Our client a healthcare team at HMP Chelmsford, where your skills and commitment will directly contribute to the wellbeing of individuals in a secure and structured environment.
As part of a multidisciplinary team, you'll play a crucial role in delivering high-quality mental health care, supporting rehabilitation, and promoting recovery for some of society's most vulnerable individuals.
Main Responsibility
* To provide high quality planned and urgent mental health support to prisoners within a secure setting, this includes supporting RMNS with emergency alarms within the prison.
* This energetic and diverse role is part of a multi professional workforce delivering care to patients both within the Enhanced Care Unit, Residential Wings and all other areas that prisoners have daily access to such as workshops.
* As an RMN you will carry a caseload of patients and will be responsible for assessment and treatment of those patients.
* This will involve being part of the case management team in ACCT reviews.
* The role will involve integrated working alongside multi professionals within the whole prison setting not just healthcare
* Provide support and to all staff on your shift ensuring day to day functions are maintained
* Complete the induction training for new starters and be an appointed mentor the end of probation.
* Providing supervision to clinical and non-clinical staff where appropriate.
* Carry your own caseload
* Assess patients, plan their care, administer treatment and discharge or refer them as appropriate to other healthcare professionals or external agencies.
* Be a team member in all ACCT reviews and advise the prison with direct reference to the prisoners mental health
* Assess prisoner’s fitness for detention, release or transfer.
* Assess alcohol and drug intoxication and withdrawal