Mental Health Practitioner (RMN)-HMP Aylesbury

HMP Aylesbury has recently been recategorized into a Category C prison and healthcare delivery is being remodelled to reflect this change.
CNWL are the prime healthcare providers at HMP Aylesbury working with a number of subcontracted providers and took over the contract in October 2022.
We are looking to recruit Band 6 Mental Health Senior Nurses to work within the Multi-Disciplinary Integrated Mental Health Team at HMP Aylesbury. If you thrive on new challenges, being in an environment where no two days are the same and feel passionate about Health and Justice then you may be the very person that we are looking for to join our developing team., + To work under the direction of the Mental Health Lead to ensure that clinical priorities are clearly understood and met to an agreed standard.
+ To assess health and social care needs and negotiate care plans with Patients and staff teams
+ To undertake risk assessments including the formulation of a comprehensive plans developed jointly with the Patients and staff teams
+ To work within the Prison Service safer custody framework for managing Suicide and self-harm (SASH procedures) to support Patients requiring this
+ To provide a service sensitive to age, culture, ethnicity and gender, sexuality and disability
+ To contribute to the effective multi-disciplinary team working within the team and the rest of the Prison
+ To participate in the reception/induction process, and any other model that the local team adopts, in order to identify individuals with mental health problems at the earliest opportunity
+ To have an active presence and act as a resource for all staff and prisoners, in addition to those patients under your care, in the Segregation unit and Clinical Assessment Unit., + To work closely with other departments to ensure that all risks are assessed and managed.
+ To function fully within the Integrated Mental Health Team, assessing and treating patients through their journey in prison.
+ To accept referrals and triage patients with the team.
+ To undertake comprehensive assessments alone or with colleagues and feedback to the Multi-disciplinary Team, ensuring that planned care is individual and appropriate to the needs of the patient.
+ To provide effective case management to a defined caseload in accordance with the Care Programme Approach, in conjunction with the team, appropriate prison departments and external health, social care and probation services.
+ To ensure effective pre-release care planning.
CNWL (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust) has almost 8,000 staff providing integrated healthcare to a third of London's population, Milton Keynes and areas beyond. We involve service users, carers, the public, staff and partner organisations in the way that we are run.
Our catchment area spans diverse communities, with over 100 first languages spoken. It contains areas of great affluence as well as areas of much deprivation. We are committed to providing services that meet the needs of the people who use them, and we actively encourage involvement from local people who can help make a difference. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME and people with disabilities to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.
We are recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing high quality, innovative healthcare. We aim to employ only the best people, and our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy and policy, and many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries.

We offer a generous relocation package (subject to eligibility assessment) and flexible working options, including bank assignments for most roles. For more information on these and other benefits of working for us, see our Benefits, Reward and Wellbeing page
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