Substance Misuse Practitioner: HMP Ranby

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Band 5

Main area: Allied Health Professions
Grade: Band 5
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time – 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 186-1556-24-FS

Site: HMP Ranby
Town: Retford
Salary: £29,970 – £36,483 per annum (pro rata for part time)
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 06/01/2025 23:59

Job overview

Looking for something new & exciting in the NHS? Ever considered Prison healthcare?

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Substance Misuse Practitioner to join the Offender Health Care Group working at HMP Ranby. Healthcare at HMP Ranby gives you the opportunity to make a difference to a group of people who traditionally have had high psychiatric and social morbidity but have also faced multiple barriers to accessing appropriate healthcare.

To provide high quality patient care through assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating care for people with substance misuse problems working to both harm reduction and health promotion/recovery agendas.

You should be enthusiastic, motivated, patient-focused, and enjoy a challenge. We provide a service 24 hours a day, 7 days a week on an internal rotation basis. The team operates in a supportive environment with a commitment to personal and professional development.

Main duties of the job

Working with a caseload of often complex and challenging patients, you will provide a substance misuse through-care service for patients from the point of entry into the prison system to re-entry into the community so that re-offending is reduced and the health and social functioning of patients is improved.

You will be part of a committed, passionate, and vibrant Substance Misuse Team delivering high-quality patient care through assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating care for people with substance misuse problems, working to harm reduction and health promotion/recovery agendas.

You will provide leadership to junior staff by maintaining professional standards, ensuring adherence to all relevant policies and procedures to ensure the delivery of high-quality care.

The Substance Misuse Team is part of the Healthcare Department which also provides Mental Health and Physical Health services, all of which work together to provide a comprehensive package of patient care.

Working for our organisation

#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.

We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire\’s biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.

We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.

The health and wellbeing of our colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.

The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Offender Health Care Group is one of the largest and most successful providers of prison healthcare in the UK. The Care Group provides physical, mental health, and substance misuse healthcare services in prisons across the East Midlands, Lincolnshire & Leicestershire.

The Care Group provides healthcare to 7 prisons and a short-term holding facility. You are part of a large peer group of 400+ healthcare professionals with access to peer support, supervision, and excellent opportunities for learning and development. We also offer services within the Personality Disorder Pathway, including Therapeutic Communities (within prisons), Community and Prison Personality Disorder services, and specialist Veteran Services.

We are committed to working in partnership with prison services, national probation service, other healthcare providers, and our criminal justice system partners to improve health and support justice to reduce re-offending behaviour. The Offender Health Team truly believes it can make a difference to the lives of offenders by offering consistent, high-quality care in primary, mental health, and substance misuse services that are equivalent to health services delivered outside of prison.

To assist in the provision of effective substance misuse health services for prisoners which deliver against required standards, e.g., Key Performance Indicators, Prison Health Performance Indicators, and demonstrate value for money, improve the health of individuals, enabling the service to compete as provider of choice to local commissioners.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Either a current professional registration e.g. nursing, O.T, Social Work or equivalent knowledge and experience in the provision of structured psychosocial interventions
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development in relation to substance misuse

Experience

• Experience of community-related Substance Misuse multi-disciplinary work. This could include substantial voluntary work or work in a related field e.g., housing
• Experience of working with patients presenting with challenging behaviours
• Experience of record keeping, report writing, and correspondence
• Experience of working in a secure setting

Knowledge

• Theoretical knowledge of substance misuse and evidence-based psycho-social interventions
• Awareness of local and national substance misuse strategies e.g., the recovery agenda
• Understanding of the roles and responsibilities of the members of the Multidisciplinary Team

Skills

• Ability to undertake comprehensive assessments
• To assess and evaluate risk in relation to substance misuse
• Excellent and effective written, verbal, and non-verbal communication skills
• Effective problem solving and decision-making skills

Contractual Requirements

• Flexibility to meet service needs with some unsociable hours

Values and Behaviours

• All colleagues are expected to demonstrate that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion, Teamwork
• All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role. The Trust’s expectations are highlighted within our EDI Policy and associated EDI and Human Rights legislation.

Additional Information

• The closing date given is a guide. We reserve the right to close the post early once we have received a sufficient number of applicants, so we advise you to submit your application early to prevent disappointment.
• We will be requesting references by email. Please ensure you include email addresses and contact numbers for your referees to avoid delay in the recruitment process.
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• For eligible posts, DBS disclosures are mandatory before commencement of employment. If you are in a position that is deemed a regulated adult and/or child care role, you will not be able to start your employment until we have received a satisfactory DBS Disclosure. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Convictions which would otherwise be considered as \’spent\’ will also be checked as part of an Enhanced DBS Disclosure.

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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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