Our NLFT London Prison situated in North London, has a vacancy for a Early Days in Custody Senior Practitioner . The core of this role is to support the delivery of care, which is currently in the form of New Models of Care.
The ideal candidate will need to ensure they are operating in line with the New Models of care by providing a high standard to individuals within our prison settings who are presenting with mental health problems.
The post holder will work with staff across healthcare and the wider prison establishment, providing specialist advice particularly to GPs in the assessment and treatment of patients on the prison residential wings.
The successful candidate will need to adapt to and embrace a recovery and enablement model to seamlessly realign prisoners with mental health problems alongside their local community- based mental health service upon release from prison.
The post holder will be a qualified RMN with sound experience in Mental Health, knowledge and experience of forensic mental health service provision and offender care.
As well as the outstanding development opportunities within the Health in Justice Team, This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Mental Health care-coordinator to join our Trust as our prison services are transforming in partnership with other healthcare providers.
The post holder will work with the team lead and therapies lead to ensure the team work to an agreed operational policy, offering a high standard and integrated triage, assessment and intervention for individuals within our prison settings who are presenting with mental health problems in line with the New Models of Care. The post holder will ensure that all patients are seen, receive a mental health triage, risk assessment and safety plan and to establish any immediate and ongoing health needs. As an Early Days in Custody Senior Practitioner, you will be innovative, bringing fresh ideas and solutions to the challenges of providing healthcare in a prison. You will be responsible for identifying those with mental health concerns including those in mental health crises and referring them on to the appropriate team.
North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.
Our Five-Year Strategy:
We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.
In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.
The post holder will be required to support the delivery of care currently in the form of New Models of Care, enabling the service to meet the London Wide service specification standards for Prison Healthcare.
The post holder will be required to carry out triage and comprehensive assessments and be able to produce effective care plans that are recovery focused and seek to minimise risk. The post holder will have an excellent understanding of risk assessment and management and be able to share this knowledge with colleagues and others involved in the patient’s care in order to minimise risk.
The post holder will manage a caseload of patients and be able to prioritise and coordinate their care according to their needs and ensure that there is continuity of care throughout the period of detention.
The post holder will provide support, consultation, and formal and informal training to colleagues and other staff. Excellent communication and relationship management skills are essential to this post.
