Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Key Task and Responsibilities

• To actively manage a complex caseload of patients and undertake case management/lead professional/CPA as needed
• Undertake the role of supplementary/independent prescriber
• To be responsible for the assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation of quality mental health care for patients.
• Line management and supervision of staff, including ensuring staff are supported to achieve a high standard of practice via regular supervision, support meetings and personal development.
• Actively support colleagues to deliver quality evidence based care through supervision, guided self-development, reflective practice and supported skill development.
• Performance monitoring and management including engaging with commissioners and service evaluators as required.
• To ensure that the team provides effective and evidence based interventions which are guided by national, local and professional standards.
• Support the Clinical Lead with the co-ordination of recruitment and selection of staff within the team
• Respond to serious untoward incidents as appropriate and support any subsequent investigation
• Ensure complaints are investigated fully, within the time limits ensuring a proactive approach is standard and in accordance with trust policies
• Work with other Offender Healthcare teams across the Trust as required.
• To ensure robust service to carers, including assessment and support
• Ensure that job plans are developed, are reflective of service needs and are regularly reviewed and adjusted to meet the demands of the service.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION, 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).