Primary Care Senior Staff Nurse - HMP Downview

The post holder will:
+ 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., + 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.
+ Safeguard vulnerable patients in line with CNWL Trust safeguarding policies.
+ Apply local risk assessment and management
+ 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
+ Work collaboratively with staff of other disciplines e.g. prison, education staff to provide integrated and coordinated
+ Work within own sphere of competency and ensure that training needs are communicated to the team
+ 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
+ Liaise with other professional services e.g. hospital staff, GPs and caseworkers, sharing information
+ 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
+ Work closely with colleagues to ensure information about risk is recorded and communicated sensitively
+ Maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping, including electronic data entry
+ 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.
Research and Audits:
+ Utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence-based practice in individual.
+ Assist in audits as per the annual planner or when requested to do so in order to develop and improve service provision.
Teaching, Training and Supervision:
+ Participate in regular clinical and managerial supervision in accordance with professional practice and CNWL guidelines.
+ Attend appropriate business and clinical meetings, supervision and reflective practice groups
+ Develop skills and competencies that assist in the delivery of current duties
+ Contribute to and facilitate the training and support of all staff.
+ Manage and provide supervision and training to nursing staff.
+ Ensure all appraisals are up to date and each member of the team has a personal development plan.
+ Develop nursing skills and systems which allow for effective triage, minor aliment management and appropriate referral to other healthcare services.
+ Participate in the induction and training of new staff, peers, junior staff and students
Management, Recruitment and Service Development:
+ Assist in the design and implementation of service development projects within the service as required.
+ Attend meetings in which service developments are planned and discussed.
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.

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 expanding Primary Care Team at HMP Downview.

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.

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 a 7 day week working model, to ensure our patient's healthcare is managed and maintained to the highest of standards at all times., 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.
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, 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
Become part of our team. We care for you as much as you care for others.
CNWL NHS Foundation Trust are committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow safe recruitment practices to protect children and vulnerable adults.
Due to the high response levels we receive for some vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date and advise you to submit your application as soon as possible.
Our Agenda for Change employment contracts are subject to a contractual 13 week probationary period.
If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.