Senior Mental Health Practitioner: HMP Fosse Way

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Leicester; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits for a Senior Mental Health Practitioner at a leading offender healthcare group. This role involves delivering high-quality mental health services to prisoners, ensuring their rehabilitation and reintegration into society. You will work within a dedicated multi-disciplinary team, providing safe and effective care to a vulnerable population. Join a committed organization that values teamwork and compassion, and make a real difference in the lives of offenders. If you are passionate about mental health and want to contribute to a meaningful cause, this position is perfect for you.

Benefits

Employee-led staff networks

In-house occupational health services

Health and Wellbeing team support

Commitment to reducing carbon emissions

Qualifications

• Registered Mental Health Nurse or allied health professional required.
• Experience in Primary/Secondary Mental Health Services is essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide effective mental health services in a prison setting.
• Coordinate treatment for prisoners with complex mental health needs.

Skills

Good communication skills

Organisational skills

IT skills (Patient Administration Systems)

Problem-solving skills

Ability to engage with clients

Education

Registered Mental Health Nurse

Allied health professional (OT, Psychology, Social Worker)

Tools

Patient Administration Systems (S1)

Job description

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Band 6

Main area: Offender Health
Grade: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours:

• Full time
• Part time

37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 186-016-25-FS

Site: HMP Fosse Way
Town: Leicestershire
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum (pro rata for part time)
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 29/01/2025 23:59
Interview date: 03/02/2025

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Mental Health Practitioner to join the Offender Health Care Group working at HMP Fosse Way, a Category C Resettlement Prison.

HMP Fosse Way houses 1,715 prisoners and focuses on the rehabilitation of offenders and their reintegration back into society. It consists of 7 House blocks across 4 floors. There is a dedicated healthcare suite located in the main building with additional multi-use rooms across the establishment including rooms for groups or 1-2-1’s.

To provide effective Mental Health services for prisoners, which deliver against required standards, e.g., Key Performance Indicators and Prison Health Performance Quality Indicators and CPA standards.

To demonstrate innovative practice whilst maintaining clinical efficacy, enabling the service to compete as a provider of choice to local commissioners.

Main duties of the job

To take an active role in providing the successful and effective delivery of mental health services within the offender health directorate. To work as a mental health practitioner within a multi-disciplinary team in a prison setting. To provide safe and effective care to patients with complex and enduring mental health problems, including those being managed under the Care Programme Approach (CPA).

To coordinate treatment of mental health and social care needs from the point of entry into the prison system to transfer of care to ongoing providers, so the mental health and social functioning of prisoners is improved.

To provide leadership to junior staff by maintaining professional standards and ensuring adherence to all relevant policies and procedures to ensure the delivery of high-quality care.

Working for our organisation

#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.

We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.

We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.

The health and wellbeing of our colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.

The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Offender Health Care Group is one of the largest and most successful providers of prison healthcare in the UK. The Care Group provides physical, mental health, and substance misuse healthcare services in prisons across the East Midlands, Lincolnshire & Leicestershire.

The Care Group provides healthcare to 7 prisons and a short-term holding facility. You are part of a large peer group of 400+ healthcare professionals with access to peer support, supervision, and excellent opportunities for learning and development. We also offer services within the Personality Disorder Pathway, including Therapeutic Communities (within prisons), Community and Prison Personality Disorder services, and specialist Veteran Services.

We are committed to working in partnership with prison services, national probation service, other healthcare providers, and our criminal justice system partners to improve health, support justice, and reduce re-offending behaviour. The Offender Health Team truly believes it can make a difference to the lives of offenders by offering consistent, high-quality care in primary, mental health, and substance misuse services that are equivalent to health services delivered outside of prison.

If you are an outstanding mental health care professional (social worker, occupational therapist, or other allied professions) who is passionate about providing high-quality care for a vulnerable patient group, then we want to hear from you.

We expect you entered the healthcare profession as you wanted to have the opportunity to make a difference, a real difference to the lives and lifestyles of those with mental health problems and their families. Mental healthcare at HMP Fosse Way gives you this opportunity to make this difference to a group of people who traditionally have had high psychiatric and social morbidity, who have often neglected their own mental well-being and have faced multiple barriers to accessing appropriate healthcare.

Person specification

Qualification

• Registered Mental Health Nurse/learning disability practitioner (OT, Psychology, Social Worker)
• NMC registration in date or suitably skilled/trained/experienced allied health professional with current professional registration.
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Mentor and Assessor

Experience

• A genuine interest in working with this client group and in Offender Mental health/learning disability related issues
• Experience of working in Primary/Secondary Mental Health Services
• Supervision and appraisal of staff
• Experience of working effectively within a MDT/interagency working
• Forensic and/or prison/or criminal justice nursing experience
• Experience of care coordination

Knowledge

• CPA systems and processes
• An understanding of working with people with Personality Disorders and those who have experienced trauma.
• Knowledge and/or experience of the ACCT process.
• Local and National strategies including issues relevant to the criminal justice system

Skills

• Good communicator with both verbal and written text.
• Organisational skills to manage and prioritise own workload
• IT skills including Patient Administration Systems (S1)
• Evidence of effective and appropriate documentation
• Ability to engage with and develop a rapport with the client group
• Evidence of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Effective problem and decision-making skills

Values and Behaviours

• All colleagues are expected to demonstrate that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion, Teamwork
• All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role. The Trust’s expectations are highlighted within our EDI Policy and associated EDI and Human Rights legislation.

Additional Information

• The closing date given is a guide. We reserve the right to close the post early once we have received a sufficient number of applicants, so we advise you to submit your application early to prevent disappointment.
• We will be requesting references by email. Please ensure you include email addresses and contact numbers for your referees to avoid delays in the recruitment process.
• The Trust believes in treating everyone with dignity and respect and encourages applications from all sectors of the community. We guarantee an interview to candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum essential criteria.
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• For eligible posts, DBS disclosures are mandatory before commencement of employment. If you are in a position that is deemed a regulated adult and/or child care role, you will not be able to start your employment until we have received a satisfactory DBS Disclosure. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Convictions which would otherwise be considered as 'spent' will also be checked as part of an Enhanced DBS Disclosure.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.