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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Participate in the assessment and preparation of service users for the first intake and support other nurses to undertake this task.
• Promote and develop communication systems which enable staff to work in a person centred way with service users.
• Ensure the provision of contemporary evidence based challenging behaviour services.
• Actively participate in the adoption of a person-centred holistic approach to service user’s assessment and care planning using contemporary models of care. To involve service users with ASC and or mild/moderate learning disabilities in these processes.
• Demonstrate evidence based guidance on person centred/holistic assessment, care planning, intervention and evaluation for adults with severe challenging behaviour.
• Ensure the principles of Valuing People and Transforming Care are embedded in practice.
• Ensuring Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults policy is understood and adhered to and that issues are reported appropriately.
• Demonstrate understanding the importance of developments/contemporary practice issues in relation to challenging behaviour and people learning disabilities and/or ASC
• Demonstrate understanding and the importance of risk assessment and management of risk with particular reference to people with mild to severe learning disabilities, ASC and challenging behaviour.
• Actively involved in clinical supervision and staff support group facilitation around challenging behaviour practice and interventions.
• Undertake direct specialist assessment/therapeutic work with individuals or groups, in liaison with the MDT and encourage others to do so.
• Lead in co-ordinating and/or take part in the education of a range of specialist training initiatives about challenging behaviour and people with mild to moderate learning disabilities and ASC.
• Contribute to Clinical Governance and lead on specific projects.
• Work to enhance the standards of nursing practice across the Service.
• Participate in local audit and trust wide audits.
• Work closely with Devon prisons MDT, other Oxleas Services and internal/external colleagues to enhance service.

• Promote equality and diversity initiatives.
• Develop and maintain effective relationships with key partners, within the forensic and prisons directorate, Local Authority, local Universities, The Home Office, Police, the voluntary sector, and non-statutory agencies.

• Provide cover for the clinical charge nurses as required.

• The post holder will be part of skilled multidisciplinary teams comprising all healthcare staff, including strategic partners, and prison managing a single referral pathway.
• The post holder will be required to undertake training to maximise uptake of screening, health promotion and prevention activity, including vaccinations.
• The post holder will ensure a named care co-ordinator is allocated for every patient with complex needs who will ensure a proactive, evidence-based approach to clinical interventions, health promotion/prevention activity, and management of acute and long-term conditions using our integrated mental health model.
• The post holder will ensure that a single, integrated, care plans developed, and the individualised care is regularly reviewed.
• The post holder will ensure that a comprehensive risk assessments and care plans are regularly reviewed in a needs-led review cycle.
• The post holder will ensure a care coordination criteria and MDT meetings for patients with complex needs will be tailored to the needs of the establishment.
• The post holder will ensure that they undertake all training in evidence-based CBT approaches, to enhance consistency and quality of care delivery.
• The post holder will support patients to manage their health at every stage, from oral health to long term conditions.
• The post holder will ensure that health promotion embedded into every aspect 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).