures.
This advert closes on Monday 22 Apr 2024
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