Overview
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 healthcareteam, 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.
Responsibilities
* The post holder will work as a Custodial Flow Coordinator to providequality healthcare to those incarcerated in prisons.
* Your primary job role will be to provide 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).
* Maintain accurate and timely transfer activity, information and data on the electronic data tracker system
* Be responsible for timely referrals to external providers
* 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 care
* 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 CPA’s.
* As required attend and/or minute other meetings and forums as directed.
* Ensure that all relevant clinical information is documented accurately and in a timely fashion onto SystmOne.
* Maintain basic knowledge of legislative procedures governing care and treatment of mentally disordered offenders.
* Comprehensive knowledge of local and national policies in relation to patient confidentiality, Caldicott principles, Child and Adult safeguarding procedures and Vulnerable Adult’s Policy.
Important Information
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).
This advert closes on Tuesday 17 Mar 2026
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