Job summary

An exciting opportunity for a Deputy Head of Healthcare at HMP Wandsworth has become available to work alongside the Head of Healthcare and Senior Management Team.

The post holder will support the Head of Healthcare to ensure the effective day-to-day operational management of all clinical services across the prison and deputise for them in their absence

You will be accountable and manage a multi-disciplinary team that includes leading the mental health, primary care, substance misuse nursing, pharmacy and administration services, and work closely with partners to ensure the smooth running of all other services (GP services, optometry, podiatry, physiotherapy, dentistry, sexual health, drug & alcohol & IAPT services to the establishment).

The post holder will need to act up in the absence of the Head of Healthcare and needs to be flexible and willing to cross cover areas depending on service needs.

This role is based on site at HMP Wandsworth

Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will exercise a high degree of personal and professional autonomy and plan to reach complex and critical judgments and have decision making skills to satisfy the expectations of the role.

To strategically innovate, deliver, clinically audit, and evaluate the Integrated Healthcare Service for the prison. This will include leadership , alongside the Head of Healthcare, and oversight of acute & primary care, long term conditions management, substance misuse services, enhanced assessment and diagnostic intervention services and health promotion activities and be in line with the NHS Plan, public health indicators and National Service Frameworks.

To establish and provide robust expert nursing clinical leadership to the healthcare team with a sound understanding of models of care and evidence-based practice to provide a pro-active approach to ensure quality, trauma informed, and outcome driven services on a day-to-day basis.

About us

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We're Kind
• We're Fair
• We Listen
• We Care

Details

Date posted

27 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£66,274 to £73,496 a year pa inc

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

277-8390117-WANDS

Job locations

HMP Wandsworth

Heathfield Road

London

SW18 3HS

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

• The post holder will exercise a high degree of personal and professional autonomy and plan to reach complex and critical judgments and have decision making skills to satisfy the expectations of the role.

• To strategically innovate, deliver, clinically audit, and evaluate the Integrated Healthcare Service for the prison. This will include leadership , alongside the Head of Healthcare, and oversight of acute & primary care, long term conditions management, substance misuse services, enhanced assessment and diagnostic intervention services and health promotion activities and be in line with the NHS Plan, public health indicators and National Service Frameworks.

• To establish and provide robust expert nursing clinical leadership to the healthcare team with a sound understanding of models of care and evidence-based practice to provide a pro-active approach to ensure quality, trauma informed, and outcome driven services on a day-to-day basis.

• To ensure monitoring systems are in place, to promote the development of evidence-based practice in this specialist field and to promote research as appropriate.

• To be responsible for the development of and participation in managerial and professional clinical supervision programme for the healthcare team and to deputise for the Head of Healthcare to ensure all staff receive appropriate supervision, training, and annual appraisal and to ensure that it becomes an integral part of team practice.

• To implement effective and appropriate patient centred care planning tools and a trauma informed model of delivery and integrated services within the establishment.

• The post holder will work as an integral part of the Senior Leadership Team, deputising for the Head of Healthcare and working collaboratively with other Clinical Lead within the service, GPs, psychiatrists, and other clinicians to maintain and review service needs 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 ongoing training to continual improve health provisions and our trauma informed approach.

• 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 including, health promotion/prevention activity, and management of acute and long-term conditions.

• 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

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 photographicID

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).

Job description Job responsibilities The post holder will exercise a high degree of personal and professional autonomy and plan to reach complex and critical judgments and have decision making skills to satisfy the expectations of the role. To strategically innovate, deliver, clinically audit, and evaluate the Integrated Healthcare Service for the prison. This will include leadership , alongside the Head of Healthcare, and oversight of acute & primary care, long term conditions management, substance misuse services, enhanced assessment and diagnostic intervention services and health promotion activities and be in line with the NHS Plan, public health indicators and National Service Frameworks. To establish and provide robust expert nursing clinical leadership to the healthcare team with a sound understanding of models of care and evidence-based practice to provide a pro-active approach to ensure quality, trauma informed, and outcome driven services on a day-to-day basis. To ensure monitoring systems are in place, to promote the development of evidence-based practice in this specialist field and to promote research as appropriate. To be responsible for the development of and participation in managerial and professional clinical supervision programme for the healthcare team and to deputise for the Head of Healthcare to ensure all staff receive appropriate supervision, training, and annual appraisal and to ensure that it becomes an integral part of team practice. To implement effective and appropriate patient centred care planning tools and a trauma informed model of delivery and integrated services within the establishment. The post holder will work as an integral part of the Senior Leadership Team, deputising for the Head of Healthcare and working collaboratively with other Clinical Lead within the service, GPs, psychiatrists, and other clinicians to maintain and review service needs 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 ongoing training to continual improve health provisions and our trauma informed approach. 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 including, health promotion/prevention activity, and management of acute and long-term conditions. 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 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 photographicID 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).

Person Specification

Educaion/Qulifications

Essential

• Professional Qualification (Registered General Nurse, Paramedic, AHP)
• Evidence of Leadership/ Management qualification
• Degree or equivalent experience

Experience

Essential

• Previous middle management experience in multi-disciplinary environment delivering healthcare (min 3yrs).
• Experience of working within prison settings and/or settings within complex caseloads
• Experience of managing staff across 24hr, 7-day period.
• Experience of service implementation, development and change management.

Skills/Abilities/Knowledge

Essential

• Working knowledge of current issues/ agendas facing prison healthcare.
• Knowledge of Models of Care for Healthcare within Secure environments.
• Knowledge of Substance Use Services within Secure environments.
• Working knowledge of the criminal justice system and its application to healthcare services.

Person Specification Educaion/Qulifications Essential Professional Qualification (Registered General Nurse, Paramedic, AHP) Evidence of Leadership/ Management qualification Degree or equivalent experience Experience Essential Previous middle management experience in multi-disciplinary environment delivering healthcare (min 3yrs). Experience of working within prison settings and/or settings within complex caseloads Experience of managing staff across 24hr, 7-day period. Experience of service implementation, development and change management. Skills/Abilities/Knowledge Essential Working knowledge of current issues/ agendas facing prison healthcare. Knowledge of Models of Care for Healthcare within Secure environments. Knowledge of Substance Use Services within Secure environments. Working knowledge of the criminal justice system and its application to healthcare services.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab). UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

HMP Wandsworth

Heathfield Road

London

SW18 3HS

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

HMP Wandsworth

Heathfield Road

London

SW18 3HS

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job summary

To ensure that new prisoners are supported with their mental health needs during their first 14 days in the prisonTo Identify the wider needs of patients, through the completion of a comprehensive mental health assessment andworking in partnership with them and wider prison services, to co-produce a written care plan that addresses their health and social care needs.

Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible to take part in reception screening for new prisoners on the day of first entry into prison. This will identify immediate health, risks, and safety needs.To be able to develop initial mental health crisis plans for patients who are presenting as particularly at risk of a mental health crisis and to review as part of the nursing process.The post holder will be responsible for carrying out comprehensive mental health assessment, obtain / check collateral and review as part of secondary screening, within fourteen days for all prisoners referred.For people that decline this assessment the team an assertive outreach approach will be needed to ensure a care plan is in place for any known risks and vulnerabilities and will proactively work with the person to undertake a secondary screen at a later stage.

About us

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We're Kind
• We're Fair
• We Listen
• We Care

Details

Date posted

27 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£47,951 to £56,863 a year pa inc

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

277-8387982-WANDS

Job locations

HMP Wandsworth

Heathfield Road

London

SW18 3HS

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

Assess, plan, implement and evaluate a plan of care in line with mental state examinations and the nursing process.

To ensure that all of those seen have relevant collateral obtained and care plan generated, alongside comprehensive communication with wider prison teams

To ensure support for those at risk of self harm

To ensure communication with community teams is contemporaneous

To ensure that there is concordance of prescription regime and identify barriers to this.

To support the wider team as is necessary.

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 soughtfrom: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).

Job description Job responsibilities Assess, plan, implement and evaluate a plan of care in line with mental state examinations and the nursing process. To ensure that all of those seen have relevant collateral obtained and care plan generated, alongside comprehensive communication with wider prison teams To ensure support for those at risk of self harm To ensure communication with community teams is contemporaneous To ensure that there is concordance of prescription regime and identify barriers to this. To support the wider team as is necessary. 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 soughtfrom: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).

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Mental Health Nurse with minimum of two years experience

Desirable

• Practice Assessor or equivalent
• Evidence of further education

Experience

Essential

• Minimum two years experince

Desirable

• Prison Experience
• System One Experience

attention to detail

Essential

• evidence of in date application form
• NMC registration is in date

Person Specification Qualifications Essential Registered Mental Health Nurse with minimum of two years experience Desirable Practice Assessor or equivalent Evidence of further education Experience Essential Minimum two years experince Desirable Prison Experience System One Experience attention to detail Essential evidence of in date application form NMC registration is in date

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab). UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

HMP Wandsworth

Heathfield Road

London

SW18 3HS

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

HMP Wandsworth

Heathfield Road

London

SW18 3HS

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job summary

HMP East Sutton Park is a women's open prison in Maidstone, Kent. Housed in a Grade II listed Jacobean manor house, it accommodates around 100 women.

As a staff nurse, you will be required to exercise a high degree of personal and professional autonomy and have the ability to plan and reach complex and critical judgements. You will be delivering high quality clinical care within the Integrated Healthcare Service for the prison, which will include acute & primary care, long term conditions management, enhanced assessment and diagnostic intervention services and health promotion activities. You will be required to demonstrate and provide robust expert clinical skills with a sound understanding of evidence-based nursing practice to provide a pro-active approach to ensure quality & outcome driven practice on a day-to-day basis.

Our staff nurses operates in 3 areas:

• Primary Care
• Medication Administration
• Emergency Response

You will run daily clinics which include urgent care same day matters to triage and routine primary care such as long term condition management, imms & vacs, wound care, health screening and promotion & care planning. Alongside medication administration.

Our staff nurses also provide emergency response to any incidents on site at the prison, this includes on the wings, in healthcare & communal areas.

**Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post.**

Main duties of the job

Key Task and Responsibilities

Exercise a high degree of personal and professional autonomy and have the ability to plan and reach complex and critical judgments, using decision-making skills, within the framework of established Trust policies, procedures, and the NMC Code of Conduct.

Deliver high-quality clinical care within the service. This will include acute and primary care, long-term conditions management, enhanced assessment and diagnostic intervention services, health promotion activities and be in line with the NHS Plan, public health indicators and National Service Frameworks.

Demonstrate and provide robust clinical skills with a sound understanding of evidence- based nursing practice to provide a pro-active approach to ensure quality and outcome-driven practice on a day-to-day basis.

Provide day-to-day supervision, mentorship, and support to junior colleagues, students, and unregistered staff, including the safe delegation of tasks in line with the NMC Code of Conduct.

Act as a role model by upholding and demonstrating the Trust values of We're Kind, We're Fair, We Listen, We Care in all interactions with service users, families, carers, and colleagues.

About us

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Kent, South London, Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire,

Our healthcare departments operate across seven prisons in the Kent cluster each of which require a bespoke service responding to the prisoner and prison needs:

• HMP Elmley - Cat B - population 1,200 Men
• HMP Swaleside - Cat B - population 900 Men
• HMP Standford Hill - Cat D - population 500 Men
• HMP Rochester/Cookham Wood - Cat C - population 700 Men
• HMP Maidstone - Cat C - population 600 Men
• HMP East Sutton Park - Cat D - population 100 Female

Oxleas are the lead NHS provider of Offender Healthcare.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We're Kind
• We're Fair
• We Listen
• We Care

Job summary

Nursing Associate , Band 4 Permanent - Full Time - 37.5 hours per week

***Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post***

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a qualified Nursing Associate (Band 4) to join our Rapid Response Team, (RRT) based within our Adult Physical Community Health Services, based at Goldie Leigh Abbey Wood London SE2 0AS. Bexley Adult Community Physical Health Services is part of Oxleas Foundation Trust .

RRT is an integrated health and social care team and is part of the NHSE Urgent Community Response initiative, the team provides an urgent response to patients experiencing a health or social care crisis, this is an exciting time to join the team, which has expanded to include a face-to-face response within 2 hours, falls pick up and virtual ward elements to the service.

You should be a committed, highly motivated, and forward-thinking individual who should be able to work autonomously, and as part of a team. You must possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills, a flexible approach and be able to demonstrate your ability to prioritise and organise your workRRT offers a friendly, supportive, innovation and progressive environment; we are truly passionate about developing your career.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will accept delegated assessment responsibility, delivering individual plans of care to meet the immediate needs and on-going needs of the service users and their carers

To participate in the delivery of complex care as prescribed by the registered healthcare professional

Plan and document the patients' progress on the Trust's information systems

To maintain a professional standard of record keeping which is accurate and current, in line with professional codes, service standards and team specific requirements

To evaluate patient progress and discuss with senior clinicians through feedback discussions and multi-disciplinary meetings

To teach and demonstrate the correct use of equipment to optimise patients' functional ability and independence.

To teach and demonstrate elements of self-care to patients and their carers so that the patients' independence is maximised

To contribute to the team and service development, identifying opportunities to improve service delivery in order to provide best patient care in relation to resources available and evidenced-based practice, with the assistance of the registered nurses and other healthcare professionals

Ability to identify/manage and take action to minimise or eradicate risk to patients

Ensure safe, appropriate and effective provision and demonstration of stock equipment

The post holder may be required to work across sites on a planned basis and in community when responding to urgent community referrals.

About us

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes. We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people. Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We're Kind
• We're Fair
• We Listen
• We Care

Job summary

Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post.

The CASH nurse is a member of a multi-disciplinary team employed to provide an excellent clinical and counselling service to male and female clients of all ages, on all aspects of sexual and reproductive health.

The post holder will assess, plan, implement and evaluate care. The post holder will be required to deliver care in a variety of settings, including outreach venues and non-traditional settings e.g. schools, colleges.

The post holder will demonstrate a high level of skill in clinical practice, supported by specialist knowledge:

• To provide contraception and sexual health services to service users attending the main clinic and outreach settings.
• To promote and support access by looked after young people to mainstream contraceptive and sexual health services.
• To ensure that sexual health needs are addressed including targeting the most vulnerable with complex needs and/or are difficult to reach.

This nurse will work in line with the national strategies for sexual health and our local strategy of working towards reducing the incidence of unwanted pregnancies and rate of sexually transmitted infections.

Main duties of the job

• To line manage Band 5 Trainee nurses and Band 3 Health Support Workers.
• To ensure smooth running of clinics, including nurse in charge and triaging roles.
• To be responsible for infection control within the clinical settings, management of pharmacy, ordering of clinical equipment, results and auditing,
• To be an effective role model for all junior members of staff.
• Provide a welcoming, non judgmental confidential service to all clients.
• Make an assessment of the client, take an accurate and relevant medical sexual and social history and reassess at follow up visits.
• Recognise the rights of young people especially in the under 16 age group to a confidential service adhering to the Fraser Guidelines. Be fully aware of, and act in accordance with, child protection policies and guidelines.
• Teach student nurses and post registration nurses the fundamentals of Sexual & Reproductive Health. Organise a clinical programme of learning in conjunction with the student.
• Be responsible for mentorship and preceptorship of students and staff as required.
• To act as a mentor to students, taking responsibility for completing any learning documentation and assessing their competence to practice.
• Support and advise young people following diagnosis of unwanted pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections.
• To work with young people who have physical and learning disabilities.
• Covering an extra clinic, often at short notice, in order to meet service needs.

About us

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We're Kind
• We're
• We Listen
• We Care

Job summary

6 Month Fixed Term Contract

We are seeking to appoint a committed, highly motivated, enthusiastic, and skilled Adult Physical Health, Senior Staff Nurse to join our dynamic, integrated multi- disciplinary Rapid Response Team.

In this exciting role you will be an integral part of the team developing new pathways to provide Same Day Emergency Care in the community alongside other Adult Community Services, Social Care, Acute Trusts and Primary Care colleagues.

The Rapid Response Team are part of the SE London Accelerator Programme. The Rapid Response Team are delivering the essential elements of the Urgent Community Response pathways. The Rapid Response Team has been operational since 2013 and is a multi- professional team consisting of Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists , Social Workers and support staff . The team provide holistic health and social care assessments for people over the age of 18 years, who are registered with a Bexley GP and live in the Borough of Bexley. The Team treats/ manages/ cares for patients in their usual place of residence with an urgent health or social care need.

The team are based at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich and operates 7 days a week, on an 8am-8pm basis, focusing on rapid 2-hour assessments to patients with potential short-term intervention(s).

Candidates are encouraged to visit the Service.

Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work as a part of the multi-disciplinary Rapid Response Team including Consultant Geriatrician, Senior Nurses, Occupational Therapists and Social Services colleagues to meet the needs of patients referred to the team, ensuring the highest possible standards of practice with a strong emphasis on falls, frailty.

The post holder will conduct comprehensive nursing assessments for patients within acute and community settings. They will need to demonstrate sound clinical reasoning and risk assessment skills to guide appropriate nursing intervention and when appropriate avoid unnecessary ED presentation. The post holder will also be skilled in the management of breast drains, wound care and intravenous antibiotic therapy.

The post holder will be required to work across hospitals sites on a planned basis and in community when responding to urgent community referrals. Post holder will undertake delegated line management of junior staff, both informal and formal basis.

The team act as a liaison between acute and community settings, by identifying the most appropriate onward referrals and initiating integrated care pathways, ensuring seamless provision of care and on- going case management. Referrals are received from Health and Social Care professionals, Medical Teams, General Practitioners and Ambulance Services.

About us

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes. We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people. Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We're Kind
• We're Fair
• We Listen
• We Care

Details

Date posted

26 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£45,953 to £54,254 a year pa inc

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

6 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

277-8205083-CPH-A

Job locations

181 Goldie Leigh

Lodge Hill

Abbey Wood, London

SE2 0AS

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Team work directly with (LAS) and act as a liaison between Emergency Departments, Community and Care home settings, by identifying the most appropriate onward referrals and initiating integrated care pathways, ensuring seamless provision of care and the instigation of on- going case management of long term condition management. The Rapid Response Team provides community follow up and support and review.

The post holder will assist with and directly triage urgent patient referrals with varied and complex needs in acute hospital and community setting acting as an expert nursing clinical resource to Rapid Response Team members by facilitating high quality evidence-based practise.

The post holder will also have the opportunity to work closely with our Community Consultant.

Rapid Response aims to:

• Avoid unnecessary Presentations to Emergency Departments.
• Avoid unnecessary Hospital Admissions
• Improve patient wellbeing through timely responsive interventions
• Reduce admissions to residential care
• Increase the number of people who feel safe in their home

Main Responsibilities:

• Be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all professional activities
• Demonstrate theoretical knowledge of acute, multiple, complex, and long-term pathologies and impairments in the assessment of clients
• Work closely with other health professionals and social services and provide nursingadvice in meeting the needs of the clients
• Conduct a thorough assessment of clients, obtaining consent in accordance withprofessional guidelines and local team procedures
• Recommend appropriate interventions to promote independence and safety, utilisingeffective clinical reasoning skills and evidence-based practice
• Complete a care plan for clients who require input from integrated community services (bed-based or home-based input)
• Maintain effective multidisciplinary communication with other members of the team and the wider clinical network to ensure that clients needs are met
• Provide specialist advice to client, carers and relatives based on clinical evidence when required
• Participate in MDT meetings and family conferences as required
• Maintain up-to-date clinical written records and computerised records in accordance with local and professional standards; and also writing comprehensive reports on clients as required and inputting onto RiO
• Ensure management of clinical risk with clients under their care
• Be able to identify when and how to terminate involvement or refer onwards to appropriate teams/services and complete input in a timely, seamless manner
• Seek guidance from more experienced colleagues when required
• Be professionally curious in terms of safeguarding adults and children and promote professional curiosity

Training and Education:

• Utilise communication and teaching skills to educate the diverse and multiculturalpopulation in a range of disease specific techniques, principles and guidelines when required
• Provide support and take a proactive role in the education and training of undergraduate and graduate AHP students, nurses and rehabilitation assistants
• Maintain continuing professional development by participating in regular in-service training, supervision, reflective practice and attending study days and training, giving feedback to the team where appropriate to disseminate learning
• Maintain competency in manually handling people
• Maintain up-to-date mandatory and statutory training

Management:

• Maintain high level of efficiency and effectiveness in work area to utilise resources to thefull and report defects in equipment in a timely manner
• The ability to deputise in the absence of the Manager if required
• Coordinate staff activity to meet demands of service
• Ensure risk is managed for self, clients, colleagues and the work environment
• Participate in the development of the team by working proactively within the MDT
• Maintain throughput of casework and organise and prioritise own work tasks and activities,being flexible to the needs of the service
• Ensure all patient information is input onto RiO
• Ensure new team members are adequately introduced to the team during induction andproviding peer support
• Undertake a proactive role in the ongoing in-service training programme
• Maintain efficient day-to-day running of the service

Organisational:

• Flexibly plan and organise own time
• Achieve the effective daily management of a caseload of clients, including prioritising clinical work and balancing other client related and professional duties
• Provide statistical information as required in a timely manner
• Keep up-to-date statistics in accordance with team requirements
• Be responsible for any organisational tasks related to the post
• Be flexible in the undertaking of any other duties as requested by line managers to meetthe changing needs of the service
• Attend Team and trust meetings and case conferences as required

Professional:

• Participate in regular supervision and reflective practice
• Participate in regular supervision and PDR
• Comply with professional guidelines, codes of conduct of practice, trust and departmentalpolicies
• Maintain links with the department, organisation and wider sector by attending meetings, seminars/case conferences etc as deemed appropriate

Research:

• Demonstrate the ability to critically evaluate current research and apply it to practice
• Broaden research and development skills through participation in local audit and researchprojects
• Instigate/Participate in Quality Improvement Projects

Communication and Key Working Relationships:

• Communicate relevant medical/social information, assessment details, advice andrecommendations across agencies following local and professional guidelines for sharinginformation and consent. This would include Consultants, GPs, Social Services, otherhealth care professionals and voluntary agencies
• Work in a co-ordinated, multi-disciplinary manner, communicating effectively with other team members and the wider clinical network involved in client care
• Convey complex and sensitive information relating to clients using skill in situations wherethere may be barriers to communication i.e. use of interpreters, receptive/cognitivepathologies or excess noise
• Be able to adapt complicated and sensitive information into a simplified form to clients whomay be seriously ill or have complex or long-term conditions
• Clearly convey complex information to small and large groups during training andeducation sessions
• Promote and encourage the ethos of rehabilitation/enabling with therapy assistants/support workers/carers/relatives through demonstration, example, and support
• Promote an awareness of the nurse role within the team, negotiating priorities were appropriate
• Actively contribute to service & policy review and implementation
• Participate in the operational planning, implementation, evaluation and audit of practice, clinical care pathways and protocols within own clinical area

Job description Job responsibilities The Team work directly with (LAS) and act as a liaison between Emergency Departments, Community and Care home settings, by identifying the most appropriate onward referrals and initiating integrated care pathways, ensuring seamless provision of care and the instigation of on- going case management of long term condition management. The Rapid Response Team provides community follow up and support and review. The post holder will assist with and directly triage urgent patient referrals with varied and complex needs in acute hospital and community setting acting as an expert nursing clinical resource to Rapid Response Team members by facilitating high quality evidence-based practise. The post holder will also have the opportunity to work closely with our Community Consultant. Rapid Response aims to: Avoid unnecessary Presentations to Emergency Departments. Avoid unnecessary Hospital Admissions Improve patient wellbeing through timely responsive interventions Reduce admissions to residential care Increase the number of people who feel safe in their home Main Responsibilities: Be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all professional activities Demonstrate theoretical knowledge of acute, multiple, complex, and long-term pathologies and impairments in the assessment of clients Work closely with other health professionals and social services and provide nursingadvice in meeting the needs of the clients Conduct a thorough assessment of clients, obtaining consent in accordance withprofessional guidelines and local team procedures Recommend appropriate interventions to promote independence and safety, utilisingeffective clinical reasoning skills and evidence-based practice Complete a care plan for clients who require input from integrated community services (bed-based or home-based input) Maintain effective multidisciplinary communication with other members of the team and the wider clinical network to ensure that clients needs are met Provide specialist advice to client, carers and relatives based on clinical evidence when required Participate in MDT meetings and family conferences as required Maintain up-to-date clinical written records and computerised records in accordance with local and professional standards; and also writing comprehensive reports on clients as required and inputting onto RiO Ensure management of clinical risk with clients under their care Be able to identify when and how to terminate involvement or refer onwards to appropriate teams/services and complete input in a timely, seamless manner Seek guidance from more experienced colleagues when required Be professionally curious in terms of safeguarding adults and children and promote professional curiosity Training and Education: Utilise communication and teaching skills to educate the diverse and multiculturalpopulation in a range of disease specific techniques, principles and guidelines when required Provide support and take a proactive role in the education and training of undergraduate and graduate AHP students, nurses and rehabilitation assistants Maintain continuing professional development by participating in regular in-service training, supervision, reflective practice and attending study days and training, giving feedback to the team where appropriate to disseminate learning Maintain competency in manually handling people Maintain up-to-date mandatory and statutory training Management: Maintain high level of efficiency and effectiveness in work area to utilise resources to thefull and report defects in equipment in a timely manner The ability to deputise in the absence of the Manager if required Coordinate staff activity to meet demands of service Ensure risk is managed for self, clients, colleagues and the work environment Participate in the development of the team by working proactively within the MDT Maintain throughput of casework and organise and prioritise own work tasks and activities,being flexible to the needs of the service Ensure all patient information is input onto RiO Ensure new team members are adequately introduced to the team during induction andproviding peer support Undertake a proactive role in the ongoing in-service training programme Maintain efficient day-to-day running of the service Organisational: Flexibly plan and organise own time Achieve the effective daily management of a caseload of clients, including prioritising clinical work and balancing other client related and professional duties Provide statistical information as required in a timely manner Keep up-to-date statistics in accordance with team requirements Be responsible for any organisational tasks related to the post Be flexible in the undertaking of any other duties as requested by line managers to meetthe changing needs of the service Attend Team and trust meetings and case conferences as required Professional: Participate in regular supervision and reflective practice Participate in regular supervision and PDR Comply with professional guidelines, codes of conduct of practice, trust and departmentalpolicies Maintain links with the department, organisation and wider sector by attending meetings, seminars/case conferences etc as deemed appropriate Research: Demonstrate the ability to critically evaluate current research and apply it to practice Broaden research and development skills through participation in local audit and researchprojects Instigate/Participate in Quality Improvement Projects Communication and Key Working Relationships: Communicate relevant medical/social information, assessment details, advice andrecommendations across agencies following local and professional guidelines for sharinginformation and consent. This would include Consultants, GPs, Social Services, otherhealth care professionals and voluntary agencies Work in a co-ordinated, multi-disciplinary manner, communicating effectively with other team members and the wider clinical network involved in client care Convey complex and sensitive information relating to clients using skill in situations wherethere may be barriers to communication i.e. use of interpreters, receptive/cognitivepathologies or excess noise Be able to adapt complicated and sensitive information into a simplified form to clients whomay be seriously ill or have complex or long-term conditions Clearly convey complex information to small and large groups during training andeducation sessions Promote and encourage the ethos of rehabilitation/enabling with therapy assistants/support workers/carers/relatives through demonstration, example, and support Promote an awareness of the nurse role within the team, negotiating priorities were appropriate Actively contribute to service & policy review and implementation Participate in the operational planning, implementation, evaluation and audit of practice, clinical care pathways and protocols within own clinical area

Person Specification

Community Exerience

Essential

• Three years post registration experience / working in the community

Desirable

• NMP Qualification V300
• Community Practitioner Prescribing V160

Multidisciplinary experience

Essential

• Experience of multidisciplinary working

Driving Licence

Essential

• Car Driver with access to own car

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Adult Nurse
• Enhanced Clinical Assessment Skills (Level 6/7)
• Mentorship or Equivalent
• Intravenous Additive Qualification
• Long Term Conditions Management or equivalent

Desirable

• Cannulation Skills
• Community Specialist Practitioner

Person Specification Community Exerience Essential Three years post registration experience / working in the community Desirable NMP Qualification V300 Community Practitioner Prescribing V160 Multidisciplinary experience Essential Experience of multidisciplinary working Driving Licence Essential Car Driver with access to own car Qualifications Essential Registered Adult Nurse Enhanced Clinical Assessment Skills (Level 6/7) Mentorship or Equivalent Intravenous Additive Qualification Long Term Conditions Management or equivalent Desirable Cannulation Skills Community Specialist Practitioner

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab). UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

181 Goldie Leigh

Lodge Hill

Abbey Wood, London

SE2 0AS

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

181 Goldie Leigh

Lodge Hill

Abbey Wood, London

SE2 0AS

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job summary

***Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post***

We are looking for an experienced administrator to join the Specialist Foot Service (Podiatric Surgery).

This is a busy and varied role; you will be based within the Team in the borough of Greenwich, providing administration support to the team. You should have excellent communication skills, verbal, listening and written, as you will be liaising with clients, carers, GP's and other professionals with regard to administrative duties.

Excellent organisation skills and the ability to prioritise work are essential, as you will be setting up and maintaining office processes and procedures and managing conflicting deadlines. You must be able to respond to urgent referrals and messages and booking appointments.

Experience of Microsoft Office packages, including Excel, is desirable.

Experience of using RIO or other patient information systems would be an advantage, although full training will be given to the successful applicants.

Main duties of the job

• Delivering an efficient, effective, administrative and clerical service for the Podiatric Surgery Service
• To provide an administrative and clerical service to the team, opening, sorting and distribution of post and any relevant correspondence
• Processing new referrals and information, recording appropriate data using Oxleas Rio system to its full functionality for the service
• To prepare information, for example, client files, letters, reports, diagnostic information in line with local policies and procedures
• To collate, photocopy and distribute reports and other relevant information for GPs, internal and external agencies
• To book appointments, meetings, rooms and interpreter services as required
• To gather data as requested, for example activity data and statistics, providing punctual and accurate information following departmental and local trust guidelines as required on a weekly, monthly and quarterly basis

About us

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We're Kind
• We're Fair
• We Listen
• We Care

Details

Date posted

26 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£30,630 to £32,346 a year pa inc pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

277-8344028-CPH

Job locations

Garland Road Clinic

2 Garland Road

Plumstead

SE18 2AE

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

• To provide an administrative and clerical service to the Podiatric Surgery Team. To open, sort and distribute post and any relevant correspondence
• To process new referrals and information, recording appropriate data using Oxleas Rio system to its full functionality for the service
• To prepare information, for example, client files, letters, reports, diagnostic results in line with local policies and procedures
• To collate, photocopy and distribute reports and other relevant information for GPs, internal and external agencies
• To book appointments, meetings, rooms, transport and interpreter services as required
• To collate agenda items, take minutes at team meetings and distribute information to team members as requested
• To liaise with internal and external agencies on behalf of the team, to facilitate the resolution of problems related to equipment used by the team, for example computer, printer, photocopier, telephone internet access, as requested
• To gather data as requested, for example activity data and statistics, providing punctual and accurate information following departmental and local Trust guidelines, as required on a weekly, monthly and quarterly basis
• To participate in the organisation and coordination of study days and training
• To support the team lead to maintain records relating to study leave, sickness and annual leave, submitting statistics on a monthly basis using Healthroster
• To establish and maintain effective working relationships with clients, carers the general public and all other staff working internally and externally to the Trust
• To take account and act according to individual patient circumstance, giving due regard to cultural differences and diversity of clients, carers and service users in the local borough
• To liaise with clients, GPs and other professionals with regard to administrative duties relevant to client care, for example, processing new referrals and arranging appointments
• To ensure consistent and robust reporting of patient related information on Rio as requested and according to local policies
• To provide input of service development ideas to the administrative team and develop current administrative procedures facilitating ongoing and efficient processes within the Service as required
• To monitor and maintain the departmental stationery including stock for support equipment, for example, printers and photocopiers and facilitate access for staff as requested
• To support with the ordering of equipment and medical supplies as directed by the team and Manager
• To maintain a well organised filing and discharge system, to facilitate the efficient case management for the team to include archiving files according to Trust policy
• To type updated guidelines/local policies and procedures as requested by the Manager
• Demonstrate flexibility and negotiation skills with team members and clients in terms of appointment availability: implement solutions and strategies to participate in a team environment, seeking advice and support where necessary
• To lead on and undertake other office duties relating to estate queries
• To book venues for meetings and organise refreshments as requested
• To ensure issues regarding Health and Safety risk management associated polices and guidelines, are reported to the Team Lead

Job description Job responsibilities To provide an administrative and clerical service to the Podiatric Surgery Team. To open, sort and distribute post and any relevant correspondence To process new referrals and information, recording appropriate data using Oxleas Rio system to its full functionality for the service To prepare information, for example, client files, letters, reports, diagnostic results in line with local policies and procedures To collate, photocopy and distribute reports and other relevant information for GPs, internal and external agencies To book appointments, meetings, rooms, transport and interpreter services as required To collate agenda items, take minutes at team meetings and distribute information to team members as requested To liaise with internal and external agencies on behalf of the team, to facilitate the resolution of problems related to equipment used by the team, for example computer, printer, photocopier, telephone internet access, as requested To gather data as requested, for example activity data and statistics, providing punctual and accurate information following departmental and local Trust guidelines, as required on a weekly, monthly and quarterly basis To participate in the organisation and coordination of study days and training To support the team lead to maintain records relating to study leave, sickness and annual leave, submitting statistics on a monthly basis using Healthroster To establish and maintain effective working relationships with clients, carers the general public and all other staff working internally and externally to the Trust To take account and act according to individual patient circumstance, giving due regard to cultural differences and diversity of clients, carers and service users in the local borough To liaise with clients, GPs and other professionals with regard to administrative duties relevant to client care, for example, processing new referrals and arranging appointments To ensure consistent and robust reporting of patient related information on Rio as requested and according to local policies To provide input of service development ideas to the administrative team and develop current administrative procedures facilitating ongoing and efficient processes within the Service as required To monitor and maintain the departmental stationery including stock for support equipment, for example, printers and photocopiers and facilitate access for staff as requested To support with the ordering of equipment and medical supplies as directed by the team and Manager To maintain a well organised filing and discharge system, to facilitate the efficient case management for the team to include archiving files according to Trust policy To type updated guidelines/local policies and procedures as requested by the Manager Demonstrate flexibility and negotiation skills with team members and clients in terms of appointment availability: implement solutions and strategies to participate in a team environment, seeking advice and support where necessary To lead on and undertake other office duties relating to estate queries To book venues for meetings and organise refreshments as requested To ensure issues regarding Health and Safety risk management associated polices and guidelines, are reported to the Team Lead

Person Specification

Education

Essential

• Education to GCSE/CSE level C (or equivalent) and above in English and Maths

Experience

Essential

• Experience working in health or social care setting
• Experience of working with public

Desirable

• Proven experience of working in a busy office environment and able to undertake duties required

Skills

Essential

• Use of Microsoft Office packages including Excel

Desirable

• Knowledge and use of RiO

Person Specification Education Essential Education to GCSE/CSE level C (or equivalent) and above in English and Maths Experience Essential Experience working in health or social care setting Experience of working with public Desirable Proven experience of working in a busy office environment and able to undertake duties required Skills Essential Use of Microsoft Office packages including Excel Desirable Knowledge and use of RiO

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Garland Road Clinic

2 Garland Road

Plumstead

SE18 2AE

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Garland Road Clinic

2 Garland Road

Plumstead

SE18 2AE

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job summary

Are you ready to unlock your potential within a challenging, creative and fast paced work environment? Do you want to work with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past?

This is an excellent opportunity for a healthcare assistant to join our team of diverse, talented healthcare professionals to deliver care that is not only efficient but deeply centred on the patient.

Our healthcare team have a real impact on promoting health and well-being to those in prison and we pride ourselves on using skills and strategies that instil hope for patient's future resettlement back into the community. We directly deliver Mental Health, Physical Health, Pharmacy and Clinical Substance Misuse in an integrated healthcare delivery model to provide effective and responsive care to improve wellbeing and support better outcomes in the future.

Applicants are required to have hospital/primary care experience and be competent at taking blood pressure, ECGs and other observations. Knowledge of wound care is also a requirement for this post.

Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post

Main duties of the job

As a Healthcare Assistant you will assist in the delivery of high quality nursing care to patients in prison with the support of a registered nurse.

You will be providing physical care to patients according to a written care plan. This will include taking blood pressures, ECG's, other observations and wound care.

You will be actively engaging with patients in the provision of holistic, needs-led care which will consider the physical, psychological, emotional, social and spiritual needs of the individual.

You will be promoting health and well-being through the delivery of health promotion activities and programmes, responding to patients needs and assisting patients to attain optimal physical health.

About us

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We're Kind
• We're Fair
• We Listen
• We Care

Details

Date posted

26 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£27,760 to £29,476 a year PER ANNUM **RECRUITMENT & RETENTION INCENTIVE INCLUDED**

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

277-8055455-ELM-C

Job locations

HMP Elmley

Church Road

Eastchurch, Sheerness

ME12 4DZ

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Responding to the needs of patients in an honest, non-judgemental, and open manner, which respects the rights of individuals and groups
• Actively engaging with patients in the provision of holistic, needs-led care which considers the physical, psychological, emotional, social, and spiritual needs of individuals and groups
• Delivery of health promotion activities and programmes (including patient self-help programmes) in support of a registered healthcare professional
• Assisting patients to attain optimal physical health and assisting with physical procedures in alongside a registered healthcare professional
• Contributing appropriately to risk assessment and individualised care planning.

Clinical

• To work as directed by a registered nurse, providing physical care to patients according to a written care plan. Typical duties include:

-Carrying out ECGs

-Phlebotomy

-Basic wound care

-NEWS2

-Assess patients using NEWS2

-Blood glucose monitoring

-Taking patients weight and other measurements

• Assisting in emergency call outs and instigating emergency procedures when appropriate
• Being second checker on medication rounds
• Ordering and maintaining stock
• Ensuring treatment rooms are clean, tidy and well stocked
• Appropriate escalation to registered healthcare professionals
• Using appropriate templates in SystmOne to document contemporaneously and accurately
• Maintaining patient confidentiality and security
• Adhering to all organisational and prison policies, procedures, and guidelines
• Ensuring good working relationships with patients, carers, relatives, other professionals and prison and healthcare staff
• Developing an understanding of and demonstrating use of clinical supervision to reflect upon and modify practice

Custodial Responsibilities

• Assume personal responsibility for the security of issued keys.
• Understand and comply with prison orders, procedures, and instructions in your area of work.
• Comply with all security requirements.
• Respond to any situation or circumstance that might indicate a threat to security of the establishment or to the safety of an individual, completing Incident, Security, Injury, or other reports as appropriate.
• Report breaches of order and discipline including reporting and recording untoward incidents according to local protocol.
• Contribute to effective risk assessment and management procedures

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).

Job description Job responsibilities Responding to the needs of patients in an honest, non-judgemental, and open manner, which respects the rights of individuals and groups Actively engaging with patients in the provision of holistic, needs-led care which considers the physical, psychological, emotional, social, and spiritual needs of individuals and groups Delivery of health promotion activities and programmes (including patient self-help programmes) in support of a registered healthcare professional Assisting patients to attain optimal physical health and assisting with physical procedures in alongside a registered healthcare professional Contributing appropriately to risk assessment and individualised care planning. Clinical To work as directed by a registered nurse, providing physical care to patients according to a written care plan. Typical duties include: -Carrying out ECGs -Phlebotomy -Basic wound care -NEWS2 -Assess patients using NEWS2 -Blood glucose monitoring -Taking patients weight and other measurements Assisting in emergency call outs and instigating emergency procedures when appropriate Being second checker on medication rounds Ordering and maintaining stock Ensuring treatment rooms are clean, tidy and well stocked Appropriate escalation to registered healthcare professionals Using appropriate templates in SystmOne to document contemporaneously and accurately Maintaining patient confidentiality and security Adhering to all organisational and prison policies, procedures, and guidelines Ensuring good working relationships with patients, carers, relatives, other professionals and prison and healthcare staff Developing an understanding of and demonstrating use of clinical supervision to reflect upon and modify practice Custodial Responsibilities Assume personal responsibility for the security of issued keys. Understand and comply with prison orders, procedures, and instructions in your area of work. Comply with all security requirements. Respond to any situation or circumstance that might indicate a threat to security of the establishment or to the safety of an individual, completing Incident, Security, Injury, or other reports as appropriate. Report breaches of order and discipline including reporting and recording untoward incidents according to local protocol. Contribute to effective risk assessment and management procedures 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).

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential

• NVQ level 3 or equivalent experience

Experience

Essential

• Previous experience as a Healthcare Assistant in a clinical setting (hospital, secure, or GP practice)
• Experience and knowledge of providing care i.e., providing patient care, carrying out tests/observations
• Experience of facilitating /planning /supporting groups in a healthcare setting i.e., health improvement/smoking cessation/ activities
• Experience of being able to work within policy frameworks in a regulated patient care setting

Skills

Essential

• Able to effectively communicate both verbally and in writing
• Ability to assess risk and care plan effectively, whilst understanding the needs and rights of people
• To take responsibility for clinical equipment/resources with which you are allocated as well as patient property and valuables

Person Specification Education/Qualifications Essential NVQ level 3 or equivalent experience Experience Essential Previous experience as a Healthcare Assistant in a clinical setting (hospital, secure, or GP practice) Experience and knowledge of providing care i.e., providing patient care, carrying out tests/observations Experience of facilitating /planning /supporting groups in a healthcare setting i.e., health improvement/smoking cessation/ activities Experience of being able to work within policy frameworks in a regulated patient care setting Skills Essential Able to effectively communicate both verbally and in writing Ability to assess risk and care plan effectively, whilst understanding the needs and rights of people To take responsibility for clinical equipment/resources with which you are allocated as well as patient property and valuables

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

HMP Elmley

Church Road

Eastchurch, Sheerness

ME12 4DZ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

HMP Elmley

Church Road

Eastchurch, Sheerness

ME12 4DZ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job summary

Greenwich Time To Talk is the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) service in the borough of Greenwich. We opened in 2009. We deliver a range of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), and counselling, based psychological interventions through a stepped care treatment model to people with common mental health problems such as anxiety or depression.

We are seeking a highly motivated Psychological Well-Being Practitioner to join our valued PWP team and our integrated Long-term Conditions service. The PWP team comprises a PWP team lead, 2 senior PWPs, qualified PWPs, and trainee PWPs. The LTC integrated team consist of a Lead, 1 HI therapist and 3 PWPs. The high profile team currently contributes to improving the quality of care and quality of life for people with mild to moderate mental health problems and also raise awareness of mental health across the borough.

If the successful candidate has not already completed the UCL PWP LTC top up training this will be offered as part of the role.

Main duties of the job

Each Psychological Well-Being Practitioner will have clinical roles and responsibilities including the delivery of short term interventions such as Guided Self-Help, Computerised Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (Silvercloud), and Psycho-Educational Groups. This role involves working with clients with co-occurring anxiety and/or depression and a long-term health condition/s.

We have a regular programme of training for PWPs, providing teaching and coaching from peers, senior colleagues andexternal trainers.

In return we can offer you the chance to work as part of a dynamic supportive team that works in the community and as part of wider multi professional and multi agency services; develop clinical and teaching skills, participate in clinical supervision and work in diverse settings including primary care teams and voluntary agencies.

This post requires a DBS check. The successful applicant will be required to travel freely around the locality and be open to working flexibly outside the usual 9am-5pm hours at least once a week and other occasional times, as the service operates during the hours of 8am to 8pm. Therefore you will be expected to work at least one evening a week.

Please note that Oxleas operates a probationary period, further information is available on request.

About us

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We're Kind
• We're
• We Listen
• We Care

Job summary

Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post.

The Home Treatment Teams are multi-disciplinary teams providing safe and effective home-based treatment to those in mental health crisis as an alternative to inpatient care. The teams provide robust assessment, review and intervention based on defined clinical crisis care pathways. The Home Treatment Teams play a critical role in delivering the Trust Priorities of Great Out of Hospital Care and ensuring appropriate use of mental health inpatient beds.

The Healthcare Support Worker post holder will work as a member of the team providing home treatment to patients in the acute phase of mental illness and crisis. They will assist in the delivery of high standards of care to individual patients under the direction of a qualified nurse.

The post holder should be available to work extended shifts covering a 7-day week service and may be expected to transfer to another Home Treatment Team temporarily or permanently where there is a clear clinical need to do so.

Main duties of the job

As a member of the Home Treatment Team, you will:

• Work as a member of the multi-disciplinary team to provide the best possible treatment options for people in the acute phase of a mental illness.
• Provide a wide range of practical and therapeutic support to people in crisis under the direction of qualified staff, generally in the individual's own home. This could include promoting social inclusion for patients under the care of the team, paying attention to identified needs relating to housing, benefits, employment, education, recreation, and relationships, and assisting individuals to improve their coping skills, and access appropriate resources.
• Assist in the delivery of high standards of care to individual patients

About us

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We're Kind
• We're Fair
• We Listen
• We Care

Details

Date posted

26 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£29,651 to £31,312 a year pa inc

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

277-8387320-AAC

Job locations

Oxleas House, Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Stadium Road

Woolwich

SE18 4QH

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will:

• Contribute to and participate in the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care and carry out assigned tasks identified for patients in the crisis care plan in consultation with senior members of the multi-disciplinary team.
• Carry out home visits, adhering to Trust policies and procedures
• Identify and provide the necessary support/advice to patients on practical issues relating to living skills such as nutritional management, self-care, social skills, benefits, housing, education, training, and occupational activities
• Implement the principles of recovery: encouraging and supporting patients to engage with healthy lifestyles, facilitating psychosocial activities and other activities of their interest.
• Participate in social, recreational, therapeutic, and diversional activities with patients and carers
• Act on own initiative when delivering care, seeking supervision and guidance as required.
• Assist in running therapeutic groups alongside qualified staff when required
• Observe, report, and record any changes in the patients physical/ mental health and behaviour
• Assist colleagues in the assessment of physical health needs and the implementation and evaluation of any ensuing care plans around physical health. To have physical dexterity to be able to competently operate monitoring kit e.g. blood pressure machines, blood glucose monitors etc.
• Provide assistance to family and carers in coping with demands placed on them by the patient
• Promote patient and (where appropriate) carer involvement in all aspects of care
• Monitor that patients are receiving the prescribed medication and liaise with the Key worker if problems occur regarding non-compliance with medication. Responsible for ordering repeat prescriptions.
• Respond to the needs of people sensitively and in a non-judgemental way with regard to their age, race, culture, gender, religion, sexuality, and disability
• Recognise and value patients as individuals, acknowledging the importance of always maintaining the patients respect and dignity and ensure that the care provided respects equality and diversity
• Demonstrate an empathic understanding of mental health problems and issues.
• Accompany and support patients to appointments and act as an advocate
• Demonstrate knowledge of professional boundaries and apply this to working with patients, carers, and significant others.
• Understand the fundamental importance of relationships to social and psychological well-being.
• Respond to the needs of people in an honest, non-judgemental, and open manner, which respects the right of individuals and groups.
• Have a knowledge of risk management and utilise tools in accordance with Trust policy
• Demonstrate a basic understanding of the causes of aggression, and utilise skills in the prevention, de-escalation and management of violence and aggression.
• Adhere to the lone working policy and be responsible for using PeopleSafe.
• Have high regard to patients safety and safety of others and report immediately any concerns of risk to the members of the team, particularly where children are involved.
• To take all possible measures to prevent exploitation physical, financial, or social of vulnerable patients who are receiving support from the crisis service.
• Be aware of and work to the principles of the Mental Health Act (2015) and Mental Capacity Act (2005)
• Recognise scope of own abilities and responsibilities and practice within them, referring matters to and seeking advice from senior trained team members as appropriate.

Job description Job responsibilities The post holder will: Contribute to and participate in the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care and carry out assigned tasks identified for patients in the crisis care plan in consultation with senior members of the multi-disciplinary team. Carry out home visits, adhering to Trust policies and procedures Identify and provide the necessary support/advice to patients on practical issues relating to living skills such as nutritional management, self-care, social skills, benefits, housing, education, training, and occupational activities Implement the principles of recovery: encouraging and supporting patients to engage with healthy lifestyles, facilitating psychosocial activities and other activities of their interest. Participate in social, recreational, therapeutic, and diversional activities with patients and carers Act on own initiative when delivering care, seeking supervision and guidance as required. Assist in running therapeutic groups alongside qualified staff when required Observe, report, and record any changes in the patients physical/ mental health and behaviour Assist colleagues in the assessment of physical health needs and the implementation and evaluation of any ensuing care plans around physical health. To have physical dexterity to be able to competently operate monitoring kit e.g. blood pressure machines, blood glucose monitors etc. Provide assistance to family and carers in coping with demands placed on them by the patient Promote patient and (where appropriate) carer involvement in all aspects of care Monitor that patients are receiving the prescribed medication and liaise with the Key worker if problems occur regarding non-compliance with medication. Responsible for ordering repeat prescriptions. Respond to the needs of people sensitively and in a non-judgemental way with regard to their age, race, culture, gender, religion, sexuality, and disability Recognise and value patients as individuals, acknowledging the importance of always maintaining the patients respect and dignity and ensure that the care provided respects equality and diversity Demonstrate an empathic understanding of mental health problems and issues. Accompany and support patients to appointments and act as an advocate Demonstrate knowledge of professional boundaries and apply this to working with patients, carers, and significant others. Understand the fundamental importance of relationships to social and psychological well-being. Respond to the needs of people in an honest, non-judgemental, and open manner, which respects the right of individuals and groups. Have a knowledge of risk management and utilise tools in accordance with Trust policy Demonstrate a basic understanding of the causes of aggression, and utilise skills in the prevention, de-escalation and management of violence and aggression. Adhere to the lone working policy and be responsible for using PeopleSafe. Have high regard to patients safety and safety of others and report immediately any concerns of risk to the members of the team, particularly where children are involved. To take all possible measures to prevent exploitation physical, financial, or social of vulnerable patients who are receiving support from the crisis service. Be aware of and work to the principles of the Mental Health Act (2015) and Mental Capacity Act (2005) Recognise scope of own abilities and responsibilities and practice within them, referring matters to and seeking advice from senior trained team members as appropriate.

Person Specification

Essential

Essential

• Experience working with people with mental health problems, ideally with experience of working in mental health acute and/or crisis services.
• Experience working within a multi-disciplinary team
• High level communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to communicate sensitively and work in a setting in which the atmosphere may be highly emotive.
• Knowledge of Risk Assessment and management tools currently in user within acute mental health settings.

Desirable

• Admin and clerical skills. Computer literate

Essential

Essential

• Experience working with people with mental health problems, ideally with experience of working in mental health acute and/or crisis services.

Desirable

• Facilitating groups
• Able to plan and facilitate various individual therapeutic activities with service users.

Essential

Essential

• Awareness of safeguarding vulnerable adults and children issues and how to report abuse

Person Specification Essential Essential Experience working with people with mental health problems, ideally with experience of working in mental health acute and/or crisis services. Experience working within a multi-disciplinary team High level communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to communicate sensitively and work in a setting in which the atmosphere may be highly emotive. Knowledge of Risk Assessment and management tools currently in user within acute mental health settings. Desirable Admin and clerical skills. Computer literate Essential Essential Experience working with people with mental health problems, ideally with experience of working in mental health acute and/or crisis services. Desirable Facilitating groups Able to plan and facilitate various individual therapeutic activities with service users. Essential Essential Awareness of safeguarding vulnerable adults and children issues and how to report abuse

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Oxleas House, Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Stadium Road

Woolwich

SE18 4QH

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Oxleas House, Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Stadium Road

Woolwich

SE18 4QH

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust as a valued Band 6 clinician based at Oxleas House, providing clincial input into the Home Treatment Team in Greenwich.

Home Treatment Team is a multidisciplinary team, providing a service seven days a week, 365 days per year to individuals in mental health crisis with the principal aim of providing an effective alternative to inpatient care. This involves intensive clinical work over short periods of time to prevent the need for admission or facilitate safe early discharge. The team also carries out 72 Hour follow-up for individuals discharged from mental health inpatient units.

As a senior clinician, the post holder will play a key role in the gatekeeping of acute inpatient admissions, undertaking complex assessments to determine whether individuals can be safely and effectively treated in their own homes. This requires a high degree of clinical autonomy, advanced risk formulation skills, and the ability to make robust, evidence-based decisions under pressure.

Main duties of the job

• An experienced mental health practitioner who provides clinical leadership, supports and mentors junior staff, and ensures safe, high-quality, recovery-focused care. Demonstrates extensive knowledge of the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, and other relevant legislation, ensuring compliance and supporting colleagues to apply legal frameworks in practice.
• leads and coordinates teams during challenging situations, using effective risk management, de-escalation techniques, and post-incident debriefing to promote safety and learning. Acts as Shift Coordinator when required, managing workload, prioritising referrals, coordinating resources, and supporting operational service delivery.
• Clinically skilled in conducting comprehensive mental health assessments, MSE, risk assessments, and developing robust risk management and care plans. Works autonomously and collaboratively with service users, carers, multidisciplinary teams, and partner agencies to deliver person-centred care. Competent in medication management, physical health monitoring, health promotion, recovery-focused interventions, and safeguarding patient dignity, equality, and rights.
• Committed to developing others through supervision, teaching, mentorship, and constructive feedback while promoting evidence-based practice, professional accountability, and continuous service improvement.

About us

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We're Kind
• We're Fair
• We Listen
• We Care

Job summary

Please note we do not offer sponsorship for these roles and if you were unsuccessful for this role previously, please do not apply again.

Be part of an innovative team which is vital to our plans to transform Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) Tier 4 services acrossSouth London. The service will work in collaboration with the South London Partnership (SLP) Crisis service.South London Partnership is CAMHS New Models of Care Programme and aims to transform services through partnership-working, delivering bestpractice consistently to support young people and their families. The SLP is a collaboration between Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, South Londonand Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, and South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust.The CAMHS Crisis Line aims to provide short-term, targeted telephone interventions to support young people in distress, as well as providingadvice and support for parents and carers who have concerns about their child or young person's mental health.

Main duties of the job

With support from the senior clinician on duty, to undertake an immediate risk assessment of the young person using yourcommunication skills and knowledge to ensure that any advice or guidance given is appropriate and robust.Provide immediate crisis counselling support to children and young people in significant distress, offering a friendly and supportivevoice during this time.Help the child or young person engage in any safety plan they have formulated with their community teams, in order to minimise anypotential risk issues that may become apparent during the call.Communicate with parents and carers to provide child and adolescent mental health expertise and advice in relation to their child oryoung person, reminding them of any plans put in place by CAMHS. If unknown to services, to help them formulate a plan that helpsmeet the immediate risk issues in relation to the child or young person which would allow their parents or carers to feel supported inmanaging them at home.Liaise with other mental health professionals, as well as the emergency services to provide support and advice regarding children andyoung people they may have been called to attend out-of-hours.Work across the clinical systems used by the South London Partnership to access the clinical notes of children and young people toprovide an individualised crisis response.

About us

We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance.There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close knit team at SLaM. It'simportant to us that you valued and appreciated and that are why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offerSome of our benefits are highlighted here:o Generous pay, pensions and leave, we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role andlength of service.o Work life balance, flexible working and support a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.o Career development, There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number ofprogrammes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmeso Car lease, our staff benefits from competitive deals to lease carso Accommodation, our staff benefits from keyworker housing available which is available on selected siteso NHS discounts, with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands though Health Service Discounts website.Other benefits includeo Counselling serviceso Wellbeing eventso Long service awardso Cycle to work schemeo Season ticket loano Childcare voucherso Staff restaurants

Details

Date posted

26 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£34,186 to £37,389 a year per annum inclusive of HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

334-NUR-8203272-FR-A

Job locations

PEARS Building Maudsley Hospital

12-14 Brighton Terrace

Denmark Hill

SE5 8AZ

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care or other equivalent qualificationExperience of working as a Healthcare Assistant in Adolescent Mental HealthExperience of working with people with mental health problemsExperience of working with professionals from other agencies and servicesAbility to promote good working relationships with patients and with the multi-disciplinary teamAbility to work with a challenging client group, showing initiative and flexibility to team work and to care situationsLoyal and able to advocate for and show pride in the work area and organization and demonstrates values of trust and NHSAbility to work within a multi-disciplinary/multi agency setting

For further details / informal visits contact:Rebecca Licorish [email protected] Team Leader

Please note that sponsorship is not available for this role.

Job description Job responsibilities NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care or other equivalent qualificationExperience of working as a Healthcare Assistant in Adolescent Mental HealthExperience of working with people with mental health problemsExperience of working with professionals from other agencies and servicesAbility to promote good working relationships with patients and with the multi-disciplinary teamAbility to work with a challenging client group, showing initiative and flexibility to team work and to care situationsLoyal and able to advocate for and show pride in the work area and organization and demonstrates values of trust and NHSAbility to work within a multi-disciplinary/multi agency setting For further details / informal visits contact:Rebecca Licorish [email protected] Team Leader Please note that sponsorship is not available for this role.

Person Specification

Training and qualifications

Essential

• NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care or other equivalent qualification

Desirable

• Additional training/qualification related to Mental Health

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working as a HealthCare Assistant in Adolescent Mental Health
• Experience of working with people with mental health problems
• Experience of working with children
• Experience of working with professionals from other agencies and services

Desirable

• Experience of working in a learning disabilities environment

Knowledge and skills

Essential

• An ability to work with minimal supervision and as part of a team
• Ability to work with a challenging client group, showing initiative and flexibility to team work and to care situations
• Ability to deal with a wide range of complex needs
• Flexibility to work shift patterns across 24hrs, 7days a week and across all clinical areas as required
• Empathy for service users including individuals who have experienced mental health problems.
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to prioritise workload

Desirable

• Knowledge of the Children's Act and the Equality Act.

Person Specification Training and qualifications Essential NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care or other equivalent qualification Desirable Additional training/qualification related to Mental Health Experience Essential Experience of working as a HealthCare Assistant in Adolescent Mental Health Experience of working with people with mental health problems Experience of working with children Experience of working with professionals from other agencies and services Desirable Experience of working in a learning disabilities environment Knowledge and skills Essential An ability to work with minimal supervision and as part of a team Ability to work with a challenging client group, showing initiative and flexibility to team work and to care situations Ability to deal with a wide range of complex needs Flexibility to work shift patterns across 24hrs, 7days a week and across all clinical areas as required Empathy for service users including individuals who have experienced mental health problems. Good written and verbal communication skills Ability to prioritise workload Desirable Knowledge of the Children's Act and the Equality Act.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Address

PEARS Building Maudsley Hospital

12-14 Brighton Terrace

Denmark Hill

SE5 8AZ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.slam.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Address

PEARS Building Maudsley Hospital

12-14 Brighton Terrace

Denmark Hill

SE5 8AZ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.slam.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job summary

Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post.

To provide support and assistance to therapists working with children in the London Borough of Bexley referred to the mainstream schools (JCT) and/or Special School SLT team

To carry out specific therapy and communication development programmes with children and young people on a 1:1 basis and in small groups at mainstream and/or special schools

To carry out specialised techniques and procedures under the direction of a Speech and Language Therapist

To set up and deliver face to face/virtual therapy support and training packages working with the Speech and Language Therapist

To support parents/carers to enable children to fulfil their developmental potential.

To assist with administration duties as required by the school and service including electronic case records, paper records, typing reports, therapy programmes, preparing and making therapy resources, photocopying, sending appointments, filing and data collection.

To prepare and clear therapy spaces as required.

Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post.

Main duties of the job

• To implement individual and group interventions as recommended by the Speech and Language Therapists, making modifications using own initiative as necessary to suit child's needs and environment.

• To decide on appropriate activities to meet the aims of individual or group interventions. To modify and use supports as necessary for the child or group.

• To record activity within sessions in case notes, written and electronic.

• To provide advice to others regarding the intervention plan of children within your boundaries of competence.

• To contribute to discussion about the effectiveness of provision by using outcome measures.

• To contribute to reports and programme planning taking into account child strengths and needs.

• To adapt practice to meet individual child and education circumstances, including due regard for cultural and linguistic differences and mode of communication including signs and symbols.

• To ensure that child and/or their families views are communicated to the therapist/education colleagues for consideration in future management plans.

• To participate in intensive therapy courses as required.

• To contribute to development and delivery of face to face/virtual training and therapy approaches as appropriate.

About us

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We're Kind
• We're Fair
• We Listen
• We Care

Job summary

Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post.

An excellent opportunity has arisen to join the Oxleas Adult Autism Service as we seek to appoint an Assistant Psychologist to be part of the Autism Diagnostic Team.

The Oxleas Adult Autism Service supports adults with autism who either do not have a learning disability or have mild learning disabilities that do not meet the threshold for LD services.

The Diagnostic Assessment Service provides highly specialized diagnostic assessments for adults with suspected autism who may also present with complex mental health and psychiatric comorbidities.

In the Diagnostic Assessment Service, the post holder will be a member of our multidisciplinary team, assisting with the assessment and diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder. Responsibilities include assisting in the formulation and delivery of diagnostic assessments for individuals with suspected autism. This involves supporting the delivery of neurodevelopmental clinical interviews, developmental history interviews, structured and semi-structured diagnostic assessments, drafting specialist reports, and supporting formulation and outcome within the diagnostic process.

The position offers significant potential for the successful candidate to pursue specialist interests and develop highly specialized skills in discipline-specific assessments and support of adults with autism.

Main duties of the job

• To assist in the formulation and delivery of diagnostic assessments for people with suspected Autism without Learning Disabilities and with complex mental health and psychiatric disorders. This will involve support in the delivery of specialist neurodevelopmental clinical interviews, specialist developmental histories interviews, drafting specialist reports and supporting formulation and outcome within the diagnostic process
• Offer effective, person-centered, evidence-based assessment, support, and intervention to adults with autism at risk of acute care admission, under the guidance of a clinical psychologist and an MDT as part of the Autism Partnership Programme.
• To liaise with Community Mental Health and acute care teams to support the care of service users involving the systemic treatment and/or management of a client's care, under the supervision of a qualified professional psychologist, in community settings.
• To assist the service within the referral pathway by screening referral information provided by clients and referrers in order to support the decision for clinical eligibility within the service.
• To assist in the coordination and running of Autism specialist training.
• To assist in the development of a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all clients of the service, across all settings where care takes place.

About us

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We're Kind
• We're Fair
• We Listen
• We Care

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for two registered mental health nurses to join our Early Days in Custody Team (EDiC) at HMP Swaleside.

The EDiC team will act with the following principles:

Holistic - the EDiC team is multi-disciplinary, drawing on expertise from the other teams within healthcare to provide a knowledgeable and skilled service with the ability to draw upon specialist input rapidly when needed.

Curious - the EDiC team will engage with patients with clinical curiosity - drawing on all the information available to them to understand patient needs. The team will engage where possible with patients' families/carers to fully understand patient's needs and assist in helping maintain family relationships.

Prioritising Safety - Keep prisoners safe by identifying and addressing immediate risks for that patient including self-harm, risk of death by suicide, and unmanaged substance misuse dependencies.

Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post.

Main duties of the job

As a EDiC Practitioner you will:

• Ensure that new prisoners are supported during their first 14 days in the prison to access relevant healthcare offers and manage their general health and wellbeing whilst in prison.
• Identify the wider needs of patients, through the completion of a comprehensive assessment and working in partnership with them to co-produce a written care plan that addresses their health and social care needs.
• The role will include covering some work for the mental health in-reach team. For example:
• Care planning
• Caseload reviews
• Administer antipsychotic depot medication.
• Collect and synthesize all relevant clinical history to ensure safety, continuity of care and minimal re-assessments for the patient and ensuring that the records held for patients are up to date and accurate.
• Ensure ongoing care for every person requiring it, with clear pathway management in place that is understood by the patient and their families /significant others.
• Information is shared where appropriate and consent has been given to ensure that care plans and risks for patients are widely understood by all staff supporting them, including HMPPS staff where appropriate. This will be done with full patient consent.

About us

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

o We're Kind o We're Fair o We Listen o We Care

Details

Date posted

23 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£40,959 to £50,117 a year PER ANNUM **RECRUITMENT & RETENTION INCENTIVE INCLUDED**

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

277-8069063-SWALE-B

Job locations

HMP Swaleside

Brabazon Road

Eastchurch, Isle of Sheppey

ME12 4AX

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

• The post holder will be responsible to take part in reception screening for new prisoners on the day of first entry into prison. This will identify immediate health, risks, and safety needs.
• To be able to develop initial mental health crisis plans for patients who are presenting as particularly at risk of a mental health crisis.
• The post holder will be responsible for carrying out comprehensive health and social care assessment (secondary screening) within seven days for all prisoners who are willing to undertake this assessment.
• For people that decline this assessment the team will ensure a care plan is in place for any known risks and vulnerabilities and will proactively work with the person to undertake a secondary screen at a later stage.
• The post holder will lead on identifying patients whose needs, risks or circumstances have changed following a return from court or hospital outside of the reception process.
• The development of a care plan that is individualised, responding clearly to each identified health need with patient input and coproduction where feasible and that ensures the wellbeing and safety of that patient for their first 14 days in custody.
• The ability to collate healthcare information from families, community providers or prior establishments to improve continuity of care and safety, and limit reassessments.
• Ensure that all waiting time, assessment and interventions are delivered in a timely manner, and positively contribute to the achievement of the services performance targets.
• Ensure integrated and collaborative working with other specialist services, including continuity of care and through the gate arrangements and liaison.
• Short-term care coordination to ensure referrals are made, GP appointments are attended, assessments actioned, and issues identified at the reception screening or health assessment are addressed.
• To be able to provide brief interventions for substance misuse and mental wellbeing (i.e., sleep hygiene advice, breathing techniques for anxiety management etc.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION, PLEASE READ:

Sponsorship is not available for this post.

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).

Job description Job responsibilities The post holder will be responsible to take part in reception screening for new prisoners on the day of first entry into prison. This will identify immediate health, risks, and safety needs. To be able to develop initial mental health crisis plans for patients who are presenting as particularly at risk of a mental health crisis. The post holder will be responsible for carrying out comprehensive health and social care assessment (secondary screening) within seven days for all prisoners who are willing to undertake this assessment. For people that decline this assessment the team will ensure a care plan is in place for any known risks and vulnerabilities and will proactively work with the person to undertake a secondary screen at a later stage. The post holder will lead on identifying patients whose needs, risks or circumstances have changed following a return from court or hospital outside of the reception process. The development of a care plan that is individualised, responding clearly to each identified health need with patient input and coproduction where feasible and that ensures the wellbeing and safety of that patient for their first 14 days in custody. The ability to collate healthcare information from families, community providers or prior establishments to improve continuity of care and safety, and limit reassessments. Ensure that all waiting time, assessment and interventions are delivered in a timely manner, and positively contribute to the achievement of the services performance targets. Ensure integrated and collaborative working with other specialist services, including continuity of care and through the gate arrangements and liaison. Short-term care coordination to ensure referrals are made, GP appointments are attended, assessments actioned, and issues identified at the reception screening or health assessment are addressed. To be able to provide brief interventions for substance misuse and mental wellbeing (i.e., sleep hygiene advice, breathing techniques for anxiety management etc. IMPORTANT INFORMATION, PLEASE READ: Sponsorship is not available for this post. 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).

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Mental Health Nurse.
• Degree supplemented by diploma, specialist training.
• CPD portfolio containing evidence of active involvement in CPD activities.

Experience

Essential

• At least 2 years post qualification as RMN.
• Extensive clinical experience including individual and group work reflecting social inclusion.
• Supervisory experience of junior staff and students.
• Experience of working in a multi- disciplinary team.

Skills/Knowledge

Essential

• Ability to establish rapport with difficult to engage service users.
• Ability to build effective working relationships.
• Effective written verbal and non-verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work autonomously, set own priorities and manage time effectively.

Person Specification Qualifications Essential Registered Mental Health Nurse. Degree supplemented by diploma, specialist training. CPD portfolio containing evidence of active involvement in CPD activities. Experience Essential At least 2 years post qualification as RMN. Extensive clinical experience including individual and group work reflecting social inclusion. Supervisory experience of junior staff and students. Experience of working in a multi- disciplinary team. Skills/Knowledge Essential Ability to establish rapport with difficult to engage service users. Ability to build effective working relationships. Effective written verbal and non-verbal communication skills. Ability to work autonomously, set own priorities and manage time effectively.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab). UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

HMP Swaleside

Brabazon Road

Eastchurch, Isle of Sheppey

ME12 4AX

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

HMP Swaleside

Brabazon Road

Eastchurch, Isle of Sheppey

ME12 4AX

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job summary

To provide medicines optimisations services and support the GPs and dispensary team at HMP Elmley.

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.

Proof of right to work documentation

Proof of ID, needs to include 1 photographicID

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

Main duties of the job

• To support patients with their medicine queries and concerns.
• To undertake medication review clinics.
• To stratify risk with high-risk medicines and work to reduce such risk for patients.

As part of the health and wellbeing team:

• Identify patients at risk of admission to hospital and work to manage medicine-related risk for these patients.
• Implement improvements to patients medicines for LTCs, including
• de-prescribing and run LTC clinics where medicines are a largecomponent of care.
• Develop and manage new services that are built around new medicines or NICE guidance.
• To provide leadership to ensure practice within healthcare is compliant with CQC standards where medicines are involved.
• Working with the Specialist Prison Services Pharmacist, develop and enforce the formulary.
• Support the audit process in line with Oxleas NHSFT audit programme including and disseminate findings appropriately to improve prescribing practice.

Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post.

About us

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We're Kind
• We're Fair
• We Listen
• We Care

Details

Date posted

23 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£59,528 to £66,750 a year pa inc RRP

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

277-8136065-MED-A

Job locations

HMP Elmley

Church Road

Eastchurch, Isle of Sheppey

ME12 4DZ

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

Management, Leadership and Training responsibilities

• To devise and implement SystmOne computer searches to identify cohorts of patients at high risk of harm from medicines.
• To devise and implement SystmOne searches to identify cohorts of patients most likely to be at risk of unplanned admission/readmission to hospital from medicines.
• To provide leadership to the Healthcare Manager and GPs to ensure that practice is compliant with CQC standards where medicines are involved.
• As part of the Health and Wellbeing model, to contribute to public health campaigns, including flu vaccinations and adult immunisation programmes using specialist knowledge on immunisation. To ensure all relevant PGDs for immunisation are in place and staff authorised to administer using a PGD have receive the relevant training.
• Analyse, interpret and present medicines data to highlight issues and risks to support decision making.
• Identify and provide leadership on areas of prescribing requiring improvement. Present results of audits and provide leadership on suggested changes.
• To develop and manage new services that are built around new medicines or NICE guidance, where a new medicine/recommendations allow the development of a new care pathway.
• Provide education and training to the primary healthcare team on therapeutics and medicines optimisation.
• Support the Specialist Prison Service Pharmacist in providing education and training to the pharmacy team members as required.
• Identify from SystmOne patients prescribed medication that should be prescribed or initiated by Specialists/hospital doctors or subject to shared care and liaise directly with hospital colleagues to ensure prescribing and dispensing of such medicines is appropriately undertaken and adheres to the requirements of the secure environment.
• Develop, implement and maintain the prison formulary, in liaison with other OPS colleagues, and ensure this is updated onto SystmOne locally when changes are made.
• Manage the process if implementing changes to medicines resulting from MHRA alerts and product withdrawals and provide guidance for practitioners.

Clinical

• Work with the dispensary and Primary Care teams to identify patients as at risk from high risk medicines to minimise such risks through medicines optimisation.
• Provide scheduled clinics for offenders across Sheppey Island Prisons (HMP Elmley, HMP Swaleside and HMP Standford Hill) to give advice and support on their prescribed medicines, OTC medicines and other medical issues they may raise.
• To put in place changes to reduce the prescribing of medicines likely to cause readmission to high-risk patient groups.
• Promote healthy lifestyles for offenders in line with local and national guidelines or promotions.
• To be an active member of the Kent prisons clinical governance/medicines management committee(s).
• To provide face to face clinics to help patients with questions, queries and concerns about their medicines.
• To hold clinics for patients requiring face-to-face Structured Medication Reviews (SMRs) i.e. a review of the ongoing need for each medicine, a review of monitoring needs and an opportunity to support patients with their concordance with prescribed medication.
• To undertake clinical medication reviews with patients with multi-morbidity and polypharmacy and implement own prescribing changes (as an independent prescriber) and order relevant monitoring tests.
• To see patients in multi-morbidity clinics and in partnership with the Health and Wellbeing coordinator(s), implement improvements to the patients medicines, including deprescribing.
• Run own long term conditions clinics where responsible for prescribing as an independent prescriber for conditions where medicines have a large component (e.g. stable angina, warfarin monitoring and dose adjustment).
• To demonstrate on-going continual professional development (CPD) and be responsible for self-development and learning within the field of pharmacy or other specialty where appropriate.
• Make recommendations for and manage changes to medicines (switches) designed to save on medicines costs where a medicine or product with a lower acquisition cost is now available.
• Answer all medicine-related enquiries from GPs, other healthcare staff and patients with queries about medicines. Suggesting and recommending solutions. Providing follow up for patients to monitor the effect of any changes.
• Implement changes to medicines that result from MHRA alerts, product withdrawal and other local and national guidance, including national prison formularies.

Research

• To ensure systems are in place that support the implementation of evidence-based guidelines into practice within the Sheppey Prisons.
• To undertake own audit of prescribing practices), analyse complex data, feedback results and make suggestions for change.
• Audit compliance against NICE technology assessment guidance involving medication at Sheppey Prisons. Feeding back findings, analysis and solutions to the GPs and Medicines Management Committee.

Communication

• To make clinical judgments within your clinical ability where information is highly complex or lacking or ambiguity exists. Where such judgments are outside of your clinical ability to refer the situation to a more senior pharmacist or GP for assistance.
• To provide newsletters on important prescribing messages to improve prescribers knowledge and work with the GP and Primary Care team to develop and implement other techniques known to influence implementation of evidence such as audit and feedback.
• To communicate with external healthcare providers to ensure prisoners are treated with medication suitable for continuation on return to the secure environment.

Job description Job responsibilities Management, Leadership and Training responsibilities To devise and implement SystmOne computer searches to identify cohorts of patients at high risk of harm from medicines. To devise and implement SystmOne searches to identify cohorts of patients most likely to be at risk of unplanned admission/readmission to hospital from medicines. To provide leadership to the Healthcare Manager and GPs to ensure that practice is compliant with CQC standards where medicines are involved. As part of the Health and Wellbeing model, to contribute to public health campaigns, including flu vaccinations and adult immunisation programmes using specialist knowledge on immunisation. To ensure all relevant PGDs for immunisation are in place and staff authorised to administer using a PGD have receive the relevant training. Analyse, interpret and present medicines data to highlight issues and risks to support decision making. Identify and provide leadership on areas of prescribing requiring improvement. Present results of audits and provide leadership on suggested changes. To develop and manage new services that are built around new medicines or NICE guidance, where a new medicine/recommendations allow the development of a new care pathway. Provide education and training to the primary healthcare team on therapeutics and medicines optimisation. Support the Specialist Prison Service Pharmacist in providing education and training to the pharmacy team members as required. Identify from SystmOne patients prescribed medication that should be prescribed or initiated by Specialists/hospital doctors or subject to shared care and liaise directly with hospital colleagues to ensure prescribing and dispensing of such medicines is appropriately undertaken and adheres to the requirements of the secure environment. Develop, implement and maintain the prison formulary, in liaison with other OPS colleagues, and ensure this is updated onto SystmOne locally when changes are made. Manage the process if implementing changes to medicines resulting from MHRA alerts and product withdrawals and provide guidance for practitioners. Clinical Work with the dispensary and Primary Care teams to identify patients as at risk from high risk medicines to minimise such risks through medicines optimisation. Provide scheduled clinics for offenders across Sheppey Island Prisons (HMP Elmley, HMP Swaleside and HMP Standford Hill) to give advice and support on their prescribed medicines, OTC medicines and other medical issues they may raise. To put in place changes to reduce the prescribing of medicines likely to cause readmission to high-risk patient groups. Promote healthy lifestyles for offenders in line with local and national guidelines or promotions. To be an active member of the Kent prisons clinical governance/medicines management committee(s). To provide face to face clinics to help patients with questions, queries and concerns about their medicines. To hold clinics for patients requiring face-to-face Structured Medication Reviews (SMRs) i.e. a review of the ongoing need for each medicine, a review of monitoring needs and an opportunity to support patients with their concordance with prescribed medication. To undertake clinical medication reviews with patients with multi-morbidity and polypharmacy and implement own prescribing changes (as an independent prescriber) and order relevant monitoring tests. To see patients in multi-morbidity clinics and in partnership with the Health and Wellbeing coordinator(s), implement improvements to the patients medicines, including deprescribing. Run own long term conditions clinics where responsible for prescribing as an independent prescriber for conditions where medicines have a large component (e.g. stable angina, warfarin monitoring and dose adjustment). To demonstrate on-going continual professional development (CPD) and be responsible for self-development and learning within the field of pharmacy or other specialty where appropriate. Make recommendations for and manage changes to medicines (switches) designed to save on medicines costs where a medicine or product with a lower acquisition cost is now available. Answer all medicine-related enquiries from GPs, other healthcare staff and patients with queries about medicines. Suggesting and recommending solutions. Providing follow up for patients to monitor the effect of any changes. Implement changes to medicines that result from MHRA alerts, product withdrawal and other local and national guidance, including national prison formularies. Research To ensure systems are in place that support the implementation of evidence-based guidelines into practice within the Sheppey Prisons. To undertake own audit of prescribing practices), analyse complex data, feedback results and make suggestions for change. Audit compliance against NICE technology assessment guidance involving medication at Sheppey Prisons. Feeding back findings, analysis and solutions to the GPs and Medicines Management Committee. Communication To make clinical judgments within your clinical ability where information is highly complex or lacking or ambiguity exists. Where such judgments are outside of your clinical ability to refer the situation to a more senior pharmacist or GP for assistance. To provide newsletters on important prescribing messages to improve prescribers knowledge and work with the GP and Primary Care team to develop and implement other techniques known to influence implementation of evidence such as audit and feedback. To communicate with external healthcare providers to ensure prisoners are treated with medication suitable for continuation on return to the secure environment.

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential

• Masters Degree of Pharmacy or equivalent
• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council of GB (GPhC)
• Diploma in General Pharmacy Practice/Clinical Pharmacy/Mental Health or equivalent (or working towards)

Desirable

• A member of or working towards Faculty Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society

Experience

Essential

• Previous prison/hospital/community pharmacy experience in the UK
• At least 4 years experience of providing clinical pharmacy services
• At least 2 years experience of providing clinical services within prisons or GP practices

Desirable

• mental health or substance misuse patients

Experience

Essential

• Experience of undertaking patient medication histories and medication reviews

Desirable

• Experience of providing clinical services to mental health or substance misuse patients

Person Specification Education & Qualifications Essential Masters Degree of Pharmacy or equivalent Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council of GB (GPhC) Diploma in General Pharmacy Practice/Clinical Pharmacy/Mental Health or equivalent (or working towards) Desirable A member of or working towards Faculty Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Experience Essential Previous prison/hospital/community pharmacy experience in the UK At least 4 years experience of providing clinical pharmacy services At least 2 years experience of providing clinical services within prisons or GP practices Desirable mental health or substance misuse patients Experience Essential Experience of undertaking patient medication histories and medication reviews Desirable Experience of providing clinical services to mental health or substance misuse patients

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab). UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

HMP Elmley

Church Road

Eastchurch, Isle of Sheppey

ME12 4DZ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

HMP Elmley

Church Road

Eastchurch, Isle of Sheppey

ME12 4DZ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job summary

Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post.

We are looking to recruit eight Education Mental Health Practitioner Trainees to join our expanding Oxleas Mental Health Support Teams (MHST) service. Four trainees will work in the Greenwich MHST Team with our Greenwich schools and four trainees will work in the Bexley MHST Team with Bexley schools. We are seeking enthusiastic and dynamic individuals who are passionate about improving health outcomes for children and young people.

Main duties of the job

This is a training role within theGreen Paper for Transforming children and young people's mental health programme. The post holder will work within education settings providing low intensity guided self-help interventions whilst undertaking a programme of training for this role at Kings College London University. The training starts on 18th January 2027 and on successful completion of the course trainees will be awarded a Post Graduate Diploma based on a nationally devised curriculum.

The training post will equip the post-holder to provide a range of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) based self- management interventions to children and young people with mild to moderate anxiety and depression and/or behavioural difficulties. The postholder will attend all taught and self-study days required by the education provider, as specified within the EMHP curriculum and work in Oxleas MHST service for the remaining days of the week using their newly developed skills within education settings.

About us

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We're Kind
• We're Fair
• We Listen
• We Care

Job summary

Mental Health Support Teams work with children, young people and families across schools in Greenwich .

We seek to appoint an enthusiastic and dynamic individual with a passion for early intervention and prevention. Candidates should have worked previously in mental health clinical settings and ideally have some CAMHS and supervision experience.

Mental Health Support Teams are part of an exciting National initiative, working in collaboration with education settings, to improve the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people.

There is a focus on early intervention, improving access and supporting the whole school approach to mental health and wellbeing within schools. Oxleas MHST work within a Thrive framework alongside education colleagues and community partners,

Please note we welcome applicants who have not completed the EMHP supervision course.

There will be an expectation that successful candidates, who have not completed the course, commence the fully funded one year supervision course at Kings College London from January 2027.

Previous applicants need not apply.

Main duties of the job

The MHST Senior Practitioner role supports the delivery of evidence-based 1:1 and group interventions for children and young people presenting with mild to moderate mental health need.

The role requires joint working and close liaison with education colleagues to support the whole school approach to mental health and wellbeing within school settings, facilitating appropriate signposting to other services as required. The post holder will actively contribute to the delivery and development of a quality MHST service within Oxleas.

The MHST Senior Practitioners, together with MHST Lead practitioners, offer support and supervision to the MHST workforce and it is an expectation of the role that the post holder have completed, or are willing to complete, the required Education Mental Health Practitioner supervision course in order to appropriately support the EMHP workforce.

About us

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We're Kind
• We're Fair
• We Listen
• We Care

Details

Date posted

23 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£45,953 to £54,254 a year pa inc

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

277-8275916-CYP

Job locations

Bostall House

Abbeywood

SE2 0AY

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

To be trained and confident in the use of CYP IAPT principles, evidence-based interventions and routine outcome measures.

To be trained and deliver supervision to Education Mental Health Practitioners.

To manage a defined caseload of children and young people presenting with mild to moderate mental health and emotional wellbeing difficulties in schools.

If you would like to find out more about this National initiative, Oxleas MHST teams and the MHST Senior Practitioner role we would be more than happy to facilitate discussion via telephone or MS Teams call or facilitate a visit to our service.

To co-ordinate and deliver individualised interventions for children, young people and families and evaluate these programmes, ensuring high standards of practice in accordance with service remit, national guidelines and trust policy.

To actively promote and contribute to the Whole School Approach to developing and maintaining emotional health and well-being within education settings

To be able to assess and manage risk in children and young people and to do this on an on-going basis.

To apply for this position you need to hold a core profession.

For further enquiries please contact Linda Adedayo, Greenwich MHST Team Manager ([email protected])

Job description Job responsibilities To be trained and confident in the use of CYP IAPT principles, evidence-based interventions and routine outcome measures. To be trained and deliver supervision to Education Mental Health Practitioners. To manage a defined caseload of children and young people presenting with mild to moderate mental health and emotional wellbeing difficulties in schools. If you would like to find out more about this National initiative, Oxleas MHST teams and the MHST Senior Practitioner role we would be more than happy to facilitate discussion via telephone or MS Teams call or facilitate a visit to our service. To co-ordinate and deliver individualised interventions for children, young people and families and evaluate these programmes, ensuring high standards of practice in accordance with service remit, national guidelines and trust policy. To actively promote and contribute to the Whole School Approach to developing and maintaining emotional health and well-being within education settings To be able to assess and manage risk in children and young people and to do this on an on-going basis. To apply for this position you need to hold a core profession. For further enquiries please contact Linda Adedayo, Greenwich MHST Team Manager ([email protected])

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• RN Mental Health or CQSW/CSS/DipSW or equivalent Social Work qualification oDip or BSc OT
• Registration with relevant Professional body

Desirable

• Specialist training in a subject/skill relevant to Child & and Adolescent Mental Health (0-18 years) together with CYP IAPT Dip in CBT/SFP/IPT-A
• EMHP supervision course

Experience

Essential

• At least 2 years post registration experience in a setting where mental health is the primary focus some of which should have been in a CAMHS setting.

Skills

Essential

• Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate risk/care plans to meet the needs of clients.
• Ability to work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team and demonstrate awareness of MDT functioning.
• Willingness and ability to develop specialist knowledge of clinical aspects of child & adolescent mental health.
• Excellent written & verbal communication skills.
• Ability to analyse risk and respond appropriately, seeking support as necessary

Person Specification Qualifications Essential RN Mental Health or CQSW/CSS/DipSW or equivalent Social Work qualification oDip or BSc OT Registration with relevant Professional body Desirable Specialist training in a subject/skill relevant to Child & and Adolescent Mental Health (0-18 years) together with CYP IAPT Dip in CBT/SFP/IPT-A EMHP supervision course Experience Essential At least 2 years post registration experience in a setting where mental health is the primary focus some of which should have been in a CAMHS setting. Skills Essential Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate risk/care plans to meet the needs of clients. Ability to work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team and demonstrate awareness of MDT functioning. Willingness and ability to develop specialist knowledge of clinical aspects of child & adolescent mental health. Excellent written & verbal communication skills. Ability to analyse risk and respond appropriately, seeking support as necessary

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab). UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Bostall House

Abbeywood

SE2 0AY

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Bostall House

Abbeywood

SE2 0AY

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job summary

It is an exciting time to joining the senior Nursing Team at Oxleas, where we are committed to ensuring that nurses across the Trust provide care which is of the best quality and that nurses are meeting the highest standards of practice.

This role will be responsible for providing strategic direction and leadership for registered nurses and nursing associates and unregistered support workers in conjunction with the Deputy Chief Nurse.

The role provides Trust-wide professional leadership for nursing, overseeing practice improvement, education, physical health, policy development, research, workforce development, quality, safety and clinical standards.

Main duties of the job

• Support the development, implement and monitor the Trust's nursing strategy within the Trust in discussion with the Deputy Chief Nurse.
• Deputise for the Deputy Chief Nurse as required.
• Establish standards of nursing practice and promote nursing and nursing education, research and development throughout the Trust.
• The post holder will work collaboratively with University of Greenwich and support any institute of integration work with the nursing workforce.
• The post holder will become involved with research projects as required by the Trust and report on these as required.
• Develop leadership and staff support initiatives across the Trusts nursing workforce, including Professional Nurse Advocate service and annual influenza vaccination campaign.
• Will manage and have oversight of staff supporting practice improvement, including end of life care, physical health and education and development.
• Support the planning and development of annual nursing events such as the nursing conference and the health support worker conference.
• Advise Executive Directors, Directors of Service, the Trust Board, Management Directorate teams, other clinicians and external organisations on all of the above.
• To work with and support governance structures to improve service delivery and safety.
• To work with directorates and HR on clinical competencies to ensure quality service delivery and equity across the Trust and to lead on competency frameworks across the Trust.

About us

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We're Kind
• We're Fair
• We Listen
• We Care

Details

Date posted

23 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8c

Salary

£85,641 to £97,746 a year pro rata per annum inc

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Job share

Reference number

277-8384531-CORP

Job locations

Pinewood House

Dartford

DA2 7WG

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Work with other key leads to ensure continuous improvement in nursing practice which includes the management of risk, patient safety and clinical record keeping.
• The post holder will lead the development of new clinical policies and practice guidance that will embed practice improvement throughout the Trust and revise relevant existing policies to ensure that they reflect current best practice and regulatory requirements.
• The post holder will ensure that practice improvement initiatives are developed and implemented across the organisation as appropriate.
• The post holder will keep up to date with and interpret NHS policy and strategy and ensure that the information is disseminated to nursing staff through a range of media.
• Organise, lead and manage identified areas of responsibility and report back on progress to the Nursing Directorate and Nursing Executive, and other key nursing and Trust wide meetings
• Assist the Deputy Chief Nursing Officer in the implementation of all national strategies associated with nursing, interpreting health service policy and strategy, in order to establish goals and standards.
• Demonstrates full commitment to the positive performance management of nursing staff throughout the Trust. Providing expert advice and chair disciplinary hearings where appropriate.
• Represents nursing and the Trust by attending and as appropriate presenting at regional and national nursing networks and forums.

The post holder will be able to:

• Think strategically and see both the bigger picture and the detail.
• Understand and work within complex and stressful circumstances.
• Successfully negotiate conflict.
• Understand the nature of clinical and social care interventions.
• Proactively participate in management supervision, annual objective setting and PDR/appraisal.
• Participate in development opportunities.
• Maintain knowledge of best practice in health and social care services.
• Implement trust and national policy.
• Work autonomously and make clear decisions in senior forums.
• Use analytical skills and make sound judgements in complex multi-agency situations.
• Liaise with external agencies and coordinate projects across services and corporate departments.
• Chair complex meetings.
• Use and promote the use of digital tools and new technologies.

Management responsibilities

The post holder will lead and have management responsibility for a team of staff supporting nursing education and development, practice improvement and physical health and well-being.

The post holder will work closely with directorates and other departments across the Trust e.g. quality, learning and development, estates, pharmacy and HR to develop systems and processes that will support nursing practice improvements and nursing development and education.

The post holder will be responsible for providing a project plan for each area of work and be able to assess and evaluate the progress of the work within agreed timescales and make adjustments so that the work remains on target.

The post holder will be responsible for arranging and chairing Trust wide meetings.

The post holder will ensure the development of nursing across care pathways through appropriate nursing meetings.

The post holder will attend any further internal or external professional meetings, forums and conferences that are relevant.

The post holder will employ a range of change management facilitation and negotiation skills that enable participation and personal development of nursing staff.

The post holder will have direct responsibility for the nursing education budget to ensure appropriate funding and development of pre and post registration education. including planning with directorates annual spending forecast based on training needs analysis.

Has budgetary responsibility for direct services managed within the nursing directorate and is responsible for authorising expenditure and accountable for the expenditure of that budget.

Manage the education planning for nursing for the academic year.

Leadership

The post holder will work and facilitate the production, publication and implementation of robust clinical nursing policies that will support and sustain evidence based and effective nursing practice.

The post holder will lead on Non-Medical prescribing for the trust, support and develop nursing medicines management and prescribing practices for nurses working across Oxleas.

The post holder will be responsible for providing expert teaching and facilitation for nursing across Oxleas as appropriate .They will be able to utilise a variety of formats to suit and evaluate these training programmes.

Job description Job responsibilities Work with other key leads to ensure continuous improvement in nursing practice which includes the management of risk, patient safety and clinical record keeping. The post holder will lead the development of new clinical policies and practice guidance that will embed practice improvement throughout the Trust and revise relevant existing policies to ensure that they reflect current best practice and regulatory requirements. The post holder will ensure that practice improvement initiatives are developed and implemented across the organisation as appropriate. The post holder will keep up to date with and interpret NHS policy and strategy and ensure that the information is disseminated to nursing staff through a range of media. Organise, lead and manage identified areas of responsibility and report back on progress to the Nursing Directorate and Nursing Executive, and other key nursing and Trust wide meetings Assist the Deputy Chief Nursing Officer in the implementation of all national strategies associated with nursing, interpreting health service policy and strategy, in order to establish goals and standards. Demonstrates full commitment to the positive performance management of nursing staff throughout the Trust. Providing expert advice and chair disciplinary hearings where appropriate. Represents nursing and the Trust by attending and as appropriate presenting at regional and national nursing networks and forums. The post holder will be able to: Think strategically and see both the bigger picture and the detail. Understand and work within complex and stressful circumstances. Successfully negotiate conflict. Understand the nature of clinical and social care interventions. Proactively participate in management supervision, annual objective setting and PDR/appraisal. Participate in development opportunities. Maintain knowledge of best practice in health and social care services. Implement trust and national policy. Work autonomously and make clear decisions in senior forums. Use analytical skills and make sound judgements in complex multi-agency situations. Liaise with external agencies and coordinate projects across services and corporate departments. Chair complex meetings. Use and promote the use of digital tools and new technologies. Management responsibilities The post holder will lead and have management responsibility for a team of staff supporting nursing education and development, practice improvement and physical health and well-being. The post holder will work closely with directorates and other departments across the Trust e.g. quality, learning and development, estates, pharmacy and HR to develop systems and processes that will support nursing practice improvements and nursing development and education. The post holder will be responsible for providing a project plan for each area of work and be able to assess and evaluate the progress of the work within agreed timescales and make adjustments so that the work remains on target. The post holder will be responsible for arranging and chairing Trust wide meetings. The post holder will ensure the development of nursing across care pathways through appropriate nursing meetings. The post holder will attend any further internal or external professional meetings, forums and conferences that are relevant. The post holder will employ a range of change management facilitation and negotiation skills that enable participation and personal development of nursing staff. The post holder will have direct responsibility for the nursing education budget to ensure appropriate funding and development of pre and post registration education. including planning with directorates annual spending forecast based on training needs analysis. Has budgetary responsibility for direct services managed within the nursing directorate and is responsible for authorising expenditure and accountable for the expenditure of that budget. Manage the education planning for nursing for the academic year. Leadership The post holder will work and facilitate the production, publication and implementation of robust clinical nursing policies that will support and sustain evidence based and effective nursing practice. The post holder will lead on Non-Medical prescribing for the trust, support and develop nursing medicines management and prescribing practices for nurses working across Oxleas. The post holder will be responsible for providing expert teaching and facilitation for nursing across Oxleas as appropriate .They will be able to utilise a variety of formats to suit and evaluate these training programmes.

Person Specification

Education

Essential

• Degree level qualification with a relevant masters or doctorate
• NMC Registered nurse
• Evidence of continuous professional development.

Desirable

• oSignificant experience leading nursing practice

Communication skills

Essential

• oOutstanding communication and interpersonal and negotiating skills, written and verbal.
• oAbility to teach and facilitate learning for nurses.
• oAbility to chair complex meetings

Desirable

• oPresentation skills and public speaking

Experience and leadership

Essential

• oEvidence of strong clinical and professional leadership resulting in high clinical standards and best professional practice.
• oEvidence of leading on cultural change to embed new ways of working across a range of dispersed and diverse services and teams
• oEvidence of successfully involving patients and families in the development and improvement of services.

Desirable

• oEvidence of successful leadership of transformational change across services, involving other statutory and third sector providers and supporting other providers, teams and individuals to achieve objectives.

Person Specification Education Essential Degree level qualification with a relevant masters or doctorate NMC Registered nurse Evidence of continuous professional development. Desirable oSignificant experience leading nursing practice Communication skills Essential oOutstanding communication and interpersonal and negotiating skills, written and verbal. oAbility to teach and facilitate learning for nurses. oAbility to chair complex meetings Desirable oPresentation skills and public speaking Experience and leadership Essential oEvidence of strong clinical and professional leadership resulting in high clinical standards and best professional practice. oEvidence of leading on cultural change to embed new ways of working across a range of dispersed and diverse services and teams oEvidence of successfully involving patients and families in the development and improvement of services. Desirable oEvidence of successful leadership of transformational change across services, involving other statutory and third sector providers and supporting other providers, teams and individuals to achieve objectives.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab). UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Pinewood House

Dartford

DA2 7WG

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Pinewood House

Dartford

DA2 7WG

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job summary

***Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post***

We are seeking to appoint a committed, highly motivated, enthusiastic, and skilled Adult Physical Health , Senior Staff Nurse to join our dynamic, integrated multi- disciplinary Rapid Response Team.

In this exciting role you will be an integral part of the team developing new pathways to provide same day urgent care in the community alongside other Adult Community Services, Social Care, Acute Trusts and Primary Care colleagues.

The Rapid Response Team are part of the SE London Accelerator Programme. The Rapid Response Team are delivering the essential elements of the Urgent Community Response pathways. The Rapid Response Team has been operational since 2013 and is a multi- professional team consisting of Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists , Social Workers and support staff . The team provide holistic health and social care assessments for people over the age of 18 years, who are registered with a Bexley GP and live in the Borough of Bexley. The Team treats/ manages/ cares for patients in their usual place of residence with an urgent health or social care need.

The team are based at Goldie Leigh - Abbey Wood SE2 OAS - service delivery is 7 days a week, on an 8am-8pm basis, focusing on rapid 2-hour assessments to patients with potential short-term intervention(s).

Candidates are encouraged to visit the Service.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work as a part of the multi-disciplinary Rapid Response Team including Consultant Geriatrician, Senior Nurses, Occupational Therapists and Social Services colleagues to meet the needs of patients referred to the team, ensuring the highest possible standards of practice with a strong emphasis on falls, frailty.

The post holder will conduct comprehensive nursing assessments for patients within acute and community settings. They will need to demonstrate sound clinical reasoning and risk assessment skills to guide appropriate nursing intervention and when appropriate avoid unnecessary ED presentation. The post holder will also be skilled in the management of breast drains, wound care and intravenous antibiotic therapy.

The post holder will be required to work across hospitals sites on a planned basis and in community when responding to urgent community referrals. Post holder will undertake delegated line management of junior staff, both informal and formal basis.

The team act as a liaison between acute and community settings, by identifying the most appropriate onward referrals and initiating integrated care pathways, ensuring seamless provision of care and on- going case management. Referrals are received from Health and Social Care professionals, Medical Teams, General Practitioners and Ambulance Services.

About us

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes. We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people. Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We're Kind
• We're Fair
• We Listen
• We Care

Details

Date posted

21 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£45,953 to £54,254 a year pa inc

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

277-8175289-CPH-B

Job locations

181 Goldie Leigh

Lodge Hill

Abbey Wood, London

SE2 0AS

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Team work directly with (LAS) and act as a liaison between Emergency Departments, Community and Care home settings, by identifying the most appropriate onward referrals and initiating integrated care pathways, ensuring seamless provision of care and the instigation of on- going case management of long term condition management. The Rapid Response Team provides community follow up and support and review.

The post holder will assist with and directly triage urgent patient referrals with varied and complex needs in acute hospital and community setting acting as an expert nursing clinical resource to Rapid Response Team members by facilitating high quality evidence-based practise.

The post holder will also have the opportunity to work closely with our Community Consultant.

Rapid Response aims to:

• Avoid unnecessary Presentations to Emergency Departments.
• Avoid unnecessary Hospital Admissions
• Improve patient wellbeing through timely responsive interventions
• Reduce admissions to residential care
• Increase the number of people who feel safe in their home

Main Responsibilities:

• Be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all professional activities
• Demonstrate theoretical knowledge of acute, multiple, complex, and long-term pathologies and impairments in the assessment of clients
• Work closely with other health professionals and social services and provide nursingadvice in meeting the needs of the clients
• Conduct a thorough assessment of clients, obtaining consent in accordance withprofessional guidelines and local team procedures
• Recommend appropriate interventions to promote independence and safety, utilisingeffective clinical reasoning skills and evidence-based practice
• Complete a care plan for clients who require input from integrated community services (bed-based or home-based input)
• Maintain effective multidisciplinary communication with other members of the team and the wider clinical network to ensure that clients needs are met
• Provide specialist advice to client, carers and relatives based on clinical evidence when required
• Participate in MDT meetings and family conferences as required
• Maintain up-to-date clinical written records and computerised records in accordance with local and professional standards; and also writing comprehensive reports on clients as required and inputting onto RiO
• Ensure management of clinical risk with clients under their care
• Be able to identify when and how to terminate involvement or refer onwards to appropriate teams/services and complete input in a timely, seamless manner
• Seek guidance from more experienced colleagues when required
• Be professionally curious in terms of safeguarding adults and children and promote professional curiosity

Training and Education:

• Utilise communication and teaching skills to educate the diverse and multiculturalpopulation in a range of disease specific techniques, principles and guidelines when required
• Provide support and take a proactive role in the education and training of undergraduate and graduate AHP students, nurses and rehabilitation assistants
• Maintain continuing professional development by participating in regular in-service training, supervision, reflective practice and attending study days and training, giving feedback to the team where appropriate to disseminate learning
• Maintain competency in manually handling people
• Maintain up-to-date mandatory and statutory training

Management:

• Maintain high level of efficiency and effectiveness in work area to utilise resources to thefull and report defects in equipment in a timely manner
• The ability to deputise in the absence of the Manager if required
• Coordinate staff activity to meet demands of service
• Ensure risk is managed for self, clients, colleagues and the work environment
• Participate in the development of the team by working proactively within the MDT
• Maintain throughput of casework and organise and prioritise own work tasks and activities,being flexible to the needs of the service
• Ensure all patient information is input onto RiO
• Ensure new team members are adequately introduced to the team during induction andproviding peer support
• Undertake a proactive role in the ongoing in-service training programme
• Maintain efficient day-to-day running of the service

Organisational:

• Flexibly plan and organise own time
• Achieve the effective daily management of a caseload of clients, including prioritising clinical work and balancing other client related and professional duties
• Provide statistical information as required in a timely manner
• Keep up-to-date statistics in accordance with team requirements
• Be responsible for any organisational tasks related to the post
• Be flexible in the undertaking of any other duties as requested by line managers to meetthe changing needs of the service
• Attend Team and trust meetings and case conferences as required

Professional:

• Participate in regular supervision and reflective practice
• Participate in regular supervision and PDR
• Comply with professional guidelines, codes of conduct of practice, trust and departmentalpolicies
• Maintain links with the department, organisation and wider sector by attending meetings, seminars/case conferences etc as deemed appropriate

Research:

• Demonstrate the ability to critically evaluate current research and apply it to practice
• Broaden research and development skills through participation in local audit and researchprojects
• Instigate/Participate in Quality Improvement Projects

Communication and Key Working Relationships:

• Communicate relevant medical/social information, assessment details, advice andrecommendations across agencies following local and professional guidelines for sharinginformation and consent. This would include Consultants, GPs, Social Services, otherhealth care professionals and voluntary agencies
• Work in a co-ordinated, multi-disciplinary manner, communicating effectively with other team members and the wider clinical network involved in client care
• Convey complex and sensitive information relating to clients using skill in situations wherethere may be barriers to communication i.e. use of interpreters, receptive/cognitivepathologies or excess noise
• Be able to adapt complicated and sensitive information into a simplified form to clients whomay be seriously ill or have complex or long-term conditions
• Clearly convey complex information to small and large groups during training andeducation sessions
• Promote and encourage the ethos of rehabilitation/enabling with therapy assistants/support workers/carers/relatives through demonstration, example, and support
• Promote an awareness of the nurse role within the team, negotiating priorities were appropriate
• Actively contribute to service & policy review and implementation
• Participate in the operational planning, implementation, evaluation and audit of practice, clinical care pathways and protocols within own clinical area

Job description Job responsibilities The Team work directly with (LAS) and act as a liaison between Emergency Departments, Community and Care home settings, by identifying the most appropriate onward referrals and initiating integrated care pathways, ensuring seamless provision of care and the instigation of on- going case management of long term condition management. The Rapid Response Team provides community follow up and support and review. The post holder will assist with and directly triage urgent patient referrals with varied and complex needs in acute hospital and community setting acting as an expert nursing clinical resource to Rapid Response Team members by facilitating high quality evidence-based practise. The post holder will also have the opportunity to work closely with our Community Consultant. Rapid Response aims to: Avoid unnecessary Presentations to Emergency Departments. Avoid unnecessary Hospital Admissions Improve patient wellbeing through timely responsive interventions Reduce admissions to residential care Increase the number of people who feel safe in their home Main Responsibilities: Be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all professional activities Demonstrate theoretical knowledge of acute, multiple, complex, and long-term pathologies and impairments in the assessment of clients Work closely with other health professionals and social services and provide nursingadvice in meeting the needs of the clients Conduct a thorough assessment of clients, obtaining consent in accordance withprofessional guidelines and local team procedures Recommend appropriate interventions to promote independence and safety, utilisingeffective clinical reasoning skills and evidence-based practice Complete a care plan for clients who require input from integrated community services (bed-based or home-based input) Maintain effective multidisciplinary communication with other members of the team and the wider clinical network to ensure that clients needs are met Provide specialist advice to client, carers and relatives based on clinical evidence when required Participate in MDT meetings and family conferences as required Maintain up-to-date clinical written records and computerised records in accordance with local and professional standards; and also writing comprehensive reports on clients as required and inputting onto RiO Ensure management of clinical risk with clients under their care Be able to identify when and how to terminate involvement or refer onwards to appropriate teams/services and complete input in a timely, seamless manner Seek guidance from more experienced colleagues when required Be professionally curious in terms of safeguarding adults and children and promote professional curiosity Training and Education: Utilise communication and teaching skills to educate the diverse and multiculturalpopulation in a range of disease specific techniques, principles and guidelines when required Provide support and take a proactive role in the education and training of undergraduate and graduate AHP students, nurses and rehabilitation assistants Maintain continuing professional development by participating in regular in-service training, supervision, reflective practice and attending study days and training, giving feedback to the team where appropriate to disseminate learning Maintain competency in manually handling people Maintain up-to-date mandatory and statutory training Management: Maintain high level of efficiency and effectiveness in work area to utilise resources to thefull and report defects in equipment in a timely manner The ability to deputise in the absence of the Manager if required Coordinate staff activity to meet demands of service Ensure risk is managed for self, clients, colleagues and the work environment Participate in the development of the team by working proactively within the MDT Maintain throughput of casework and organise and prioritise own work tasks and activities,being flexible to the needs of the service Ensure all patient information is input onto RiO Ensure new team members are adequately introduced to the team during induction andproviding peer support Undertake a proactive role in the ongoing in-service training programme Maintain efficient day-to-day running of the service Organisational: Flexibly plan and organise own time Achieve the effective daily management of a caseload of clients, including prioritising clinical work and balancing other client related and professional duties Provide statistical information as required in a timely manner Keep up-to-date statistics in accordance with team requirements Be responsible for any organisational tasks related to the post Be flexible in the undertaking of any other duties as requested by line managers to meetthe changing needs of the service Attend Team and trust meetings and case conferences as required Professional: Participate in regular supervision and reflective practice Participate in regular supervision and PDR Comply with professional guidelines, codes of conduct of practice, trust and departmentalpolicies Maintain links with the department, organisation and wider sector by attending meetings, seminars/case conferences etc as deemed appropriate Research: Demonstrate the ability to critically evaluate current research and apply it to practice Broaden research and development skills through participation in local audit and researchprojects Instigate/Participate in Quality Improvement Projects Communication and Key Working Relationships: Communicate relevant medical/social information, assessment details, advice andrecommendations across agencies following local and professional guidelines for sharinginformation and consent. This would include Consultants, GPs, Social Services, otherhealth care professionals and voluntary agencies Work in a co-ordinated, multi-disciplinary manner, communicating effectively with other team members and the wider clinical network involved in client care Convey complex and sensitive information relating to clients using skill in situations wherethere may be barriers to communication i.e. use of interpreters, receptive/cognitivepathologies or excess noise Be able to adapt complicated and sensitive information into a simplified form to clients whomay be seriously ill or have complex or long-term conditions Clearly convey complex information to small and large groups during training andeducation sessions Promote and encourage the ethos of rehabilitation/enabling with therapy assistants/support workers/carers/relatives through demonstration, example, and support Promote an awareness of the nurse role within the team, negotiating priorities were appropriate Actively contribute to service & policy review and implementation Participate in the operational planning, implementation, evaluation and audit of practice, clinical care pathways and protocols within own clinical area

Person Specification

Community Exerience

Essential

• Three years post registration experience / working in the community

Desirable

• NMP Qualification V300
• Community Practitioner Prescribing V160

Multidisciplinary experience

Essential

• Experience of multidisciplinary working

Driving Licence

Essential

• Car Driver with access to own car

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Adult Nurse
• Enhanced Clinical Assessment Skills (Level 6/7)
• Mentorship or Equivalent
• Intravenous Additive Qualification
• Long Term Conditions Management or equivalent

Desirable

• Cannulation Skills
• Community Specialist Practitioner

Person Specification Community Exerience Essential Three years post registration experience / working in the community Desirable NMP Qualification V300 Community Practitioner Prescribing V160 Multidisciplinary experience Essential Experience of multidisciplinary working Driving Licence Essential Car Driver with access to own car Qualifications Essential Registered Adult Nurse Enhanced Clinical Assessment Skills (Level 6/7) Mentorship or Equivalent Intravenous Additive Qualification Long Term Conditions Management or equivalent Desirable Cannulation Skills Community Specialist Practitioner

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab). UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

181 Goldie Leigh

Lodge Hill

Abbey Wood, London

SE2 0AS

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

181 Goldie Leigh

Lodge Hill

Abbey Wood, London

SE2 0AS

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job summary

To provide an integrated, comprehensive, clerical, and administrative support service, to the Mental Health Pathway Team at HMP Isis Prisons.

Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post

Main duties of the job

Clear precise communication with clinical teams working as part of theMental Health Pathway team.

Liaise and work closely with the healthcare administration team toensure duplicating work is avoided and all administrative tasks areundertaken efficiently.

Communicate and work closely with colleagues from other prisons forshared learning and joint working arrangements.

Liaison and telephone contact with all statutory and non-statutoryagencies, healthcare practitioners, GPs, consultants and solicitors etc.,within prisons, hospitals and community health settings as required.

About us

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We're Kind
• We're Fair
• We Listen
• We Care

Details

Date posted

21 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£33,262 to £36,027 a year Pro Annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

277-8302799-ISIS

Job locations

HMP YOI ISIS

Western Way

London

SE28 0NZ

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

Using electronic clinical record system SystmOne, email, intranet,Internet, prison computer systems, and Microsoft packages asrequired.

Contribute to clear pathway management to ensure ongoing care forevery person requiring is received.

Preparing any mental health promotional material and health promotionmaterial and ensuring this is kept up to date.

Preparing and presenting any statistical returns as necessary.

Minute meetings e.g. case conferences/professional meetings andpathway meetings as required, distributing as appropriate and takingadministrative follow-up acting on own initiative.

Job description Job responsibilities Using electronic clinical record system SystmOne, email, intranet,Internet, prison computer systems, and Microsoft packages asrequired. Contribute to clear pathway management to ensure ongoing care forevery person requiring is received. Preparing any mental health promotional material and health promotionmaterial and ensuring this is kept up to date. Preparing and presenting any statistical returns as necessary. Minute meetings e.g. case conferences/professional meetings andpathway meetings as required, distributing as appropriate and takingadministrative follow-up acting on own initiative.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• 2 Years Administration

Desirable

• Prison Administration

Experience

Essential

• Minute Taking Experience

Desirable

• Minute taking Qualification / ECDL

Experience

Essential

• Mental Health Experience

Desirable

• Mental Health Administration

Person Specification Experience Essential 2 Years Administration Desirable Prison Administration Experience Essential Minute Taking Experience Desirable Minute taking Qualification / ECDL Experience Essential Mental Health Experience Desirable Mental Health Administration

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

HMP YOI ISIS

Western Way

London

SE28 0NZ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

HMP YOI ISIS

Western Way

London

SE28 0NZ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job summary

Consultant General Adult Psychiatrist based at Kent Prisons In-Reach Teams. The post holder will provide Consultant leadership for the In-Reach teams at HMP Rochester with 4PAs DCC, HMP Cookham Wood 2PAs DCC and HMP Maidstone 2PAs DCC.

The post holder will be eligible for inclusion in the Specialist Register in Forensic Psychiatry or General Adult Psychiatry.

In addition, the post holder would be expected to contribute to an aspect of quality assurance. 2 SPAs will be allocated in the job plan for undertaking activities that support the professional role such as teaching, training, clinical management, clinical governance, service development, research, and other relevant activities.

Main duties of the job

The post includes an interesting and varied range of clinical responsibilities for prisoners with a wide range of clinical conditions, including acute and chronic mental illness, personality disorder and ADHD. The in-reach team holds a caseload and within this caseload, number of patients would be subject to CPA management. Patients are generally seen within the outpatient clinics at each site, although at times patients may need to be seen on the wing in an emergency. All referrals are triaged by the In-Reach Team. At HMP Rochester the psychiatrist completes a segregation round once a week.. Whilst there is flexibility in allocation of individual responsibilities, the overarching model is one of integrated working across the mental health multidisciplinary teams.

The post holder would be provided with training in Rio and System One, which is used by healthcare in prison within the Trust.

About us

At Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, we offer a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people living in South-East London and to people in prison across England. Our wide array of services includes community health care, such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies.

Oxleas is a great place to work. It has been recognised as one of the Top 10 Best Places to Work 2023 by the Sunday Times amongst very big employers. Our staff survey results show that we are in the Top 5 in England and the highest in London for staff experience amongst similar trusts.

Oxleas recruitment and retention strategy includes offering all Consultants and SAS doctors regular formal structured mentoring by professionally trained mentors.

"We are always delighted to welcome new colleagues to the Oxleas family. We care about making Oxleas a great place to work - it's a big priority in our strategy. Come and join us - it's a place where our values, teamwork, equity, and wellbeing matter and where you can really help to improve people's lives."

Ify Okocha

Chief Executive

Job summary

The Advanced Clinical Practitioner is an autonomous senior clinical leadership role. The post holder will have undertaken post-graduate training in Advanced Clinical Practice, while having consolidated your advanced-level knowledge and skills within your scope of practice. You will have gained a high-level of training and practice-based experience through the four pillars of advanced practice (Clinical Practice, Leadership, Education and Research).

This position is located at HMP Wandsworth the post holder will be expected to work on site in the prison.

Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post.

Main duties of the job

Key Task and ResponsibilitiesThe post holder will deliver, and lead on the delivery of, high quality safe and contemporary care, ensuring consistently high standards of practice and clinical excellence, including: promoting population health, improving personal outcomes, contributing towards service evaluation, while leading and developing research and quality improvement initiatives.

The post holder is expected to place the well-being and safety of service-users/patients above all other considerations, with responsibility to recognise and work within the limits of your professional competence.

The post holder will be part of skilled multidisciplinary teams comprising all healthcare staff, including strategic partners, and prison managing a single referral pathway.

About us

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We're Kind
• We're Fair
• We Listen
• We Care

Job summary

Green Parks House is an inpatient unit of four wards, three working age adult and one older adult based in the grounds of Princess Royal University Hospital. The group was set up by Occupational Therapy staff interested in music and the well-being it provides to patients. This group has been facilitated by OT staff, using a play list.

Main duties of the job

• This placement offers an opportunity to volunteer with working age adults engaged with Bromley Mental Health Services.
• It will require knowledge of music theory and practise. Someone who is able to play an instrument as well as the ability to play a wide variety of music from the 60's to current.
• It will require a variety of creative and communication skills involved in working with people from all types of backgrounds and cultures.
• To work under the supervision of the group facilitators.

About us

Working for our organisation

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We're Kind
• We're
• We Listen
• We Care

Job summary

Bank RMN Community Nurses Band 6

Do you enjoy caring for people?

Do you want the flexibility to determine your own shift pattern?

Do you already have experience, but would like to broaden your clinical experience; working in multi-disciplinary teams to deliver a wide range of care?

We are inviting passionate and committed individuals to join our Trust's Staff Bank.

We are looking for motivated, skilled, and experienced Registered Mental Health Nurses (RMNs) to work in our community setting.

The BANK RMN under the direction of a nurse in charge, is accountable for the provision, organisation, and direction of safe and person centred nursing care approaches for patients.

Main duties of the job

To cover shifts in various departments across Oxleas Trust where the Multi-Disciplinary Team have

identified that a Registered Mental Health Nurse is required to provide care to patients with complex

and enduring mental health needs.

Care Coordinators working with people with rehabilitation needs should ensure they are competent in:

o Engagement

o Working with a biopsychosocial formulation

o Assessment skills

o Using explanatory models of illness

o Knowledge of Mental Health diagnosis

o Explaining treatment options

o Negotiating skills

o Skills for working with families of people with psychosis

o Conflict management and conflict resolution.

About us

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We're Kind
• We're Fair
• We Listen
• We Care