Overview
We are currently seeking a skilled and compassionate Senior Clinical Nurse Therapist to join our unique, dedicated team as part of the OPD Fens services located within a high secure male prison service.
This unique role offers the chance to provide mental health support in a challenging yet rewarding environment, providing specialist mental health knowledge advice, consultation and a range of clinically based interventions ensuring that assessments, treatments and ongoing care as required are delivered within the prison environment.
The post involves managerial responsibilities and working alongside the MDT and Service Manager to ensure continuity of care and close working relationships with our partners in NHFT. Tasks may involve working outside of the Fens services including the residential wings, workshops, the health care centre and, at times, attending prisoners who are temporarily based in Health Care, Segregation Unit, the Bridge or the Close Supervision Unit.
Responsibilities
The post holder will develop and deliver specialist clinics that address the holistic needs of this population, focusing on specialist needs related to trauma, personality difficulties and comorbid mental health conditions.
The post holder will provide specialist knowledge and interventions for offenders within the PD pathway (OPDP) using high quality, evidence-based specialist assessments and interventions. To ensure the provision of specialist advice, consultation, liaison, and education to professionals who work within and in conjunction with the OPDP Fens services.
To provide therapy and hold a clinical caseload.
You will contribute to the ongoing review, development, and delivery of Mental Health training and education to other staff. To work jointly with staff from a variety of other services.
To liaise and consult with the Fens Services Consultant Psychiatrist, the NHFT Psychiatrist, the primary health care team, and secondary MH teams within the prison.
To provide specialist advice and consultation regarding the management of moderate and severe MH conditions, supporting referrals to specialist NHS services where appropriate.
Organisation context
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children’s, adult and older people’s mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.
Equality, Sponsorship and Closing Notes
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.
Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.
Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Siobhan O\'Kane; Job title: Service Manager; Email: karen.pillinger@cpft.nhs.uk; Telephone: 01354 602586
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