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Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Inner London, Greater London
GBP 63,665 - 70,887 per year
Radiographer
Job summary Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post.
1 month(s) ago
Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Inner London, Greater London
GBP 63,665 - 70,887 per year
Radiographer
Job summary Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post.
1 month(s) ago
Children's Community Nurse
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Inner London, Greater London
GBP 36,943 - 44,900 per year
Radiographer
Job summary The Staff Nurse will deliver high quality, personalised, compassionate care to service users, providing a range of specialist interventions.
1 month(s) ago
Children's Community Nurse
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Inner London, Greater London
GBP 36,943 - 44,900 per year
Radiographer
Job summary The Staff Nurse will deliver high quality, personalised, compassionate care to service users, providing a range of specialist interventions.
1 month(s) ago
Senior CAMHS Crisis Practitioner
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Inner London, Greater London
GBP 58,133 - 65,261 per year
Radiographer
Job summary We are looking for an experienced, skilled and confident Senior CAMHS Practitioner to join our ever-developing team.
1 month(s) ago
Senior CAMHS Crisis Practitioner
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Inner London, Greater London
GBP 58,133 - 65,261 per year
Radiographer
Job summary We are looking for an experienced, skilled and confident Senior CAMHS Practitioner to join our ever-developing team.
1 month(s) ago
Prison Services Pharmacy Technician
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Inner London, Greater London
GBP 32,073 - 39,043 per year
Radiographer
Job summary Are you ready to unlock your potential within a challenging, creative and fast paced work environment?
1 month(s) ago
Prison Services Pharmacy Technician
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Inner London, Greater London
GBP 32,073 - 39,043 per year
Radiographer
Job summary Are you ready to unlock your potential within a challenging, creative and fast paced work environment?
1 month(s) ago
Epilepsy Nurse Specialist in Learning Disabilities
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Inner London, Greater London
GBP 45,953 - 54,254 per year
Emergency Medicine Physician
Job summary A post has been created within the Bexley Community Learning Disability Team for a B6 Epilepsy Specialist Nurse to work alongside the Senior Epilep…
1 month(s) ago
Epilepsy Nurse Specialist in Learning Disabilities
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Inner London, Greater London
GBP 45,953 - 54,254 per year
Emergency Medicine Physician
Job summary A post has been created within the Bexley Community Learning Disability Team for a B6 Epilepsy Specialist Nurse to work alongside the Senior Epilep…
1 month(s) ago
Custodial Flow Coordinator
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area, South West England
GBP 28,392 - 31,157 per year
Radiographer
Job summary 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…
1 month(s) ago
Custodial Flow Coordinator
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area, South West England
GBP 28,392 - 31,157 per year
Radiographer
Job summary 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…
1 month(s) ago
Prison Services Pharmacy Technician
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area, South West England
GBP 32,073 - 39,043 per year
Radiographer
Job summary Are you ready to unlock your potential within a challenging, creative and fast paced work environment?
1 month(s) ago
Prison Services Pharmacy Technician
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area, South West England
GBP 32,073 - 39,043 per year
Radiographer
Job summary Are you ready to unlock your potential within a challenging, creative and fast paced work environment?
1 month(s) ago
Bank Prison Medicines Management Pharmacy Technician - HMP Exeter
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Inner London, Greater London
GBP 34,592 per year
Radiographer
Job summary Bank Prison Services Pharmacy Technician - HMP Exeter, Band 5 Are you ready to unlock your potential within a challenging, creative and fast paced…
1 month(s) ago
Bank Prison Medicines Management Pharmacy Technician - HMP Exeter
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Inner London, Greater London
GBP 34,592 per year
Radiographer
Job summary Bank Prison Services Pharmacy Technician - HMP Exeter, Band 5 Are you ready to unlock your potential within a challenging, creative and fast paced…
1 month(s) ago
Bank Medicines Management Pharmacy Technician - HMP Bristol
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area, South West England
GBP 34,592 per year
Radiographer
Job summary Are you ready to unlock your potential within a challenging, creative and fast paced work environment?
1 month(s) ago
Bank Medicines Management Pharmacy Technician - HMP Bristol
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area, South West England
GBP 34,592 per year
Radiographer
Job summary Are you ready to unlock your potential within a challenging, creative and fast paced work environment?
1 month(s) ago
Bank Prison Services Pharmacy Technician - HMP Portland
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Inner London, Greater London
GBP 34,592 per year
Radiographer
Job summary Are you ready to unlock your potential within a challenging, creative and fast paced work environment?
1 month(s) ago
Bank Prison Services Pharmacy Technician - HMP Portland
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Inner London, Greater London
GBP 34,592 per year
Radiographer
Job summary Are you ready to unlock your potential within a challenging, creative and fast paced work environment?
1 month(s) ago
Bank Healthcare Assistant - HMP Bristol
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area, South West England
GBP 27,476 per year
GP/General Practitioner
Job summary Please note the location for this vacancy is HMP Bristol, BS7 8PS Are you ready to unlock your potential within a challenging, creative and fast pa…
1 month(s) ago
Bank Healthcare Assistant - HMP Bristol
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area, South West England
GBP 27,476 per year
GP/General Practitioner
Job summary Please note the location for this vacancy is HMP Bristol, BS7 8PS Are you ready to unlock your potential within a challenging, creative and fast pa…
1 month(s) ago
Principle Clinical Psychologist/Clinical Lead for INDT
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Inner London, Greater London
GBP 72,719 - 83,505 per year
Radiographer
Job summary This post is being offered as a secondment opportunity.
1 month(s) ago
Principle Clinical Psychologist/Clinical Lead for INDT
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Inner London, Greater London
GBP 72,719 - 83,505 per year
Radiographer
Job summary This post is being offered as a secondment opportunity.
1 month(s) ago
Assistant Psychologist
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Inner London, Greater London
GBP 30,392 - 33,157 per year
Radiographer
Job summary The post holder will have the opportunity of working alongside the Clinical Psychologist within the service.
1 month(s) ago
Assistant Psychologist
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Inner London, Greater London
GBP 30,392 - 33,157 per year
Radiographer
Job summary The post holder will have the opportunity of working alongside the Clinical Psychologist within the service.
1 month(s) ago
Senior Assistant Psychologist
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Inner London, Greater London
GBP 38,488 - 46,852 per year
Radiographer
Job summary This is an exciting opportunity for a Senior Assistant Psychologist to join the South London Men's Mental Health Requirement (MHTR) service for six…
1 month(s) ago
Senior Assistant Psychologist
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Inner London, Greater London
GBP 38,488 - 46,852 per year
Radiographer
Job summary This is an exciting opportunity for a Senior Assistant Psychologist to join the South London Men's Mental Health Requirement (MHTR) service for six…
1 month(s) ago
Staff Nurse - Registered General Nurse
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Inner London, Greater London
GBP 34,073 - 41,043 per year
Radiographer
Job summary Our Staff Nurses have a very varied role where no two days are the same.
1 month(s) ago
Staff Nurse - Registered General Nurse
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Inner London, Greater London
GBP 34,073 - 41,043 per year
Radiographer
Job summary Our Staff Nurses have a very varied role where no two days are the same.
1 month(s) ago
Senior Nurse
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area, South West England
GBP 39,959 - 48,117 per year
Radiographer
Job summary Are you ready to unlock your potential within a challenging, creative and fast paced work environment?
1 month(s) ago
Senior Nurse
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area, South West England
GBP 39,959 - 48,117 per year
Radiographer
Job summary Are you ready to unlock your potential within a challenging, creative and fast paced work environment?
1 month(s) ago
Mental Health Practitoner
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Inner London, Greater London
GBP 45,953 - 54,254 per year
Radiographer
Job summary Job overview The Older People's Intensive Home Treatment Team is a multidisciplinary team, providing a service seven days a week, 365 days per year…
1 month(s) ago
Mental Health Practitoner
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Inner London, Greater London
GBP 45,953 - 54,254 per year
Radiographer
Job summary Job overview The Older People's Intensive Home Treatment Team is a multidisciplinary team, providing a service seven days a week, 365 days per year…
1 month(s) ago
Family Therapist
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Inner London, Greater London
GBP 63,665 - 70,887 per year
Radiographer
Job summary Bexley CAMHS provides specialist mental health care for children and young people from birth to 18 years with their parents/families/carers.
1 month(s) ago
Family Therapist
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Inner London, Greater London
GBP 63,665 - 70,887 per year
Radiographer
Job summary Bexley CAMHS provides specialist mental health care for children and young people from birth to 18 years with their parents/families/carers.
1 month(s) ago
Specialty Doctor - Bromley MHLT
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Inner London, Greater London
GBP 63,696 - 102,689 per year
Emergency Medicine Physician
Job summary Mental Health Liaison Team - Green Parks House (PRUH) Fixed term: 12 months | Full time | Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm We have an exciting opportunity fo…
1 month(s) ago
Specialty Doctor - Bromley MHLT
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Inner London, Greater London
GBP 63,696 - 102,689 per year
Emergency Medicine Physician
Job summary Mental Health Liaison Team - Green Parks House (PRUH) Fixed term: 12 months | Full time | Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm We have an exciting opportunity fo…
1 month(s) ago
Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust View all jobs
Posted 1 month(s) ago
Reference: 277-8304008-CYP
Job summary
Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post.
Training information for this post: Successful applicants must attend a 5-day Dialectical Behavioural Therapy Foundational Training W/C 23rd November 2026 or 15th March 2027, unless the applicant has already been in receipt of the foundational or intensive DBT training.
The Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Service provides assessment, treatment; training and consultation in relation to young people aged 12 to 18 who present with persistent self-harm and suicidal behaviour, which maybe in the context of an emerging Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). Many of the young people seen will present with complex needs including high risk behaviours. All young people seen will have a comprehensive assessment to inform decision making and planning for the future. Each team member will have a small caseload, but the team will support each other via consultation meetings and supervision. Within the DBT service each clinician will play an active role in all aspects of the service, including assessment, treatment (individual therapy, skills group, phone coaching) teaching, training, research, and service development.
Main duties of the job
Please see detailed job description and main responsibilities section for further detail of the main duties of the job.
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
25 September 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8a
Salary
£63,665 to £70,887 a year pa
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
12 months
Working pattern
Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number
277-8304008-CYP
Job locations
Highpoint House
Shooters Hill
London
SE18 3RZ
United Kingdom
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide specialist DBT to the service users of the Oxleas CAMHS DBT Service, including specialist assessment and intervention for young people referred to the service. To contribute to service evaluation, policy development, audit, evaluation, and research in the area of self-harm and BPD. To provide clinical supervision, teaching and consultation as appropriate.
- To use and maintain skilled standards of professional clinical practice in the treatment modalities required by the children and young people with emerging BPD and be a resource to the whole service in maintaining the skills of others.
- The post holder will manage their own caseload and provide specialist DBT interventions for young people. They will be responsible for the provision of skills training groups for young people and parents/carers.
- The post holder will be responsible for supporting staff within the team to achieve positive clinical outcomes for young people and their families. These outcomes will be evidenced by research and performance indicators such as activity data, targets, and quality measures.
- They will work in partnership with schools, social services departments, as well as local and national services to support integrated practice and service delivery.
- To contribute to training, research and audit and interpret complex data to develop own and others understanding of child and adolescent mental health disorders, in particular emerging BPD in young people.
- To contribute to service development across teams and within Oxleas.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide specialist DBT to the service users of the Oxleas CAMHS DBT Service, including specialist assessment and intervention for young people referred to the service. To contribute to service evaluation, policy development, audit, evaluation, and research in the area of self-harm and BPD. To provide clinical supervision, teaching and consultation as appropriate.
- To use and maintain skilled standards of professional clinical practice in the treatment modalities required by the children and young people with emerging BPD and be a resource to the whole service in maintaining the skills of others.
- The post holder will manage their own caseload and provide specialist DBT interventions for young people. They will be responsible for the provision of skills training groups for young people and parents/carers.
- The post holder will be responsible for supporting staff within the team to achieve positive clinical outcomes for young people and their families. These outcomes will be evidenced by research and performance indicators such as activity data, targets, and quality measures.
- They will work in partnership with schools, social services departments, as well as local and national services to support integrated practice and service delivery.
- To contribute to training, research and audit and interpret complex data to develop own and others understanding of child and adolescent mental health disorders, in particular emerging BPD in young people.
- To contribute to service development across teams and within Oxleas.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctoral level training in clinical psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS
- Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council
- Completion of further post-doctoral post-qualification specialist training including training in supervision of trainee clinical psychologists
Desirable
- DBT training - Foundation or Intensive Level training with the DBT British Isles Training
- Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology
Experience
Essential
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity
- Completion of at least two years post-doctoral post-qualification supervised clinical experience with adolescents with complex mental health difficulties and/or young people with a first episode psychosis
Desirable
- Experience of delivering DBT
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision
- Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts
Skills
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
- Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology
- Ability to use CYP IAPT outcome measures and integrate these meaningfully into therapy
Desirable
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc).
- High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies, including DBT
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctoral level training in clinical psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS
- Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council
- Completion of further post-doctoral post-qualification specialist training including training in supervision of trainee clinical psychologists
Desirable
- DBT training - Foundation or Intensive Level training with the DBT British Isles Training
- Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology
Experience
Essential
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity
- Completion of at least two years post-doctoral post-qualification supervised clinical experience with adolescents with complex mental health difficulties and/or young people with a first episode psychosis
Desirable
- Experience of delivering DBT
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision
- Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts
Skills
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
- Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology
- Ability to use CYP IAPT outcome measures and integrate these meaningfully into therapy
Desirable
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc).
- High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies, including DBT
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health
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
Highpoint House
Shooters Hill
London
SE18 3RZ
United Kingdom
Employer's website
http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
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Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Highpoint House
Shooters Hill
London
SE18 3RZ
United Kingdom
Employer's website
http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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Posted 1 month(s) ago
Reference: 277-7994324-CYP-A
Job summary
- The Staff Nurse will deliver high quality, personalised, compassionate care to service users, providing a range of specialist interventions.
- Ensure consistently high standards of practice and clinical excellence, which comply with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) code of professional conduct.
- Lead the delivery of comprehensive service user assessment, planning, implementing and evaluating programmes of patient-centred care in a range of settings.
- Provide clinical supervision and support to junior colleagues, including students.
- Assist and support the manager, as directed, to deliver a nurse-led integrated care service and develop a specialist practice-based clinical model of care.
- Maintain a safe and therapeutic working environment, working collaboratively with the Multi-Disciplinary Team and maintaining accurate records.
- Band 5 Nursing roles are only open to staff with a Nursing registration, obtained as a result of completing a qualification recognised by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
Main duties of the job
To offer nurse-led continence clinics across Greenwich & Bexley, and to support children and young people with complex needs in special schools, and at home as part of the special school & children's continuing care nursing service.
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
25 September 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£36,943 to £44,900 a year Per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
277-7994324-CYP-A
Job locations
Bostall House, Goldie Leigh, Abbey Wood, SE2 0AS.
Abbey Wood
SE2 0AS
United Kingdom
Job description
Job responsibilities
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.
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.
Support the development of evidence-based practice in the specialist field and promote research as appropriate.
Participate in managerial and professional clinical supervision, training, and annual appraisal and ensure that this becomes an integral part of team practice.
Ensure the implementation of effective and appropriate patient-centred care-planning tools, long-term condition registers and consistent delivery throughout the service.
Work collaboratively with the Clinical Lead, GPs, and other clinicians to meet and review service needs as required.
Be guided by standard operating procedures (SOPs), good practice, established precedents and understand what results or standards are to be achieved. Make comments on proposals for changes, regarding working practices, service improvements or patient feedback.
Work independently within organisational and professional guidelines and established professional parameters, working to the nationally recognised code of conduct and Standards of Proficiency for Nurses. Work as part of the multidisciplinary team.
Communicate effectively, with sensitivity and compassion, and manage relationships with people, making reasonable adjustments where necessary.
Ensure the privacy, dignity and safety of individuals is maintained at all times.
Monitor the condition and health needs of people within their care on a continual basis in partnership with the members of the MDT team, families and carers.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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.
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.
Support the development of evidence-based practice in the specialist field and promote research as appropriate.
Participate in managerial and professional clinical supervision, training, and annual appraisal and ensure that this becomes an integral part of team practice.
Ensure the implementation of effective and appropriate patient-centred care-planning tools, long-term condition registers and consistent delivery throughout the service.
Work collaboratively with the Clinical Lead, GPs, and other clinicians to meet and review service needs as required.
Be guided by standard operating procedures (SOPs), good practice, established precedents and understand what results or standards are to be achieved. Make comments on proposals for changes, regarding working practices, service improvements or patient feedback.
Work independently within organisational and professional guidelines and established professional parameters, working to the nationally recognised code of conduct and Standards of Proficiency for Nurses. Work as part of the multidisciplinary team.
Communicate effectively, with sensitivity and compassion, and manage relationships with people, making reasonable adjustments where necessary.
Ensure the privacy, dignity and safety of individuals is maintained at all times.
Monitor the condition and health needs of people within their care on a continual basis in partnership with the members of the MDT team, families and carers.
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- NMC Registered nurse with children's experience, or a registered children's nurse.
Desirable
- Evidence of CPD related to a specialist children's nursing subject.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with children and young people in the community. This could be as a student, or pre-registration.
- Experience of working with children and young people with complex medical needs. This could be as a student.
Desirable
- Knowledge of common bowel and bladder issues in children
Knowledge
Essential
- An understanding of basic bladder and bowel management.
Skills
Essential
- Clinical skills in history taking and assessment.
Desirable
- Communication skills in the community.
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- NMC Registered nurse with children's experience, or a registered children's nurse.
Desirable
- Evidence of CPD related to a specialist children's nursing subject.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with children and young people in the community. This could be as a student, or pre-registration.
- Experience of working with children and young people with complex medical needs. This could be as a student.
Desirable
- Knowledge of common bowel and bladder issues in children
Knowledge
Essential
- An understanding of basic bladder and bowel management.
Skills
Essential
- Clinical skills in history taking and assessment.
Desirable
- Communication skills in the community.
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, Goldie Leigh, Abbey Wood, SE2 0AS.
Abbey Wood
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
Bostall House, Goldie Leigh, Abbey Wood, SE2 0AS.
Abbey Wood
SE2 0AS
United Kingdom
Employer's website
http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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Senior CAMHS Crisis Practitioner
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust View all jobs
Posted 1 month(s) ago
Reference: 334-NUR-8265241-SG
Job summary
We are looking for an experienced, skilled and confident Senior CAMHS Practitioner to join our ever-developing team. The successful applicant will be a caring and flexible practitioner who embraces change and thrives in a creative atmosphere.
The service works in collaboration with the South London Partnership (SLP) Crisis service, which is a collaboration between Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, and South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust
The CAMHS Response Team, is a nurse led community outreach team and aims to provide assessments for Young People with mental health needs presenting with, or at risk of, going into crisis and who present at A&E departments, on paediatric wards or who are seen by Community CAMHS services.
We are currently developing a 24-hour provision within the A&E environment in which you will have a key role.
We also aim to provide a range of short-term community-based assessment and treatment options for approximately 2 weeks for this group of YP and provide advice and support to parents/carers, in partnership with various internal and external agencies.
This role is an in-person role, the successful applicant will work across multiple hospital and community-based environments over a 24-hour period.
Please note previous applicants need not apply.
Main duties of the job
Screening of referrals
Carrying out mental health crisis assessments independently in both A&E and community settings.
Assessing and managing risk in both A&E and community settings.
Planning implementing and evaluating treatment and therapeutic interventions
Working collaboratively with the team and allied health professionals within the network including Primary Health Care, Social Care and educational establishments.
About us
Be part of an innovative team which is vital to plans to transform Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) Tier 4 services across South London. The service works in collaboration with the South London Partnership (SLP) Crisis service.
SLP CAMHS New Models of Care Programme aims to transform services through partnership-working, delivering best practice consistently to support young people (YP) and their families. The SLP is a collaboration between Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, and South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust.
The CAMHS Response Team aims to provide assessments for YP with mental health needs presenting with, or at risk of, going into crisis via the CAMHS Crisis Line, A&E departments, on paediatric wards or seen by Community CAMHS Tier 3 services. We aim to provide a range of short-term community-based assessment and treatment options for up to 2 weeks for this group of YP and provide advice and support to parents/carers, in partnership with various internal and external agencies.
Centralised CAMHS Crisis team is at Denmark Hill, 5 minutes from the train station (zone 2), within walking distance of Ruskin Park and a high street that offers shopping opportunities and a wide range of restaurants.
Details
Date posted
23 September 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£58,133 to £65,261 a year pro-rata per annum Inc. HCAS
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time
Reference number
334-NUR-8265241-SG
Job locations
Maudsley Hospital (Pears Maudsley Centre for Children and Young people)
Denmark Hill
London
SE5 8AZ
United Kingdom
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person Specification
Education and Qualification
Essential
- oBSc Degree in Nursing (Mental Health, Pediatric, Learning Disability) or equivalent oBSc in Social work degree or equivalent oBSc in Occupational Therapy or equivalent oProfessional registration with one of the following statutory bodies: oNursing Midwifery Council (NMC) oHealth & Care Professional's Council (HCPC), Association of Child Psychotherapists (ACP) oThe UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP).
- Mentorship qualification
Desirable
- Masters' degree
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Experience working in CAMHS / acute setting
- Experience of research-based / reflective practice.
- Significant relevant clinical experience.
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Experience as a preceptor / mentor
- Knowledge of clinical governance and audit
- Knowledge of adult and child safeguarding
- Knowledge of mental health legislation and of the practical application of Mental Health law.
Desirable
- Experience of taking responsibility for a ward /clinical unit or service
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Able to provide quality care that is responsive to service user's needs
- Ability to supervise clinically
- Self-aware, self-confident and intrinsically motivated to do a good job and to motivate others.
- Forms very effective working relationships with colleagues.
- Advocates for all individuals, particularly those with protected characteristics; promotes equality and diversity.
Other Requirements
Essential
- Empathy for service users including individuals who have experienced mental health problems.
- Ability to work across multiple A&E locations and community settings
Person Specification
Education and Qualification
Essential
- oBSc Degree in Nursing (Mental Health, Pediatric, Learning Disability) or equivalent oBSc in Social work degree or equivalent oBSc in Occupational Therapy or equivalent oProfessional registration with one of the following statutory bodies: oNursing Midwifery Council (NMC) oHealth & Care Professional's Council (HCPC), Association of Child Psychotherapists (ACP) oThe UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP).
- Mentorship qualification
Desirable
- Masters' degree
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Experience working in CAMHS / acute setting
- Experience of research-based / reflective practice.
- Significant relevant clinical experience.
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Experience as a preceptor / mentor
- Knowledge of clinical governance and audit
- Knowledge of adult and child safeguarding
- Knowledge of mental health legislation and of the practical application of Mental Health law.
Desirable
- Experience of taking responsibility for a ward /clinical unit or service
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Able to provide quality care that is responsive to service user's needs
- Ability to supervise clinically
- Self-aware, self-confident and intrinsically motivated to do a good job and to motivate others.
- Forms very effective working relationships with colleagues.
- Advocates for all individuals, particularly those with protected characteristics; promotes equality and diversity.
Other Requirements
Essential
- Empathy for service users including individuals who have experienced mental health problems.
- Ability to work across multiple A&E locations and community settings
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
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Maudsley Hospital (Pears Maudsley Centre for Children and Young people)
Denmark Hill
London
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
Maudsley Hospital (Pears Maudsley Centre for Children and Young people)
Denmark Hill
London
SE5 8AZ
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.slam.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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Prison Services Pharmacy Technician
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust View all jobs
Posted 1 month(s) ago
Reference: 277-8246039-ERLE-A
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 pharmacy technician 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.
This position isn't just a job; it's a chance to blend your clinical knowledge, personal skills and a commitment to delivering the highest standards of care in an environment that is as rewarding as it is challenging.
**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 Pharmacy Technician, you will be providing a medicines management service to patients within the prison with the professional support of a prison service pharmacist. You will administer medicines to patients against a valid prescription, ensuring this is taken correctly, provide advice to patients about the appropriate use of medicines and promote healthy lifestyles to aid their rehabilitation.
You will dispense prescriptions and stock items, whilst supervising assistants when in the dispensary. There will also be elements of stock control involved in your role, such as undertaking stock top-up services and reviewing expiry dates and storage facilities for all medicines, reporting any deficiencies to the prison service pharmacist.
Wondering what it's like to work within offender healthcare?
"I really enjoy working in the Pharmacy Service for Oxleas, my role is extremely varied and I work within a very supportive team. I find my role rewarding as it is all about enabling patient's rehabilitation and I enjoy interacting with patients daily and building relationships with them. Oxleas are a good employer and there are plenty of opportunities to be supported through qualifications and training which then allows you to progress through different bands within the team." - Pharmacy Tech.
**Previous applicants need not apply**
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
Details
Date posted
23 September 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£32,073 to £39,043 a year pa
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
277-8246039-ERLE-A
Job locations
HMP Erlestoke
Erlestoke
SN10 5TU
United Kingdom
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide a medicines optimisation services to the prison.
- To provide a medicines administration service to offenders at the medicines administration times as part of a 7 day per week rota.
- To undertake medicines reconciliation for prisoners admitted to the prison.
- To supervise assistants, when in the dispensary in providing dispensing services.
- To be an accredited checking technician providing final dispensing checks or medicines optimisation qualification.
- To ensure high standards of work in the dispensary, in clinics and for when out on the wings and to ensure all Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are read and adhered to.
- To assist the Senior Prisons Technician with writing, updating and monitoring the use of medicines optimisation SOPs.
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
- To provide a medicines optimisation services to the prison.
- To provide a medicines administration service to offenders at the medicines administration times as part of a 7 day per week rota.
- To undertake medicines reconciliation for prisoners admitted to the prison.
- To supervise assistants, when in the dispensary in providing dispensing services.
- To be an accredited checking technician providing final dispensing checks or medicines optimisation qualification.
- To ensure high standards of work in the dispensary, in clinics and for when out on the wings and to ensure all Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are read and adhered to.
- To assist the Senior Prisons Technician with writing, updating and monitoring the use of medicines optimisation SOPs.
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 Pharmacy Services or equivalent
- Registration with GPhC as a pharmacy technician
- Evidence of CPD
Desirable
- Working towards Accredited Checking or MM Technician Certificate
Experience
Essential
- 2 years' experience of working in a pharmacy
Desirable
- Previous prison or mental health pharmacy experience
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Good knowledge of working within a set of SOPs
- Ability to use (or learn to use) computer packages including Pharmacy Manager/ JAC and Microsoft
Desirable
- Some understanding of mental illness and substance misuse and their treatment
- Ability to use initiative to problem solve
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ level 3 Pharmacy Services or equivalent
- Registration with GPhC as a pharmacy technician
- Evidence of CPD
Desirable
- Working towards Accredited Checking or MM Technician Certificate
Experience
Essential
- 2 years' experience of working in a pharmacy
Desirable
- Previous prison or mental health pharmacy experience
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Good knowledge of working within a set of SOPs
- Ability to use (or learn to use) computer packages including Pharmacy Manager/ JAC and Microsoft
Desirable
- Some understanding of mental illness and substance misuse and their treatment
- Ability to use initiative to problem solve
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 Erlestoke
Erlestoke
SN10 5TU
United Kingdom
Employer's website
http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Address
HMP Erlestoke
Erlestoke
SN10 5TU
United Kingdom
Employer's website
http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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Epilepsy Nurse Specialist in Learning Disabilities
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust View all jobs
Posted 1 month(s) ago
Reference: 277-8198650-ALD-A
Job summary
A post has been created within the Bexley Community Learning Disability Team for a B6 Epilepsy Specialist Nurse to work alongside the Senior Epilepsy Nurse Specialist, to improve the quality of life and care provided to individuals with a learning disability living with epilepsy.
You will support the further development of the service, which aims to close the gap between the specialist epilepsy services provided in secondary care and those in the community.
You will join a multidisciplinary team consisting of other specialist health professionals including Psychiatry; Psychology; Occupational Therapy; Speech and Language Therapy; Physiotherapy and Behavioural Support.
The post holder will provide comprehensive support to services users through the assessment of risk, development of reports, teaching of their families and care givers as well as dealing with clinical matters as they arise. Working autonomously is a key aspect of the role. You will receive specialised support and guidance from the Bromleyepilepsy team to support with your ongoing learning and development needs.
We welcome applications from candidates who may not have worked specifically within an epilepsy service, although knowledge and experience of this physical health need is advantageous. Training specific to epilepsy and orientation to learning disabilities nursing (if you are not a learning disabilities nurse) is an integral part of the role todevelop your career as an Epilepsy Specialist Nurse.
Main duties of the job
- Direct involvement in the clinical management of epilepsy in partnership with the Consultant Psychiatrist in Learning Disabilities with a Special Interest in Epilepsy
- Providing specialist assessment and intervention in the management of epilepsy and risk in close partnership with service users, their families, carers and other community health and social care providers.
- Providing advice, support and training to the wider learning disability nursing team in Bexley, as well as other community based health and social care services.
- Establishing links with the local Neurology Departments to encourage partnership working, and other Epilepsy Specialist Nurse networks across South-East region.
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 September 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£45,953 to £54,254 a year pro rata inc
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
277-8198650-ALD-A
Job locations
Queen Mary's Hospital
Frognal Avenue
Sidcup
DA14 6LT
United Kingdom
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Under the guidance and supervision of the consultant and epilepsy specialist nurse, manage a highly complex clinical caseload ensuring high standards of care that is flexible to the needs of the service user.
- Responsibility to manage epilepsy confidently and safely under the support and supervision of the consultant and senior epilepsy nurse.
- When appropriate, provide direct nursing support and / or facilitate access to generic health services in accordance with individual needs.
- In collaboration with the Senior Epilepsy Nurse Specialist, contribute to the development and implementation of Policies, Procedures and Clinical Guidelines in the community setting particularly in areas associated with epilepsy.
- To be responsible for delivering specialist epilepsy assessment, (including screening, risk assessment and management planning).
- Participate and when appropriate, run nurse led clinics for people with learning disabilities and epilepsy.
- Participate in consultant led clinics for people with learning disabilities and epilepsy.
- Develop formal links and working relationships with local Adult Neurology, Paediatric and Acute Service in Bexley.
- Support to develop and maintain links and working relationships with local and national voluntary epilepsy groups / organisations, to ensure access to relevant information and support for service users and their carers.
- Work jointly with other professionals within the Learning Disability Partnership and ensure prompt and appropriate delivery of services.
- To support the epilepsy specialist nurse in the delivery of epilepsy awareness training and emergency medication administration training to service providers, carers and staff.
- Be computer literate and to be able to use the trusts record keeping system and use documents such as Microsoft Word, Excel, Teams etc.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Under the guidance and supervision of the consultant and epilepsy specialist nurse, manage a highly complex clinical caseload ensuring high standards of care that is flexible to the needs of the service user.
- Responsibility to manage epilepsy confidently and safely under the support and supervision of the consultant and senior epilepsy nurse.
- When appropriate, provide direct nursing support and / or facilitate access to generic health services in accordance with individual needs.
- In collaboration with the Senior Epilepsy Nurse Specialist, contribute to the development and implementation of Policies, Procedures and Clinical Guidelines in the community setting particularly in areas associated with epilepsy.
- To be responsible for delivering specialist epilepsy assessment, (including screening, risk assessment and management planning).
- Participate and when appropriate, run nurse led clinics for people with learning disabilities and epilepsy.
- Participate in consultant led clinics for people with learning disabilities and epilepsy.
- Develop formal links and working relationships with local Adult Neurology, Paediatric and Acute Service in Bexley.
- Support to develop and maintain links and working relationships with local and national voluntary epilepsy groups / organisations, to ensure access to relevant information and support for service users and their carers.
- Work jointly with other professionals within the Learning Disability Partnership and ensure prompt and appropriate delivery of services.
- To support the epilepsy specialist nurse in the delivery of epilepsy awareness training and emergency medication administration training to service providers, carers and staff.
- Be computer literate and to be able to use the trusts record keeping system and use documents such as Microsoft Word, Excel, Teams etc.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Learning Disability, Mental Health, Adult General Nurse or Paediatric Nurse
- Additional CPD relevant to the role being applied for
Experience
Essential
- Sufficient post-registration experience of working with individuals with epilepsy
- Experience of supporting adults with learning disabilities
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
Skills, Abilities and Knowledge
Essential
- Clinical assessment skills
- Communication and relationship skills
- Works autonomously
- Teaching others
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Learning Disability, Mental Health, Adult General Nurse or Paediatric Nurse
- Additional CPD relevant to the role being applied for
Experience
Essential
- Sufficient post-registration experience of working with individuals with epilepsy
- Experience of supporting adults with learning disabilities
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
Skills, Abilities and Knowledge
Essential
- Clinical assessment skills
- Communication and relationship skills
- Works autonomously
- Teaching others
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
Queen Mary's Hospital
Frognal Avenue
Sidcup
DA14 6LT
United Kingdom
Employer's website
http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Queen Mary's Hospital
Frognal Avenue
Sidcup
DA14 6LT
United Kingdom
Employer's website
http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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Posted 1 month(s) ago
Reference: 277-8225469-LEY-A
Job summary
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 patients 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.
As part of our administration team, you will enjoy all the benefits of NHS AfC employment (inc pension) with the opportunity to work within a forward-thinking service, who encourage career and personal development to all staff to increase their clinical and interpersonal skills.
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 Custodial Flow Coordinator to provide quality healthcare to those incarcerated in prisons.
Your primary job role will be toprovide safe and effective care pathways for all offenders identified for transfer to external NHS or independent in-patient services.
You will be working alongside the prison clinical team, and will act as the link between external providers and the prison teams to ensure a co-ordinated approach to transfer planning, which results in effective and timely transfers in accordance with national time scales (e.g. 14 days for mental health transfers).
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 September 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 4
Salary
£28,392 to £31,157 a year pa inc
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
12 months
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
277-8225469-LEY-A
Job locations
HMP Leyhill
Tortworth Road, Wotton-under-Edge
Gloucestershire
GL12 8BT
United Kingdom
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Maintain accurate and timely transfer activity, information and data on the electronic data tracker system
- Be responsible for timely referrals to external provider
-
Be responsible for tracking the progress of all referral
-
Promote timely medical and nursing assessments by external providers
-
Maintain close links with the Ministry of Justice to ensure timely transfers
-
Throughout the duration of an offenders stay in external services the post holder will act as a point of contact to ensure the smooth flow and exchange of information and attend all relevant forums relating to the offender
-
Promote timely return to prison
-
Contribute to service developments and plans aimed at improving and developing services.
-
To provide timely data and reports as directed on offender transfer activity
-
Support the development of prison-based care to minimise length of hospital admission and promote site based interventions.
-
Maintain oversight of the escort and discharge database for each site.
-
Report all disputes and delays to management in a timely fashion
-
Ensure that appropriate systems are in place, which enable and facilitate the effective Care Programme Approach, care coordination and continuity of car
-
Support senior staff in the development of plans for the achievement of clinical excellence and demonstrate high standards of clinical practice to the team.
-
As required attend case conferences, clinical reviews and CPAs.
-
As required attend and/or minute other meetings and forums as directe
-
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
- Maintain accurate and timely transfer activity, information and data on the electronic data tracker system
- Be responsible for timely referrals to external provider
-
Be responsible for tracking the progress of all referral
-
Promote timely medical and nursing assessments by external providers
-
Maintain close links with the Ministry of Justice to ensure timely transfers
-
Throughout the duration of an offenders stay in external services the post holder will act as a point of contact to ensure the smooth flow and exchange of information and attend all relevant forums relating to the offender
-
Promote timely return to prison
-
Contribute to service developments and plans aimed at improving and developing services.
-
To provide timely data and reports as directed on offender transfer activity
-
Support the development of prison-based care to minimise length of hospital admission and promote site based interventions.
-
Maintain oversight of the escort and discharge database for each site.
-
Report all disputes and delays to management in a timely fashion
-
Ensure that appropriate systems are in place, which enable and facilitate the effective Care Programme Approach, care coordination and continuity of car
-
Support senior staff in the development of plans for the achievement of clinical excellence and demonstrate high standards of clinical practice to the team.
-
As required attend case conferences, clinical reviews and CPAs.
-
As required attend and/or minute other meetings and forums as directe
-
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
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- GSCE/NVQ Level 3 or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Experience of leading and working within multi-disciplinary teams
- Experience of Prison Health Care.
Skills
Essential
- Basic knowledge of the Care Programme Approach (CPA)
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to communicate proficiently at all
- Ability to work to tight deadlines.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- GSCE/NVQ Level 3 or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Experience of leading and working within multi-disciplinary teams
- Experience of Prison Health Care.
Skills
Essential
- Basic knowledge of the Care Programme Approach (CPA)
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to communicate proficiently at all
- Ability to work to tight deadlines.
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 Leyhill
Tortworth Road, Wotton-under-Edge
Gloucestershire
GL12 8BT
United Kingdom
Employer's website
http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Address
HMP Leyhill
Tortworth Road, Wotton-under-Edge
Gloucestershire
GL12 8BT
United Kingdom
Employer's website
http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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Prison Services Pharmacy Technician
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust View all jobs
Posted 1 month(s) ago
Reference: 277-8304150-BRIS
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 pharmacy technician 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.
This position isn't just a job; it's a chance to blend your clinical knowledge, personal skills and a commitment to delivering the highest standards of care in an environment that is as rewarding as it is challenging.
**Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post**
We welcome applications from both full and part-time applicants. We have a range of shift patterns and days available which can be discussed during interview
Main duties of the job
As a Pharmacy Technician, you will be providing a medicines management service to patients within the prison with the professional support of a prison service pharmacist. You will administer medicines to patients against a valid prescription, ensuring this is taken correctly, provide advice to patients about the appropriate use of medicines and promote healthy lifestyles to aid their rehabilitation.
You will dispense prescriptions and stock items, whilst supervising assistants when in the dispensary. There will also be elements of stock control involved in your role, such as undertaking stock top-up services and reviewing expiry dates and storage facilities for all medicines, reporting any deficiencies to the prison service pharmacist.
Wondering what it's like to work within offender healthcare?
"I really enjoy working in the Pharmacy Service for Oxleas, my role is extremely varied and I work within a very supportive team. I find my role rewarding as it is all about enabling patient's rehabilitation and I enjoy interacting with patients daily and building relationships with them. Oxleas are a good employer and there are plenty of opportunities to be supported through qualifications and training which then allows you to progress through different bands within the team." Amanda - Pharmacy Tech.
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
Details
Date posted
23 September 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£32,073 to £39,043 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
277-8304150-BRIS
Job locations
HMP Bristol
19 Cambridge Road
Bristol
BS7 8PS
United Kingdom
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide a medicines optimisation services to the prison.
- To provide a medicines administration service to offenders at the medicines administration times as part of a 7 day per week rota.
- To undertake medicines reconciliation for prisoners admitted to the prison.
- To supervise assistants, when in the dispensary in providing dispensing services.
- To be an accredited checking technician providing final dispensing checks or medicines optimisation qualification.
- To ensure high standards of work in the dispensary, in clinics and for when out on the wings and to ensure all Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are read and adhered to.
- To assist the Senior Prisons Technician with writing, updating and monitoring the use of medicines optimisation SOPs.
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
- To provide a medicines optimisation services to the prison.
- To provide a medicines administration service to offenders at the medicines administration times as part of a 7 day per week rota.
- To undertake medicines reconciliation for prisoners admitted to the prison.
- To supervise assistants, when in the dispensary in providing dispensing services.
- To be an accredited checking technician providing final dispensing checks or medicines optimisation qualification.
- To ensure high standards of work in the dispensary, in clinics and for when out on the wings and to ensure all Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are read and adhered to.
- To assist the Senior Prisons Technician with writing, updating and monitoring the use of medicines optimisation SOPs.
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 Pharmacy Services or equivalent
- Registration with GPhC as a pharmacy technician
- Evidence of CPD
Desirable
- Working towards Accredited Checking or MM Technician Certificate
Experience
Essential
- 2 years' experience of working in a pharmacy
Desirable
- Previous prison or mental health pharmacy experience
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Good knowledge of working within a set of SOPs
- Ability to use (or learn to use) computer packages including Pharmacy Manager/ JAC and Microsoft
Desirable
- Some understanding of mental illness and substance misuse and their treatment
- Ability to use initiative to problem solve
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ level 3 Pharmacy Services or equivalent
- Registration with GPhC as a pharmacy technician
- Evidence of CPD
Desirable
- Working towards Accredited Checking or MM Technician Certificate
Experience
Essential
- 2 years' experience of working in a pharmacy
Desirable
- Previous prison or mental health pharmacy experience
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Good knowledge of working within a set of SOPs
- Ability to use (or learn to use) computer packages including Pharmacy Manager/ JAC and Microsoft
Desirable
- Some understanding of mental illness and substance misuse and their treatment
- Ability to use initiative to problem solve
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 Bristol
19 Cambridge Road
Bristol
BS7 8PS
United Kingdom
Employer's website
http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Address
HMP Bristol
19 Cambridge Road
Bristol
BS7 8PS
United Kingdom
Employer's website
http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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Bank Prison Medicines Management Pharmacy Technician - HMP Exeter
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust View all jobs
Posted 1 month(s) ago
Reference: 277-BankPharmB5-HMPExe-F
Job summary
Bank Prison Services Pharmacy Technician - HMP Exeter, Band 5
Are you ready to unlock your potential within a challenging, creative and fast paced work environment? Do you want to escape your current job role and work with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past? Now is the time to break into offender healthcare and develop your career.
As part of the South West Prison Healthcare contract awarded to Oxleas NHS trust in 2022, we are able to expand recruitment and are looking for compassionate, knowledgeable and motivated Pharmacy Technician's to join our friendly team on bank at HMP The Verne.
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 patients 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.
As part of our pharmacyteam, you will work within a forward-thinking service, who encourage career and personal development to all staff to increase their clinical and interpersonal skills.
Main duties of the job
Working under the supervision of our Senior Pharmacy Technicians and Regional Pharmacists you will contribute towards the smooth and efficient running of the pharmacy and medicines management service on site within the prison.
This will include:
- All aspects of stock control (routine ordering, receipt of goods, computer input, storage of medicines).
- Requesting and managing prescriptions and dealing with patients' medication requests.
- You will work out of Medication Administration Points (Meds hatches) on the wings and in the healthcare department, administering medication to the patients or acting as the second checker for controlled drug administration.
About us
Oxleas - 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 September 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£34,592 a year Per annum pro-rata
Contract
Bank
Working pattern
Flexible working
Reference number
277-BankPharmB5-HMPExe-F
Job locations
HMP Exeter
30 New N Rd
Exeter
EX4 4EX
United Kingdom
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide a Medicines Management service to the allocated prison(s) on a weekly basis with the professional support of a prison services pharmacist.
- To oversee the ordering/supply of repeat prescriptions.
- To supervise assistants, when in the dispensary in providing dispensing services for all the prisons.
- To dispense prescriptions and stock items when in the dispensary.
- To work towards accreditation as a checking technician and/or medicines administration to provide final dispensing checks and medicines administration services, if not already achieved.
- To ensure high standards of work in the dispensary and when out on prison visits and to ensure all Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are read and adhered to.
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
- To provide a Medicines Management service to the allocated prison(s) on a weekly basis with the professional support of a prison services pharmacist.
- To oversee the ordering/supply of repeat prescriptions.
- To supervise assistants, when in the dispensary in providing dispensing services for all the prisons.
- To dispense prescriptions and stock items when in the dispensary.
- To work towards accreditation as a checking technician and/or medicines administration to provide final dispensing checks and medicines administration services, if not already achieved.
- To ensure high standards of work in the dispensary and when out on prison visits and to ensure all Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are read and adhered to.
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
Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ Level 3 Pharmacy Services (or equivalent)
- Registration with GPHC as a Pharmacy Technician
Desirable
- Accredited Checking Technician Certificate and/or Medicines Optimisation Accreditation
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working within a pharmacy
Desirable
- Previous prison or mental health Pharmacy experience.
- Knowledge and experience of checking dispensed prescriptions
Skills/Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to use (or learn to use) computer packages including Pharmacy Manager, JAC and Microsoft
Desirable
- Some understanding of mental illness and substance misuse and their treatment.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ Level 3 Pharmacy Services (or equivalent)
- Registration with GPHC as a Pharmacy Technician
Desirable
- Accredited Checking Technician Certificate and/or Medicines Optimisation Accreditation
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working within a pharmacy
Desirable
- Previous prison or mental health Pharmacy experience.
- Knowledge and experience of checking dispensed prescriptions
Skills/Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to use (or learn to use) computer packages including Pharmacy Manager, JAC and Microsoft
Desirable
- Some understanding of mental illness and substance misuse and their treatment.
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.
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.
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 Exeter
30 New N Rd
Exeter
EX4 4EX
United Kingdom
Employer's website
http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Address
HMP Exeter
30 New N Rd
Exeter
EX4 4EX
United Kingdom
Employer's website
http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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Bank Medicines Management Pharmacy Technician - HMP Bristol
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust View all jobs
Posted 1 month(s) ago
Reference: 277-BankPharmB5-HMPBris-V
Job summary
Are you ready to unlock your potential within a challenging, creative and fast paced work environment? Do you want to escape your current job role and work with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past? Now is the time to break into offender healthcare and develop your career.
As part of the South West Prison Healthcare contract awarded to Oxleas NHS trust in 2022, we are able to expand recruitment and are looking for compassionate, knowledgeable and motivated Medicine Management Pharmacy Technician'sto join our friendly team at HMP Bristol on bank.
As part of our pharmacy service (OPS), you will enjoy all the benefits of NHS AfC employment (inc pension) with the opportunity to work within a forward-thinking service, who encourage career and personal development to all staff to increase their clinical and interpersonal skills.
Main duties of the job
As a Pharmacy Technician, you will be providing a medicines management service to patients within the prison with the professional support of a prison service pharmacist. You will administer medicines to patients against a valid prescription, ensuring this is taken correctly, provide advice to patients about the appropriate use of medicines and promote healthy lifestyles to aid their rehabilitation.
You will dispense prescriptions and stock items, whilst supervising assistants when in the dispensary. There will also be elements of stock control involved in your role, such as undertaking stock top-up services and reviewing expiry dates and storage facilities for all medicines, reporting any deficiencies to the prison service pharmacist.
Wondering what it's like to work within offender healthcare?
"I really enjoy working in the Pharmacy Service for Oxleas, my role is extremely varied and I work within a very supportive team. I find my role rewarding as it is all about enabling patient's rehabilitation and I enjoy interacting with patients daily and building relationships with them. Oxleas are a good employer and there are plenty of opportunities to be supported through qualifications and training which then allows you to progress through different bands within the team." Amanda - Pharmacy Tech.
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
Details
Date posted
23 September 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£34,592 a year Per annum pro-rata
Contract
Bank
Working pattern
Flexible working
Reference number
277-BankPharmB5-HMPBris-V
Job locations
HMP Bristol Pharmacy
19 Cambridge Road
Bristol
BS7 8PS
United Kingdom
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide a Medicines Management service to the allocated prison(s) on a weekly basis with the professional support of a prison services pharmacist
- To oversee the ordering/supply of repeat prescriptions
- To supervise assistants, when in the dispensary in providing dispensing services for all the prisons
- To dispense prescriptions and stock items when in the dispensary
- To work towards accreditation as a checking technician and/or medicines administration to provide final dispensing checks and medicines administration services, if not already achieved
- To ensure high standards of work in the dispensary and when out on prison visits and to ensure all Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are read and adhered to.
- To manage own workload when providing medicines management services.
- To provide weekly clinical visits to the allocated prison(s), under the professional supervision of a pharmacist. On these visits the post-holder will:
- undertake a stock top-up service for all areas in which medicines are stored.
- review the expiry dates and storage facilities for all such medicines and report any deficiencies to the prison service pharmacist for that prison
- assist the prison service pharmacist to provide advice to prisoners and staff about the appropriate use of medicines
- undertake 3-monthly controlled drugs stock checks and report any issues to the prison service pharmacist for that prison
- Promote healthy lifestyles for offenders in line with local and national guidelines or promotions.
- Administer medicines to offenders against a valid prescription on the house blocks
- 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.
- To participate in clinical and departmental audits as required.
- To appreciate the secure environment, you are working in and to adhere to all prison procedures as necessary.
- To undertake any other tasks at the request of the Lead Prison Services Pharmacist.
(Full JD can be downloaded in supporting documents section)
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
- To provide a Medicines Management service to the allocated prison(s) on a weekly basis with the professional support of a prison services pharmacist
- To oversee the ordering/supply of repeat prescriptions
- To supervise assistants, when in the dispensary in providing dispensing services for all the prisons
- To dispense prescriptions and stock items when in the dispensary
- To work towards accreditation as a checking technician and/or medicines administration to provide final dispensing checks and medicines administration services, if not already achieved
- To ensure high standards of work in the dispensary and when out on prison visits and to ensure all Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are read and adhered to.
- To manage own workload when providing medicines management services.
- To provide weekly clinical visits to the allocated prison(s), under the professional supervision of a pharmacist. On these visits the post-holder will:
- undertake a stock top-up service for all areas in which medicines are stored.
- review the expiry dates and storage facilities for all such medicines and report any deficiencies to the prison service pharmacist for that prison
- assist the prison service pharmacist to provide advice to prisoners and staff about the appropriate use of medicines
- undertake 3-monthly controlled drugs stock checks and report any issues to the prison service pharmacist for that prison
- Promote healthy lifestyles for offenders in line with local and national guidelines or promotions.
- Administer medicines to offenders against a valid prescription on the house blocks
- 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.
- To participate in clinical and departmental audits as required.
- To appreciate the secure environment, you are working in and to adhere to all prison procedures as necessary.
- To undertake any other tasks at the request of the Lead Prison Services Pharmacist.
(Full JD can be downloaded in supporting documents section)
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
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ level 3 Pharmacy Services or equivalent
- Registration with GPhC as a pharmacy technician
- Evidence of CPD
Desirable
- Working towards Accredited Checking or MM Technician Certificate
Experience
Essential
- 2 years' experience of working in a pharmacy
Desirable
- Previous prison or mental health pharmacy experience
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Good knowledge of working within a set of SOPs
- Ability to use (or learn to use) computer packages including Pharmacy Manager/ JAC and Microsoft
Desirable
- Some understanding of mental illness and substance misuse and their treatment
- Ability to use initiative to problem solve
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ level 3 Pharmacy Services or equivalent
- Registration with GPhC as a pharmacy technician
- Evidence of CPD
Desirable
- Working towards Accredited Checking or MM Technician Certificate
Experience
Essential
- 2 years' experience of working in a pharmacy
Desirable
- Previous prison or mental health pharmacy experience
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Good knowledge of working within a set of SOPs
- Ability to use (or learn to use) computer packages including Pharmacy Manager/ JAC and Microsoft
Desirable
- Some understanding of mental illness and substance misuse and their treatment
- Ability to use initiative to problem solve
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.
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.
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 Bristol Pharmacy
19 Cambridge Road
Bristol
BS7 8PS
United Kingdom
Employer's website
http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Address
HMP Bristol Pharmacy
19 Cambridge Road
Bristol
BS7 8PS
United Kingdom
Employer's website
http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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Bank Prison Services Pharmacy Technician - HMP Portland
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust View all jobs
Posted 1 month(s) ago
Reference: 277-BankPharmB5-HMPPor-Q
Job summary
Are you ready to unlock your potential within a challenging, creative and fast paced work environment? Do you want to escape your current job role and work with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past? Now is the time to break into offender healthcare and develop your career.
Oxleas NHS trust were awarded the South West prison contract in 2022 and currently have a portfolio of 19 prisons across the South of England. We are currently looking to expand our pool of bank workers by recruiting Pharmacy Technicians to work within the Prison service on a flexible basis.
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 patients 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.
Main duties of the job
As a Pharmacy Technician, you will be providing a medicines management service to patients within the prison with the professional support of a prison service pharmacist. You will administer medicines to patients against a valid prescription, ensuring this is taken correctly, provide advice to patients about the appropriate use of medicines and promote healthy lifestyles to aid their rehabilitation.
You will dispense prescriptions and stock items, whilst supervising assistants when in the dispensary. There will also be elements of stock control involved in your role, such as undertaking stock top-up services and reviewing expiry dates and storage facilities for all medicines, reporting any deficiencies to the prison service pharmacist.
Wondering what it's like to work within offender healthcare?
"I really enjoy working in the Pharmacy Service for Oxleas, my role is extremely varied and I work within a very supportive team. I find my role rewarding as it is all about enabling patient's rehabilitation and I enjoy interacting with patients daily and building relationships with them. Oxleas are a good employer and there are plenty of opportunities to be supported through qualifications and training which then allows you to progress through different bands within the team." Amanda - Pharmacy Tech.
About us
Oxleas - 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 September 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£34,592 a year Per annum pro-rata
Contract
Bank
Working pattern
Flexible working
Reference number
277-BankPharmB5-HMPPor-Q
Job locations
HMP Portland
104 Grove Rd
Portland
DT5 1DL
United Kingdom
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide a medicines optimisation services to the prison.
- To provide a medicines administration service to offenders at the medicines administration times as part of a 7 day per week rota.
- To undertake medicines reconciliation for prisoners admitted to the prison.
- To supervise assistants, when in the dispensary in providing dispensing services.
- To be an accredited checking technician providing final dispensing checks or medicines optimisation qualification.
- To ensure high standards of work in the dispensary, in clinics and for when out on the wings and to ensure all Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are read and adhered to.
- To assist the Senior Prisons Technician with writing, updating and monitoring the use of medicines optimisation SOPs.
(Full JD can be downloaded in supporting documents section)
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
- To provide a medicines optimisation services to the prison.
- To provide a medicines administration service to offenders at the medicines administration times as part of a 7 day per week rota.
- To undertake medicines reconciliation for prisoners admitted to the prison.
- To supervise assistants, when in the dispensary in providing dispensing services.
- To be an accredited checking technician providing final dispensing checks or medicines optimisation qualification.
- To ensure high standards of work in the dispensary, in clinics and for when out on the wings and to ensure all Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are read and adhered to.
- To assist the Senior Prisons Technician with writing, updating and monitoring the use of medicines optimisation SOPs.
(Full JD can be downloaded in supporting documents section)
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
Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ level 3 Pharmacy Services or equivalent
- Registration with GPhC as a pharmacy technician
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience of working in a pharmacy
Desirable
- Previous prison or mental health pharmacy experience
Skills
Essential
- Good knowledge of working within a set of SOPs
- Ability to use (or learn to use) computer packages including Pharmacy Manager/ JAC and Microsoft
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ level 3 Pharmacy Services or equivalent
- Registration with GPhC as a pharmacy technician
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience of working in a pharmacy
Desirable
- Previous prison or mental health pharmacy experience
Skills
Essential
- Good knowledge of working within a set of SOPs
- Ability to use (or learn to use) computer packages including Pharmacy Manager/ JAC and Microsoft
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.
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.
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 Portland
104 Grove Rd
Portland
DT5 1DL
United Kingdom
Employer's website
http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Address
HMP Portland
104 Grove Rd
Portland
DT5 1DL
United Kingdom
Employer's website
http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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Bank Healthcare Assistant - HMP Bristol
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust View all jobs
Posted 1 month(s) ago
Reference: 277-BankSMSHCA-HMPBr-D
Job summary
Please note the location for this vacancy is HMP Bristol, BS7 8PS
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 or community care experience and be competent at taking blood pressure, ECGs and other observations. Knowledge of wound care is also a requirement for this post.
Main duties of the job
As a Healthcare Assistant working within the Substance Misuse Team 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 withdrawal observations, ECG's and wound care as well as supporting medication rounds.
You will be able to demonstrate good communication skills and be able to confidently liaise with other services to effectively support the patient throughout their time in prison setting.
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
- We Listen
- We Care
Details
Date posted
23 September 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 3
Salary
£27,476 a year per annum pro-rata
Contract
Bank
Working pattern
Flexible working
Reference number
277-BankSMSHCA-HMPBr-D
Job locations
HMP Bristol
Bristol
BS7 8PS
United Kingdom
Job description
Job responsibilities
Providing physical care to patients according to a written care plan
To work as directed by a registered nurse.
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.
Responding to the needs of people sensitively with regard for age, culture, race, gender, ethnicity, religion, and disability, especially regarding patient privacy and dignity.
Understanding the need for promoting health & well-being and the delivery of health promotion activities and programmes (including patient self-help programmes) in support of a registered nurse.
Understand the complex needs of those patients with a substance misuse history,
and assisting patients to attain optimal physical health and provide psychosocial support.
Developing an understanding of and demonstrating use of clinical supervision to reflect upon and modify practice.
Contributing appropriately to risk assessment and individualised care planning.
Ensuring good working relationships with patients, carers, relatives, other professionals and prison and healthcare staff.
Understanding the need for and always maintaining patient confidentiality and security.
Adhering to all organisational and prison policies, procedures, and guidelines.
Always behaving in a professionally acceptable manner.
Demonstrates a commitment to equal opportunities for all people.
Demonstrates a knowledge of the term professional boundaries and how to apply this to working with patients, offenders, and others.
Demonstrating good verbal and non-verbal communication skills.
(Full JD can be downloaded in supporting documents section)
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
Providing physical care to patients according to a written care plan
To work as directed by a registered nurse.
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.
Responding to the needs of people sensitively with regard for age, culture, race, gender, ethnicity, religion, and disability, especially regarding patient privacy and dignity.
Understanding the need for promoting health & well-being and the delivery of health promotion activities and programmes (including patient self-help programmes) in support of a registered nurse.
Understand the complex needs of those patients with a substance misuse history,
and assisting patients to attain optimal physical health and provide psychosocial support.
Developing an understanding of and demonstrating use of clinical supervision to reflect upon and modify practice.
Contributing appropriately to risk assessment and individualised care planning.
Ensuring good working relationships with patients, carers, relatives, other professionals and prison and healthcare staff.
Understanding the need for and always maintaining patient confidentiality and security.
Adhering to all organisational and prison policies, procedures, and guidelines.
Always behaving in a professionally acceptable manner.
Demonstrates a commitment to equal opportunities for all people.
Demonstrates a knowledge of the term professional boundaries and how to apply this to working with patients, offenders, and others.
Demonstrating good verbal and non-verbal communication skills.
(Full JD can be downloaded in supporting documents section)
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
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.
Skills /Abilities /Knowledge
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.
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.
Skills /Abilities /Knowledge
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.
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.
Employer details
Employer name
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Address
HMP Bristol
Bristol
BS7 8PS
United Kingdom
Employer's website
http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Address
HMP Bristol
Bristol
BS7 8PS
United Kingdom
Employer's website
http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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Principle Clinical Psychologist/Clinical Lead for INDT
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Posted 1 month(s) ago
Reference: 277-8083721-CYP-A
Job summary
This post is being offered as a secondment opportunity. Interested applicants are encouraged to discuss the opportunity with their current line manager prior to applying.
We are seeking a Clinical Lead for a 9-month secondment role within the Integrated Neurodevelopmental Team in Greenwich. The postholder will provide senior clinical leadership, supervision and line management, supporting safe, high-quality neurodevelopmental assessment and related interventions for children, young people and their families.
The role will support effective case management, demand and capacity oversight, risk management, service improvement, audit and policy development.
The postholder will work closely with the Operational Manager and act as a key clinical link with outsourced assessment provider, helping to address clinical concerns and maintain safe, coordinated pathways.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will undertake and oversee specialist neurodevelopmental assessments, using a range of clinical information, standardised tools, observations, interviews and professional judgement to support formulation, diagnosis and care planning.
They will provide specialist advice, consultation and supervision to clinicians within the service and wider pathway, including guidance on ASD diagnostic assessment, complex presentations, psychologically informed practice and clinical risk.
The role will include responsibility for staff supervision, trainee support, appraisal input and professional development. The postholder will also contribute to recruitment, rota planning, clinical record keeping, digital systems, data reporting and the effective use of resources.
They will support service governance through audit, research, quality improvement, policy development and the monitoring of clinical standards, ensuring practice remains evidence-based, NICE compliant and aligned with Trust policies.
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
22 September 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8b
Salary
£72,719 to £83,505 a year pa inc
Contract
Secondment
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
277-8083721-CYP-A
Job locations
Highpoint House
Highpoint House, Shooters Hill,
SE18 4QH
United Kingdom
Job description
Job responsibilities
The postholder will carry out complex clinical assessments, develop evidence-based formulations and support decisions about diagnosis, treatment, management and discharge for children and young people with neurodevelopmental difficulties.
They will supervise and support clinical staff, provide training across the children and young peoples pathway, and promote consistent use of agreed assessment tools, clinical processes and documentation standards.
The postholder will contribute to the development and evaluation of service processes, including case management, governance, audit, quality improvement and digital ways of working. They will be expected to manage competing clinical, supervisory and operational demands while maintaining high professional standards and a reflective, evidence-based approach to care.
Please see the Job Description attached for further information.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The postholder will carry out complex clinical assessments, develop evidence-based formulations and support decisions about diagnosis, treatment, management and discharge for children and young people with neurodevelopmental difficulties.
They will supervise and support clinical staff, provide training across the children and young peoples pathway, and promote consistent use of agreed assessment tools, clinical processes and documentation standards.
The postholder will contribute to the development and evaluation of service processes, including case management, governance, audit, quality improvement and digital ways of working. They will be expected to manage competing clinical, supervisory and operational demands while maintaining high professional standards and a reflective, evidence-based approach to care.
Please see the Job Description attached for further information.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Substantial and evidenced experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of children presenting to LD and neurodevelopmental services across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and inpatient settings.
- Experience of delivering clinical supervision and managing teams.
Desirable
- Experience of working across traditional service boundaries to develop integrated ways of working.
TRAINING & QUALIFICATIONS
Essential
- Doctoral level qualification in clinical psychology
- Completion of further post-doctoral post-qualification specialist training in ASD (E.g ADOS).
Desirable
- Experience of working with digital industry and providers.
OTHER
Essential
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS/OTHER
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
Desirable
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific groups at a high level of complexity (e.g. dual diagnoses, co-morbidities, parents with additional disabilities etc).
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Substantial and evidenced experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of children presenting to LD and neurodevelopmental services across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and inpatient settings.
- Experience of delivering clinical supervision and managing teams.
Desirable
- Experience of working across traditional service boundaries to develop integrated ways of working.
TRAINING & QUALIFICATIONS
Essential
- Doctoral level qualification in clinical psychology
- Completion of further post-doctoral post-qualification specialist training in ASD (E.g ADOS).
Desirable
- Experience of working with digital industry and providers.
OTHER
Essential
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS/OTHER
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
Desirable
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific groups at a high level of complexity (e.g. dual diagnoses, co-morbidities, parents with additional disabilities etc).
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
Highpoint House
Highpoint House, Shooters Hill,
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
Highpoint House
Highpoint House, Shooters Hill,
SE18 4QH
United Kingdom
Employer's website
http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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Posted 1 month(s) ago
Reference: 277-8283248-ELM
Job summary
The post holder will have the opportunity of working alongside the Clinical Psychologist within the service.
The post holder will contribute to the overall psychology provision within the prisons. Clinical duties will include; facilitating psychologically informed therapeutic groups, individual psychology assessments (including neuropsychology assessments), and working with staff teams to support the management of service users. Working independently according to a plan agreed with a qualified psychologist and within the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures. To assist in clinically related administration, conduct of audits, collection of statistics, and development of audit and/or research projects, teaching and project work.
Regular and routine clinical supervision with the Psychologist will be provided as well as access to the wider Trust CPD opportunities, including a specific monthly Assistant Psychologist CPD group.
We have 1 x full time post (37.5 hours per week) & 1 x part time post (18.75 hours per week).Please indicate in your personal statement your preference.
Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post.
Main duties of the job
- To contribute to the development and maintenance of the highest professional standards of practice, through active participation in internal and external CPD training and development programmes, in consultation with the post holder's professional and team/operational manager(s).
- To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping and report writing in accordance with professional codes of practice of the British Psychological Society and Trust policies and procedures.
- To prepare test materials and visual aids as required.
- To undertake specific administrative duties as required.
- To perform other duties of a similar kind appropriate to the grade as might be required by the line manager for the 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:
o We're Kind o We're Fair o We Listen o We Care
Details
Date posted
22 September 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 4
Salary
£30,392 to £33,157 a year PER ANNUM **RECRUITMENT & RETENTION INCENTIVE INCLUDED**
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time
Reference number
277-8283248-ELM
Job locations
HMP Elmley
Church Road
Eastchurch, Sheerness
ME12 4DZ
United Kingdom
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To undertake protocol based psychological assessments of clients applying psychological principals, including neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the clients care, under the supervision of a qualified psychologist.
- To assist in the formulation and delivery of care plans involving the psychological treatment and/or management of a clients problems, under the supervision of a qualified professional psychologist.
- To assist in the coordination and running of therapeutic groups or clinical projects. This includes evaluating the efficacy of the groups.
- To work with other staff to assess or support service users and contribute to multidisciplinary discussions or care guidelines as agreed with the clinical psychologist providing supervision.
- To attend and contribute to appropriate multi-disciplinary team (MDT) meetings.
- To provide feedback to MDT about psychology input.
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
- To undertake protocol based psychological assessments of clients applying psychological principals, including neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the clients care, under the supervision of a qualified psychologist.
- To assist in the formulation and delivery of care plans involving the psychological treatment and/or management of a clients problems, under the supervision of a qualified professional psychologist.
- To assist in the coordination and running of therapeutic groups or clinical projects. This includes evaluating the efficacy of the groups.
- To work with other staff to assess or support service users and contribute to multidisciplinary discussions or care guidelines as agreed with the clinical psychologist providing supervision.
- To attend and contribute to appropriate multi-disciplinary team (MDT) meetings.
- To provide feedback to MDT about psychology input.
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
- An upper second class honours degree (2:1) or higher in psychology.
- Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society
Desirable
- Further post graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice and/or research design and analysis.
Experience
Essential
- Work with people with mental health problems and/or other disabilities
- Experience of facilitating psychologically informed groups
Desirable
- Experience of paid work in direct care provision.
- Experience of working with a psychologist
- Experience of providing psychological interventions
- Working on an adult inpatient psychiatric ward
Skills
Essential
- Knowledge of evidence-based psychological interventions suitable for challenging behaviour, i.e. Positive Behaviour Support Plans.
- High level of interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to work and effectively communicate complex or sensitive information in highly emotive and emotionally charged settings involving conflict and significant personal distress.
- Ability to communicate sensitive information to patients, carers and colleagues in a way that addresses psychological resistance.
Desirable
- Driving License, access to vehicle
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- An upper second class honours degree (2:1) or higher in psychology.
- Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society
Desirable
- Further post graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice and/or research design and analysis.
Experience
Essential
- Work with people with mental health problems and/or other disabilities
- Experience of facilitating psychologically informed groups
Desirable
- Experience of paid work in direct care provision.
- Experience of working with a psychologist
- Experience of providing psychological interventions
- Working on an adult inpatient psychiatric ward
Skills
Essential
- Knowledge of evidence-based psychological interventions suitable for challenging behaviour, i.e. Positive Behaviour Support Plans.
- High level of interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to work and effectively communicate complex or sensitive information in highly emotive and emotionally charged settings involving conflict and significant personal distress.
- Ability to communicate sensitive information to patients, carers and colleagues in a way that addresses psychological resistance.
Desirable
- Driving License, access to vehicle
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)
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Posted 1 month(s) ago
Reference: 277-8302835-FOR
Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a Senior Assistant Psychologist to join the South London Men's Mental Health Requirement (MHTR) service for six months. MHTR services aim to provide an alternative to short custodial sentences, by providing individuals on community sentences access to mental health treatment which addresses the underlying cause of their offending. These are primary care services which deliver direct, short-term psychological interventions to service users.
Please note: as well as DBS checks, successful applicants will also be expected to undertake HMPPS security vetting.
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 successful candidate will contribute to the delivery of a psychology-led service that provides court-ordered psychological interventions to men in the community as an alternative to short custodial sentences. The role includes assessing service users to determine suitability for the service, independently holding a caseload and providing interventions to service users across South London (under supervision). The postholder will also provide outreach to staff in courts and probation offices in South London, to ensure they are up to date with MHTRs and are aware of the service. The postholder will be expected to liaise with professionals from a number of agencies including mental health services, probation, and the courts. The postholder will be able to access training appropriate to the role and there will also be opportunity to get involved in research and audit activity.
Please note that travel across South London will be required as part of the role. The team base is located in London Bridge at the following address:
- 7 Holyrood Street, SE1 2EL
If you require further information, please contact:
Dr Iona Monastesse: [email protected]
About us
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people living in South East London and Kent and to people in prison. 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 4,000 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, 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
22 September 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£38,488 to £46,852 a year pro-rata pa inc
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
6 months
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
277-8302835-FOR
Job locations
London
Holyrood Street
London
SE1 2EL
United Kingdom
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To screen and assess for eligibility for Mental Health Treatment Requirements.
- To support assessment and treatment interventions undertaken by the service.
- To undertake direct and indirect clinical work that is managed and goals agreed and reviewed through regular supervision by a qualified applied HCPC registered Psychologist.
- To liaise with a range of services (including health, social care and voluntary agencies) relevant to the working area.
- To undertake projects relating to service development and evaluation.
- To set up databases, spreadsheets and using advanced IT skills in evaluation audit and research.
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
- To screen and assess for eligibility for Mental Health Treatment Requirements.
- To support assessment and treatment interventions undertaken by the service.
- To undertake direct and indirect clinical work that is managed and goals agreed and reviewed through regular supervision by a qualified applied HCPC registered Psychologist.
- To liaise with a range of services (including health, social care and voluntary agencies) relevant to the working area.
- To undertake projects relating to service development and evaluation.
- To set up databases, spreadsheets and using advanced IT skills in evaluation audit and research.
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
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Honours degree at 2:1 or above in Psychology, or equivalent. Eligible for Graduate Basis for Chartership with the BPS
Desirable
- Further post graduate training in relevant area of professional psychology, health and social care practice, and / or research design and analysis
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with people with disabilities, in a health or mental health setting and or work with people with complex needs
- Experience of group work and individual therapeutic contact
Desirable
- Experience of working within the criminal justice, forensic mental health services or IAPT
- Experience of the use of psychometric tests
- Experience of using a trauma informed approach
Skills/Abilities/Knowledge
Essential
- Relevant clinical and research skills
- An understanding of the social determinates of health inequalities and relevant psychological theory and practice
- Ability to work independently and know when to ask for and use supervision, identifying when there is need for advice and using supervision at agreed intervals
Effort & Environment
Essential
- Ability to tolerate and remain calm in the face of high levels of emotional distress and emotional demands
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Honours degree at 2:1 or above in Psychology, or equivalent. Eligible for Graduate Basis for Chartership with the BPS
Desirable
- Further post graduate training in relevant area of professional psychology, health and social care practice, and / or research design and analysis
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with people with disabilities, in a health or mental health setting and or work with people with complex needs
- Experience of group work and individual therapeutic contact
Desirable
- Experience of working within the criminal justice, forensic mental health services or IAPT
- Experience of the use of psychometric tests
- Experience of using a trauma informed approach
Skills/Abilities/Knowledge
Essential
- Relevant clinical and research skills
- An understanding of the social determinates of health inequalities and relevant psychological theory and practice
- Ability to work independently and know when to ask for and use supervision, identifying when there is need for advice and using supervision at agreed intervals
Effort & Environment
Essential
- Ability to tolerate and remain calm in the face of high levels of emotional distress and emotional demands
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
London
Holyrood Street
London
SE1 2EL
United Kingdom
Employer's website
http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Address
London
Holyrood Street
London
SE1 2EL
United Kingdom
Employer's website
http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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Staff Nurse - Registered General Nurse
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Posted 1 month(s) ago
Reference: 277-8069126-SWALE-C
Job summary
Our Staff Nurses have a very varied role where no two days are the same.
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.**
Please visit the below link for more information
Working in offender healthcare
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
Details
Date posted
22 September 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£34,073 to £41,043 a year PER ANNUM **RECRUITMENT & RETENTION INCENTIVE INCLUDED**
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
277-8069126-SWALE-C
Job locations
HMP Swaleside
Brabazon Road
Eastchurch, Isle of Sheppey
ME12 4AX
United Kingdom
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Purpose and Summary
The Staff Nurse will deliver high quality, personalised, compassionate care to service users, providing a range of specialist interventions.
Ensure consistently high standards of practice and clinical excellence, which comply with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) code of professional conduct.
Lead the delivery of comprehensive service user assessment, planning, implementing and evaluating programmes of patient-centred care in a range of settings.
Provide clinical supervision and support to junior colleagues, including students.
Assist and support the manager, as directed, to deliver a nurse-led integrated care service and develop a specialist practice-based clinical model of care.
Maintain a safe and therapeutic working environment, working collaboratively with the Multi-Disciplinary Team and maintaining accurate records.
Band 5 Nursing roles are only open to staff with a Nursing registration, obtained as a result of completing a qualification recognised by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
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
Job Purpose and Summary
The Staff Nurse will deliver high quality, personalised, compassionate care to service users, providing a range of specialist interventions.
Ensure consistently high standards of practice and clinical excellence, which comply with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) code of professional conduct.
Lead the delivery of comprehensive service user assessment, planning, implementing and evaluating programmes of patient-centred care in a range of settings.
Provide clinical supervision and support to junior colleagues, including students.
Assist and support the manager, as directed, to deliver a nurse-led integrated care service and develop a specialist practice-based clinical model of care.
Maintain a safe and therapeutic working environment, working collaboratively with the Multi-Disciplinary Team and maintaining accurate records.
Band 5 Nursing roles are only open to staff with a Nursing registration, obtained as a result of completing a qualification recognised by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
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
Education/Qualifcaitions
Essential
- Professional NMC Qualification - Registered Nurse
- Professional, clinical knowledge acquired through training to degree level or equivalent.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of providing and receiving complex, sensitive information
- Working knowledge of current issues/agendas facing healthcare in chosen area of specialism
- Experience of setting, monitoring and evaluating standards of care.
Skills/Abilities/Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to communicate effectively (written, verbal and non- verbal communication) with patients/relatives and carers and all members of the multi-disciplinary team.
- Ability to present ideas with clarity in a persuasive and influential style.
- Ability to work effectively and autonomously
- Ability to lead and empower people to make decisions and plan ahead.
Effort and Enviroment
Essential
- Daily use of physical health equipment, if required.
- Patient-facing role, which may expose the practitioner to distressing, emotional conditions
- Occasional exposure to highly distressing or highly emotional circumstances
- Ability to manage complex and challenging behaviour
- Ability to work in a challenging and changing environment
- Manual handling
Person Specification
Education/Qualifcaitions
Essential
- Professional NMC Qualification - Registered Nurse
- Professional, clinical knowledge acquired through training to degree level or equivalent.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of providing and receiving complex, sensitive information
- Working knowledge of current issues/agendas facing healthcare in chosen area of specialism
- Experience of setting, monitoring and evaluating standards of care.
Skills/Abilities/Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to communicate effectively (written, verbal and non- verbal communication) with patients/relatives and carers and all members of the multi-disciplinary team.
- Ability to present ideas with clarity in a persuasive and influential style.
- Ability to work effectively and autonomously
- Ability to lead and empower people to make decisions and plan ahead.
Effort and Enviroment
Essential
- Daily use of physical health equipment, if required.
- Patient-facing role, which may expose the practitioner to distressing, emotional conditions
- Occasional exposure to highly distressing or highly emotional circumstances
- Ability to manage complex and challenging behaviour
- Ability to work in a challenging and changing environment
- Manual handling
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.
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.
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)
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Posted 1 month(s) ago
Reference: 277-8118652-BRIS-B
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 Senior Registered Nurseto 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.
This position isn't just a job; it's a chance to blend your clinical knowledge, personal skills and a commitment to delivering the highest standards of care in an environment that is as rewarding as it is challenging.
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 senior registered nurse, you will provide high quality primary care services and a range of specialist interventions for our patients. At HMP Bristol, we deliver a nurse-led integrated primary care service and operate a specialist practice-based clinical model of care.
You will be delivering high quality clinical care within the Integrated Healthcare Service for the prison, demonstrating robust expert clinical skills and providing evidence-based clinical practice to those in prison.
Our senior registered staff carry out a range of duties including; reception screening, emergency response, long term conditions management, planned care (e.g. running clinics), enhanced assessment and diagnostic intervention services and health promotion activities.
As a senior member of our team, you will hold a complex caseload and support more junior colleagues with any help or advice they may require. You will also be responsible for the day-to-day co-ordination of the healthcare team and provide clinical supervision to junior team members including band 5 healthcare professionals, healthcare assistants and students.
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 September 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£39,959 to £48,117 a year pa
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
277-8118652-BRIS-B
Job locations
HMP Bristol
Bristol
BS7 8PS
United Kingdom
Job description
Job responsibilities
-
The post holder will exercise a high degree of personal and professional autonomy and have the ability to plan and reach complex and critical judgments and have decision making skills.
-
To deliver high quality clinical care within the Integrated Healthcare Service forthe prison. This will include acute & primary care, long term conditions management, 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 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 and outcome driven practice on a day-to-day basis.
-
To support the development of evidence-based practice in the specialist field and to promote research as appropriate.
-
To participate in managerial and professional clinical supervision programme, to ensure junior staff receive appropriate supervision, training and annual appraisal and to ensure that it becomes an integral part of team practice.
-
Please note, HMP Bristol operate a 24/7 service.
Shift pattern: 3 x 12.5-hour shifts (7:00am7:30pm) per week for 3 weeks and 4 x 12.5 hour shifts (7:00am7:30pm) on the 4th week. Where possible, one shift will be protected for mandatory training, supervision, and administration on-site.
- 2 weekends in every 6-week roster including both Saturday and Sunday.
- 1 set of 3-night shifts every 12-week roster including 2 per annum on weekends (7:00pm7:30am)
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 have the ability to plan and reach complex and critical judgments and have decision making skills.
-
To deliver high quality clinical care within the Integrated Healthcare Service forthe prison. This will include acute & primary care, long term conditions management, 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 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 and outcome driven practice on a day-to-day basis.
-
To support the development of evidence-based practice in the specialist field and to promote research as appropriate.
-
To participate in managerial and professional clinical supervision programme, to ensure junior staff receive appropriate supervision, training and annual appraisal and to ensure that it becomes an integral part of team practice.
-
Please note, HMP Bristol operate a 24/7 service.
Shift pattern: 3 x 12.5-hour shifts (7:00am7:30pm) per week for 3 weeks and 4 x 12.5 hour shifts (7:00am7:30pm) on the 4th week. Where possible, one shift will be protected for mandatory training, supervision, and administration on-site.
- 2 weekends in every 6-week roster including both Saturday and Sunday.
- 1 set of 3-night shifts every 12-week roster including 2 per annum on weekends (7:00pm7:30am)
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
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Professional Qualification - NMC
- Post Graduate Qualification or equivalent experience.
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of two years' experience at Band 5
- Working knowledge or clear interest in prison/offender healthcare
- Experience of multi-professional collaboration including working in partnership with other statutory and voluntary organisations.
- Experience of multi-professional collaboration including working in partnership with other statutory and voluntary organisations. Experience of setting, monitoring and evaluating standards of care.
Skills/Abilities/Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing, presenting ideas with clarity in a persuasive and influential style.
- Ability to lead and empower people to make decisions and to plan ahead.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Professional Qualification - NMC
- Post Graduate Qualification or equivalent experience.
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of two years' experience at Band 5
- Working knowledge or clear interest in prison/offender healthcare
- Experience of multi-professional collaboration including working in partnership with other statutory and voluntary organisations.
- Experience of multi-professional collaboration including working in partnership with other statutory and voluntary organisations. Experience of setting, monitoring and evaluating standards of care.
Skills/Abilities/Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing, presenting ideas with clarity in a persuasive and influential style.
- Ability to lead and empower people to make decisions and to plan ahead.
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 Bristol
Bristol
BS7 8PS
United Kingdom
Employer's website
http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Address
HMP Bristol
Bristol
BS7 8PS
United Kingdom
Employer's website
http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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Posted 1 month(s) ago
Reference: 277-8299051-AAC
Job summary
Job overview
The Older People's Intensive 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
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be expected to promote and develop clinical leadership and clinical practice and be a positive role model to junior members of the team through the practice of evidence based care. The post holder will be expected to support professional development through clinical appraisal and supervision and contribute to the ongoing educational programme for staff, fostering a positive learning environment. The post holder will be encouraged to foster collaborative cross organisational working.
The postholder may be expected to transfer to another CRHTT temporarily or permanently where there is a clear clinical need to do so.
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 September 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£45,953 to £54,254 a year PA
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
277-8299051-AAC
Job locations
Bexleyhealth centre
Bexleyhealth centre
bexleyheath
DA68DX
United Kingdom
Job description
Job responsibilities
Management responsibilities
Support and teach junior staff to develop understanding of mental health signs and symptoms and develop appropriate responses to these in practice.
Recognise and respond appropriately to challenging behaviour in line with Trust policies and training.
Lead and coordinate junior staff and the wider care team in the management of difficult situations and de-escalation, developing resilience and strategies to manage, including on leading staff and patient de-briefing sessions.
Demonstrate an in-depth of knowledge and understanding of the fundamentals of the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty and other legislation applicable to the practice area and how they are implemented in practice ensuring adherence to legislation at all times.
Teach junior staff to understand the legal frameworks that support their practice
Leadership
Develop the clinical practice of junior members of staff, including newly qualified staff.
Act as shift co-ordinator when allocated to provide a point of contact for all enquiries, working in partnership with the team manager and the wider MDT to coordinate the shift.
Deputise for the team manager in their absence and be accountable for the care and management of team, including maintaining communication with the Borough Crisis Manager and other senior staff.
Assist the team manager in ensuring the team is safely staffed, prioritising, and deploying resources within budgetary parameters and escalating concerns to managers where appropriate in accordance with HR policies and procedures.
Support the team manager to investigate incidents and complaints: compile reports and disseminate this information to management.
Recognise practice that needs improvement and work in partnership with the team manager to ensure appropriate action is taken to address it.
Support the team manager to ensure mandatory and statutory training are up to date for all staff.
Facilitate the induction of new staff and students.
Support the team manager to ensure all newly qualified band 5 staff have undertaken their induction and preceptorship.
Support the team manager to ensure all qualified nurses are engaged with the revalidation process.
Maintain your status as a mentor/sign-off mentor and participate in training of students.
Encourage band 5 nurses to undertake and develop their mentorship skills.
Attend and participate in regular personal development, ensuring compliance with all mandatory training requirements. Maintaining a work development portfolio and complying with all requirements of NMC/ HCPC revalidation.
Clinical
Be able to conduct comprehensive mental state examinations.
Demonstrate and apply an enhanced understanding of Mental Health signs and symptoms and how these may present in practice, including recognition of impact on patient presentation and behaviour including risk factors, especially in the older adult population
Deliver a range of clinical interventions with patients.
Be able to conduct a detail risk assessment, with clear formulation of risk and suitable risk management plan.
Work autonomously within the parameters of the role, leading and supporting junior staff and wider care team to implement the delivery of quality care, contributing to the physical, psychological, social, recreational, and spiritual care in a recovery-focused way through therapeutic engagement and activities, and taking steps to address any issues that arise.
Be confident to take positive risks to support patients within the environment that most suits their needs.
Lead on and undertake activities to ensure that the fundamentals of care are met.
Co-ordinate and evaluate collaborative patient centred care; getting feedback and improving plans with the multi-disciplinary team (MDT).
Provide accurate information about care in an accessible format to patients and their relatives / carers.
Liaise and work positively with members of the multi- disciplinary team and partner organisations.
Administer, and monitor the side-effects of, medication and monitoring service user compliance.
Ensure safe custody of medicines, sharps, clinical equipment, report all incidents following trust policy.
Lead and support/teach junior staff on risk assessment and risk management that involves making decisions based on knowledge of the research evidence, knowledge of the individual service user and their social context, knowledge of the service users own experience and clinical judgment.
Support and supervise junior staff to develop the management of care needs through: Initial data collection; Monitoring of individual service user / patient progress; Feedback and discussion; Producing reports and in-care reviews; Devising a plan of care and interventions in partnership with service user, carer, and MDT.
Coordinate junior staff and the wider care team in providing hands-on care to service users and evaluating processes of care delivered. This will include undertaking 1-1 engagement with service users in an honest, open and non- judgmental way
Recognise and value patients as individuals, acknowledging the importance of maintaining the patients respect and dignity at all times and ensure that the care provided respects equality and diversity.
Develop care plans that reflect service user needs and relevant patient care documentation working in partnership with service users, wider MDT, and family/carers.
Ensure the monitoring and recording of patient clinical observations are undertaken, such as physical observations and vital signs and treating or escalating as appropriate any signs or symptoms of deterioration or that does not fulfil the personal parameters to the relevant professional for treatment.
Promote healthy lifestyles and give health promotion advice and support.
Implement the principles of recovery: encouraging and supporting service users to engage with healthy lifestyles, facilitating psychosocial activities and other activities of their interest.
Where appropriate contributing to psychological interventions
Escort service users, as required, in line with Trust policies.
Advocate for patients needs and rights within Trust policy.
Encourage and empower patients to have an optimum level of responsibility for their individual programme of care.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Management responsibilities
Support and teach junior staff to develop understanding of mental health signs and symptoms and develop appropriate responses to these in practice.
Recognise and respond appropriately to challenging behaviour in line with Trust policies and training.
Lead and coordinate junior staff and the wider care team in the management of difficult situations and de-escalation, developing resilience and strategies to manage, including on leading staff and patient de-briefing sessions.
Demonstrate an in-depth of knowledge and understanding of the fundamentals of the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty and other legislation applicable to the practice area and how they are implemented in practice ensuring adherence to legislation at all times.
Teach junior staff to understand the legal frameworks that support their practice
Leadership
Develop the clinical practice of junior members of staff, including newly qualified staff.
Act as shift co-ordinator when allocated to provide a point of contact for all enquiries, working in partnership with the team manager and the wider MDT to coordinate the shift.
Deputise for the team manager in their absence and be accountable for the care and management of team, including maintaining communication with the Borough Crisis Manager and other senior staff.
Assist the team manager in ensuring the team is safely staffed, prioritising, and deploying resources within budgetary parameters and escalating concerns to managers where appropriate in accordance with HR policies and procedures.
Support the team manager to investigate incidents and complaints: compile reports and disseminate this information to management.
Recognise practice that needs improvement and work in partnership with the team manager to ensure appropriate action is taken to address it.
Support the team manager to ensure mandatory and statutory training are up to date for all staff.
Facilitate the induction of new staff and students.
Support the team manager to ensure all newly qualified band 5 staff have undertaken their induction and preceptorship.
Support the team manager to ensure all qualified nurses are engaged with the revalidation process.
Maintain your status as a mentor/sign-off mentor and participate in training of students.
Encourage band 5 nurses to undertake and develop their mentorship skills.
Attend and participate in regular personal development, ensuring compliance with all mandatory training requirements. Maintaining a work development portfolio and complying with all requirements of NMC/ HCPC revalidation.
Clinical
Be able to conduct comprehensive mental state examinations.
Demonstrate and apply an enhanced understanding of Mental Health signs and symptoms and how these may present in practice, including recognition of impact on patient presentation and behaviour including risk factors, especially in the older adult population
Deliver a range of clinical interventions with patients.
Be able to conduct a detail risk assessment, with clear formulation of risk and suitable risk management plan.
Work autonomously within the parameters of the role, leading and supporting junior staff and wider care team to implement the delivery of quality care, contributing to the physical, psychological, social, recreational, and spiritual care in a recovery-focused way through therapeutic engagement and activities, and taking steps to address any issues that arise.
Be confident to take positive risks to support patients within the environment that most suits their needs.
Lead on and undertake activities to ensure that the fundamentals of care are met.
Co-ordinate and evaluate collaborative patient centred care; getting feedback and improving plans with the multi-disciplinary team (MDT).
Provide accurate information about care in an accessible format to patients and their relatives / carers.
Liaise and work positively with members of the multi- disciplinary team and partner organisations.
Administer, and monitor the side-effects of, medication and monitoring service user compliance.
Ensure safe custody of medicines, sharps, clinical equipment, report all incidents following trust policy.
Lead and support/teach junior staff on risk assessment and risk management that involves making decisions based on knowledge of the research evidence, knowledge of the individual service user and their social context, knowledge of the service users own experience and clinical judgment.
Support and supervise junior staff to develop the management of care needs through: Initial data collection; Monitoring of individual service user / patient progress; Feedback and discussion; Producing reports and in-care reviews; Devising a plan of care and interventions in partnership with service user, carer, and MDT.
Coordinate junior staff and the wider care team in providing hands-on care to service users and evaluating processes of care delivered. This will include undertaking 1-1 engagement with service users in an honest, open and non- judgmental way
Recognise and value patients as individuals, acknowledging the importance of maintaining the patients respect and dignity at all times and ensure that the care provided respects equality and diversity.
Develop care plans that reflect service user needs and relevant patient care documentation working in partnership with service users, wider MDT, and family/carers.
Ensure the monitoring and recording of patient clinical observations are undertaken, such as physical observations and vital signs and treating or escalating as appropriate any signs or symptoms of deterioration or that does not fulfil the personal parameters to the relevant professional for treatment.
Promote healthy lifestyles and give health promotion advice and support.
Implement the principles of recovery: encouraging and supporting service users to engage with healthy lifestyles, facilitating psychosocial activities and other activities of their interest.
Where appropriate contributing to psychological interventions
Escort service users, as required, in line with Trust policies.
Advocate for patients needs and rights within Trust policy.
Encourage and empower patients to have an optimum level of responsibility for their individual programme of care.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Mental Health Nurse/ AHP/ Social worker
- Evidence of post qualification training in relevant area
- Formal training/ demonstratable evidence as Practice Educator/ Assessor/ Supervisor
Experience
Essential
- Significant relevant clinical experience (older people's mental health, crisis experience, community experience)
- Experience of providing supervision to junior colleagues/ students
- Experience conducting crisis assessment/ reviews and risk assessment
Desirable
- Experience of shift co-ordination/ deputising for senior colleagues
Skills
Essential
- Knowledge of relevant mental health legislation (Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act)
- Ability to work autonomously and manage competing demands under pressure
- Car driver with license and access to vehicle for work purposes
Desirable
- Involvement in clinical audit/ research
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Mental Health Nurse/ AHP/ Social worker
- Evidence of post qualification training in relevant area
- Formal training/ demonstratable evidence as Practice Educator/ Assessor/ Supervisor
Experience
Essential
- Significant relevant clinical experience (older people's mental health, crisis experience, community experience)
- Experience of providing supervision to junior colleagues/ students
- Experience conducting crisis assessment/ reviews and risk assessment
Desirable
- Experience of shift co-ordination/ deputising for senior colleagues
Skills
Essential
- Knowledge of relevant mental health legislation (Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act)
- Ability to work autonomously and manage competing demands under pressure
- Car driver with license and access to vehicle for work purposes
Desirable
- Involvement in clinical audit/ research
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
Bexleyhealth centre
Bexleyhealth centre
bexleyheath
DA68DX
United Kingdom
Employer's website
http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Bexleyhealth centre
Bexleyhealth centre
bexleyheath
DA68DX
United Kingdom
Employer's website
http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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Posted 1 month(s) ago
Reference: 277-8299778-CYP
Job summary
Bexley CAMHS provides specialist mental health care for children and young people from birth to 18 years with their parents/families/carers. We provide specialist assessment and treatment for children and young people with severe and enduring emotional, behavioural and mental health difficulties. Specialist CAMHS has a responsibility to assist professionals working with children in universal services to enhance the capacity and capability of these services to identify and provide early intervention for children with mild to moderate mental health needs. This is provided through support, advice, mental health consultation, training and joint clinical work. The service provides a responsive, timely and accessible service, targeted at those children, young people and their families who are most in need of specialist mental health services.
Main duties of the job
These posts will provide:
i) Assessments and multi-disciplinary clinical interventions for children, young people, their families and carers with moderate significant and enduring mental health difficulties. The clinical work is short and medium term.
ii) Care in partnership with the child's caring network - to advise and support where necessary.
iii) Mental health advice, consultation, training and support to professionals working with children in order to enhance the capacity and capability of those professionals / services to identify mental health problems and provide early intervention of mild to moderate mental health difficulties.
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
18 September 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8a
Salary
£63,665 to £70,887 a year pro rata pa inc
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
277-8299778-CYP
Job locations
Bexley CAMHS
Park crescent
Erith
DA8 3EE
United Kingdom
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full time Systemic Psychotherapistwill join a team which provides a well-established, highly specialist service for young people in Greenwich. You will work with young people up to 18 years and their families/carers, with significant and acute mental health difficulties.
This post holder is situated within Greenwich CAMH Service.
To provide the CAMHS team with a high quality, evidence based systemic psychotherapy service to children, their families, carers and professional networks, in keeping with CYP-IAPT principles.
To provide specialist systemic assessment and therapy to families with children and adolescents who are referred to CAMHS.
To provide specialist advice and consultation regarding diagnoses and treatment to CAMHS colleagues, external agencies, working autonomously within professional guidelines and within a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to overall service delivery as required.
To contribute to the development, implementation, and audit of services for families with children presenting to the Service.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full time Systemic Psychotherapistwill join a team which provides a well-established, highly specialist service for young people in Greenwich. You will work with young people up to 18 years and their families/carers, with significant and acute mental health difficulties.
This post holder is situated within Greenwich CAMH Service.
To provide the CAMHS team with a high quality, evidence based systemic psychotherapy service to children, their families, carers and professional networks, in keeping with CYP-IAPT principles.
To provide specialist systemic assessment and therapy to families with children and adolescents who are referred to CAMHS.
To provide specialist advice and consultation regarding diagnoses and treatment to CAMHS colleagues, external agencies, working autonomously within professional guidelines and within a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to overall service delivery as required.
To contribute to the development, implementation, and audit of services for families with children presenting to the Service.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience as qualified FT 2+ yrs
Knowledge
Essential
- Experience working with YP, risk, nhs 2+ yrs
Qualification
Essential
- Relevant family therapy qualification
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience as qualified FT 2+ yrs
Knowledge
Essential
- Experience working with YP, risk, nhs 2+ yrs
Qualification
Essential
- Relevant family therapy qualification
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
Bexley CAMHS
Park crescent
Erith
DA8 3EE
United Kingdom
Employer's website
http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Bexley CAMHS
Park crescent
Erith
DA8 3EE
United Kingdom
Employer's website
http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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Specialty Doctor - Bromley MHLT
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Posted 1 month(s) ago
Reference: 277-7584822-A3-SW
Job summary
Mental Health Liaison Team - Green Parks House (PRUH)Fixed term: 12 months | Full time | Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm
We have an exciting opportunity for a SAS doctor to join ourwell-established, supportive Mental Health Liaison Team (MHLT)based atGreen Parks House, delivering an all-age liaison psychiatry service to thePrincess Royal University Hospital (PRUH).
This is afull-time, 12-month fixed-term post, offering an excellent opportunity to work within a highly collaborative multidisciplinary team, providing high-quality mental health care within a busy acute hospital environment.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work closely withConsultant Psychiatrists, junior doctors, and the widermulti-disciplinary teamto provide timely psychiatric assessment and intervention for patients presenting with mental health needs within:
- The Emergency Department
- Acute medical inpatient wards
You will play a key role in supporting safe, effective clinical decision-making at the acute-mental health interface, ensuring patients receive the right care in the right setting.
What We Offer
- Asupportive and experienced Liaison Psychiatry teamwith strong clinical and MDT leadership
- Exposure to a broad range ofacute psychiatric presentations across the lifespan
- Opportunities to contribute to service development and quality improvement within liaison psychiatry
- A predictableweekday working patternwith no on-call requirements
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.
"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
Details
Date posted
18 September 2026
Pay scheme
Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade
Specialty Doctor
Salary
£63,696 to £102,689 a year per annum pro rata
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
12 months
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
277-7584822-A3-SW
Job locations
Green Parks House
Princess Royal University Hospital
Bromley
BR6 8NY
United Kingdom
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Providemedical and psychiatric inputto the Mental Health Liaison Team for patients presenting to the Emergency Department and acute inpatient wards at PRUH.
- Undertakecomprehensive psychiatric assessments, formulate treatment and risk management plans, and provide guidance on appropriate pharmacological interventions.
- Ensure atimely and effective medical responseto referrals made to the Liaison Team, working in line with service priorities and national standards.
- Act as aSection 12approved clinician, undertaking Mental Health Act assessments within Emergency Department and inpatient settings where required.
- Contribute to, and where appropriate lead,clinical decisionmaking around discharge pathways, including:
- Referral to Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Teams
- Recommendation for admission to mental health inpatient services
- Work collaboratively with acute hospital staff and community mental health services to support safe transitions of care.
This role is ideal for an SAS doctor with SEC 12 approved seeking to further develop their experience inliaison psychiatry, acute mental health care, and multidisciplinary working within an acute hospital setting.
Oxleas and the SAS Doctor Charter
Our focus is on ensuring that the huge contribution of SAS Doctors is valued and their personal development prioritised. Here are a few of the ways Oxleas recognises this:
After joining Oxleas you will be welcomed by our SAS Tutor, with a personal meeting to discuss your development needs and how Oxleas can help.
You will have access to wide range of training and development days in Oxleas, and across the other South London NHS Trusts, which are specifically for SAS Doctors.
Anyone considering a CESR application will receive support from Oxleas and we are proud to have had successful applicants with several SAS Doctors who are currently in the process of applying.
Recently introduced in Oxleas is that all substantive SAS doctors with seven or more years' in the grade will be eligible for two additional days of annual leave per annum.
The SAS Charter sets out what support Staff and Associate Specialist (SAS) doctors have available and what they can expect from their employers.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Providemedical and psychiatric inputto the Mental Health Liaison Team for patients presenting to the Emergency Department and acute inpatient wards at PRUH.
- Undertakecomprehensive psychiatric assessments, formulate treatment and risk management plans, and provide guidance on appropriate pharmacological interventions.
- Ensure atimely and effective medical responseto referrals made to the Liaison Team, working in line with service priorities and national standards.
- Act as aSection 12approved clinician, undertaking Mental Health Act assessments within Emergency Department and inpatient settings where required.
- Contribute to, and where appropriate lead,clinical decisionmaking around discharge pathways, including:
- Referral to Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Teams
- Recommendation for admission to mental health inpatient services
- Work collaboratively with acute hospital staff and community mental health services to support safe transitions of care.
This role is ideal for an SAS doctor with SEC 12 approved seeking to further develop their experience inliaison psychiatry, acute mental health care, and multidisciplinary working within an acute hospital setting.
Oxleas and the SAS Doctor Charter
Our focus is on ensuring that the huge contribution of SAS Doctors is valued and their personal development prioritised. Here are a few of the ways Oxleas recognises this:
After joining Oxleas you will be welcomed by our SAS Tutor, with a personal meeting to discuss your development needs and how Oxleas can help.
You will have access to wide range of training and development days in Oxleas, and across the other South London NHS Trusts, which are specifically for SAS Doctors.
Anyone considering a CESR application will receive support from Oxleas and we are proud to have had successful applicants with several SAS Doctors who are currently in the process of applying.
Recently introduced in Oxleas is that all substantive SAS doctors with seven or more years' in the grade will be eligible for two additional days of annual leave per annum.
The SAS Charter sets out what support Staff and Associate Specialist (SAS) doctors have available and what they can expect from their employers.
Person Specification
Registration
Essential
- GMC Registered
Qualifications
Essential
- MRCPsych
Experience
Essential
- Relevant experience
Person Specification
Registration
Essential
- GMC Registered
Qualifications
Essential
- MRCPsych
Experience
Essential
- Relevant experience
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
Green Parks House
Princess Royal University Hospital
Bromley
BR6 8NY
United Kingdom
Employer's website
http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Green Parks House
Princess Royal University Hospital
Bromley
BR6 8NY
United Kingdom
Employer's website
http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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