Domestic Abuse Specialist Nurse - HMP Styal in Wilmslow

The post holder will be responsible for identifying, supporting and delivering interventions to those who highlight they have been a victim of domestic abuse. The post holder will be required to have a high level of relevant knowledge and skills, which you will use to manage, develop and care for our patients with complex vulnerabilities in partnership with the wider multidisciplinary team. They will provide specialist advice and support to staff as required and will be responsible for developing and providing training on the management of domestic abuse. They will be required to work in partnership with the specialist domestic violence and abuse sector. The post holder will constantly strive to improve individual patients and their family and carers experience through the sharing of best practice and the measurement of standards of care in domestic abuse.

Main duties of the job

• Provide leadership and be a proactive role-model in the clinical environment leading practice development and professional development relating to domestic and sexual abuse.
• Develop and expand learning and education resources for clinical teams relating to domestic and sexual abuse aligned with national best practices.
• Provide leadership, advice and support which is evidence based, and fosters a learning culture which values and responds to the needs of survivors of domestic abuse.
• Work in partnership with the prison and community multi-disciplinary teams to achieve agreed, common goals/outcomes in ensuring awareness of domestic and sexual abuse remains a high profile within all clinical activity in the trust and in ensuring highest standards of care are maintained.
• Continue to work with key clinicians in the ongoing development of educational initiatives and changes in clinical practice focusing on improving the experiences of survivors of domestic and sexual abuse.
• Continue to build on networks across professional boundaries locally to develop, inform and share best practice in domestic and sexual abuse including key charity organisations.

Person Specification

• Broad range of post registration clinical experience.
• Experience of working within an acute trust.
• Experience of working with domestic abuse and violence and sexual abuse issues.
• Experience of making child and adult safeguarding referrals to social care.
• Experience of developing training and delivery in a clinical practice setting.
• Experience of working with autonomy.
• Experience of multi-disciplinary team working and multi-agency working.
• Experience of utilising evidence based practice in a health setting.
• Evidence of commitment to a lifelong personal and professional development.
• Work experience within Safeguarding Children/ Adults/ Domestic Abuse teams.
• Experience of teaching in a formal classroom setting.
• Experience of teaching to large numbers of health professionals.
• Involvement in clinical audit.
• Work directly with MARACs and other related multi-agency forums and meetings.
• Experience of facilitating service user / carer involvement.

Education

• Registered Nurse, Midwife, Health Visitor or Allied Health Professional.
• Educated to masters level or equivalent experience.
• Recognised training qualification.
• Attendance at Domestic Abuse training IDVAS.

Skills

• Ability to communicate and receive highly complex and sensitive information.
• Experience of providing advice and support to colleagues.
• Demonstrate effective written and verbal communications skills.
• Commitment to multi-agency, multi-disciplinary team working, including the voluntary sector.
• Be able to make judgements on issues involving complex fact or situations, which require the analysis, interpretation and comparison of a range of options.
• Demonstrate an ability to assess, plan, deliver, prioritise and evaluate patient care.
• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of domestic and sexual abuse.
• Experience of multi-agency working.
• Knowledge of specialist and voluntary domestic violence sector.

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.