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About
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL) is one of the largest trusts in the UK, caring for people with a wide range of physical and mental health needs. We have approximately 7,000 staff who provide healthcare to a third of London's population and across wider geographical areas, including Milton Keynes, Kent, Surrey and Hampshire.
As a Foundation Trust we involve service users, carers, the public, staff and partner organisations in the way that we are run and our future development. If you are interested in becoming a member of our Foundation Trust please visit: www.cnwl.nhs.uk
(source: Central and North West London NHS Foundation NHS Trust website)
Mental Health Transfer Clinical Lead
Closed for applications on: 5-Jul-2024 00:00
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 5-Jul-2024 00:00
Key details
Location
- Site
- HMP/YOI Bronzefield
- Address
- Woodthorpe Road
- Town
- Ashford, Surrey
- Postcode
- TW15 3JZ
- Major / Minor Region
- London
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Health & Justice services work to a 7-day working week)
Salary
- Salary
- £45,753 - £52,067 per annum incl. Fringe HCAS (pro rata if P/T)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS AfC: Band 7)
Specialty
- Main area
- Health & Justice Services
Job overview
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.
In our quest to deliver patient-focused quality care we are looking to recruit a highly motivated, innovative and enthusiastic Mental Health Transfer Clinical Lead to join our forward thinking, friendly and expanding Health & Justice team based at HMP/YOI Bronzefield. (This post includes travel to sites within the Surrey cluster.)
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.
Our motto is “Caring NOT Judging” so by working in partnership with the criminal justice system and other agencies, we provide responsive, dependable and high-quality primary care and mental health services to those who may have offended and those at risk of offending in the communities we serve, to improve their health status and to encourage social inclusion.
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- The p/h will support the Healthcare teams by having day to day responsibility & oversight for the MH transfers across the 5 Surrey prisons; HMPs Bronzefield,High Down,Downview,Send& Coldingley.
- The p/h will have clinical oversight of all MH transfers across Surrey ensuring effective communication between the Health & Wellbeing Teams, the prison & community providers as well as our NHSE Commissioners.
- The p/h will maintain effective & efficient resource utilisation, the delivery of evidence-based patient care & a safe service. In conjunction with Consultant Psychiatrists & Service Managers, the post holder will provide clear, visible leadership in the planning & implementation of managing transfers across the prisons & support the teams in creating effective patient care pathways.
- The p/h will ensure the timely assessment & transfer of acutely mentally ill patients under the Mental Health Act 2007. Liaising with the courts, L&D services for those that are bought into custody under paragraph 5 as a place of safety. Involving CNWL senior management & NHSE commissioners as required
- The p/h will be expected to operate flexibly within a challenging healthcare environment, involving multiple providers, whilst being an ambassador for the HWB Teams & CNWL.
- The p/h will act as a resource within CNWL concerning service development, taking forward initiatives to share best practice & acting as a clinical role model within the team by demonstrating high levels of clinical practice.
Working for our organisation
CNWL offers its staff ongoing career progression through:
- · Monthly supervision
- · Annual personal development plans/appraisals
- · Access to exciting internal & 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.
As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Mental Health Act Transfer Coordination:
- Ensure timely assessment and transfer of acutely mentally ill patients under the Mental Health Act 2007.
- Support Consultant Psychiatrists and other colleagues in relation to all patients identified for possible transfer under the Act
- Liaise with Psychiatrists and others carrying out assessments for transfer, ensuring appointments are booked in a timely fashion and carried out to completion
- Continually liaise with mental health inpatient units in relation to those identified for transfer – in particularly with bed managers – to ensure any delay in transfer is prevented or minimised and individuals are transferred as soon as practicable
- Work with prison governors and other managers in relation to this process, ensure the prisons are aware of any individuals likely to be transferred and keeping them involved in every stage of the process whilst respecting patient confidentiality
Clinical Responsibilities
- The post holder will carry a small caseload of complex patients who may require assessment and/or transfer under the Mental Health Act.
- The post-holder will work closely with Liaison and Diversion (L&D) services on the transition of patients.
- The Mental Health Transfer Clinical Lead will organise specialist workload, planning activities around the needs of individuals and adjusting daily diary according to priorities as they arise.
- Provide clinical supervision to staff members within the Health and Wellbeing Team.
- To act as a specialist resource for students from all professional groups enabling them to develop knowledge and skills around mental health transfers.
Strategic Management:
- To develop Surrey wide operational policies and pathways in conjunction with the HWB team, prison, L&D service and NHS Trusts and Commissioners.
- Participate in long term strategic planning for the service.
- To promote research and development and share good practice by reviewing publications, legislation and networking with colleagues that lead to improvement in quality and service outcome.
- To provide clinical expertise and knowledge to inform strategic planning for future needs of the prison population.
- Collect data and information that will inform the development of a strategic plan that responds to the needs of prisoner health needs.
- Be prepared to participate in the Business Continuity Plan in response to a major incident as requested.
Service Development and Improvement:
- To develop polices and evidence-based practice that supports high quality effective transition.
- Undertake and contribute to Quality Improvement projects as required to develop the service
Management and Leadership:
- The Mental Health Transfer Clinical Lead will deputise, as required for the clinical team leader and the head of service for the HWB team.
- Line manage the Mental Health Transfer Coordinator and contribute to professional supervision and appraisal
- Attend regularly and participate actively in Clinical Supervision in line with CNWL Policy.
- To ensure their own continual professional development, keeping up to date with developments in nursing practice and participating in training programmes identified in an agreed Personal Development Plan.
- To contribute to ensuring all staff receive line-management supervision and appraisals on a regular basis, in line with the Trust’s supervision and appraisal policy.
- To contribute to ensuring that clinical supervision is provided, complying each of the relevant discipline’s professional regulatory requirements, and thus ensuring that a high standard of professional practice and good inter-disciplinary working is achieved.
- To ensure that all staff are fully aware of and understand their contribution to achieving successful client outcomes and performance targets for the service.
- To contribute to ensuring that the HWB team develop, implement & evaluate programmes of care using a problem-solving approach that ensures the needs of each individual patient are met.
- To ensure that all staff are trained to understand, and make optimum use of electronic systems (SystmOne) to plan and record service delivery.
- To lead on and participate in the interviewing, selecting, orientating and developing of new staff within the team, ensuring that they receive a full and effective induction and that mandatory training and other training needs are met.
- To facilitate a multidisciplinary approach (including partners agencies if required) and consider different skill mix solutions within the team.
- With the support of the Clinical Team Lead, to manage staff against performance criteria taking appropriate action when needed.
- To work closely with the Clinical Team Lead and HWB Service Lead in the assessment, provision and evaluation of training needs of nurses within the team.
Finance and Resource Management:
- Observes personal duty of care in relation to equipment and resources used in the course of work.
- Ensure resources are used as efficiently and effectively as possible, taking into consideration allocation of staff, time management, clinical skills and equipment.
- Approve expenses for staff under their supervision
- Identify and approve procurement and arrangements for patient transport.
Information Management:
- Maintain high standard of clinical records on SystmOne, ensuring all activity, both direct and indirect patient contact, is recorded accurately throughout the transition process.
Communication and Liaison
- To ensure open channels of communication with both internal and external agencies to achieve a coordinated service to clients and their families.
- Form and maintain strong communication links with NHS Commissioners and other secure estates
- To have and further develop a high level of interpersonal and communication skills to deal with a range of sensitive and emotive situations e.g. dealing with crisis situations, involvement in staff disciplinary processes.
- To develop and maintain procedures which result in good communication within the service and across the locality and with external/partner agencies as required.
- To play an active part in a communication system that ensures the flow of information to and from relevant meetings and forums.
- To communicate complex and sometimes distressing information to patients and staff, ensuring information is correctly assimilated and understood, and support networks are identified and put into place as necessary.
- To ensure that all documentation is legible and written in accordance with organisational, professional and best practice guidelines.
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. See attached Staff Reward and Wellbeing Handbook detailing our benefits, discounts and wellbeing initiatives for staff.
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.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse, allied Health or Social Care Professional
- Education to degree level, or appropriate experience
Previous Experience
Essential criteria
- Substantial years post-registration experience.
- Substantial years’ experience at Band 6 in a multi- disciplinary staff team, including line management and supervision responsibility.
- Experience of supporting staff through change.
- Experience of multi-professional collaboration, including partnership working with other agencies
- Experienced in involving patients and carers in service planning and monitoring
- Competent in using IT, including word processing, spreadsheet and email
Desirable criteria
- Substantial years’ experience within a prison or low, medium or high security hospital setting.
- Experience of service development
Skills & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Up to date knowledge and understanding of current Mental Health Policy issues including the Mental Health Act and Mental Health Act Code of Practice
- Up to date knowledge of nursing / allied health professional developments, especially in forensic mental health
- Ability to support in building and developing teams of people, and to provide clinical leadership to a diverse workforce
- Demonstrable ability to performance manage staff to meet key performance indicators (KPIs) and performance targets
- Ability to communicate effectively in writing and orally, presenting ideas with clarity, for a variety of audiences
- A demonstrable ability to work closely with a range of stakeholders and other providers in helping plan the future of service provision
- Ability to manage change and conflict
- Able to demonstrate a genuine commitment to principles of equal opportunity, fair access and service user empowerment, and the ability to translate principles into practice
- Able to demonstrate an understanding of safeguarding practice for both vulnerable adults and children
- To demonstrate professional integrity, and an ability to present the clinical viewpoint within appropriate meetings
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of health & safety issues
- Understanding of the Data Protection Act and Issues around Confidentiality
- Understanding of the forensic sections of the Mental Health Act and criminal justice care pathways for mentally disordered offenders
- Working knowledge of policy agenda in forensic Mental Health services
Attitudes, aptitudes & personal characteristics
Essential criteria
- To demonstrate the ability to weigh up situations and consider the benefits and problems before decisions are made
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrable ability to plan and implement change in the service and ensure the involvement of the workforce in the programme of change
Other
Essential criteria
- The post holder must have the ability to understand and implement the equal opportunities policy at a level appropriate to the job.
- Ability to promote anti-discriminatory and anti-racist practices.
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Junaid Dowool
- Job title
- Health and Wellbeing Service Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
We are a friendly team and encourage any prospective candidate to contact us with any questions and/or to book an informal visit.
You can also find more information on our services and the work we do within the Health & Justice Directorate please do take a look at our new website https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/health-and-justice
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.
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