A 12-month fixed-term post in the Substance Misuse team at HMP Lewes, a male category B prison, within Practice Plus Group's Health in Justice service. The work centres on early discharge planning and safe transfers, so patients keep their care plans, medication and appointments when they move between services. Hours are Monday to Friday, 0800 to 1600, with liaison to the community drug and alcohol team. Applicants need the right to work in the UK, and offers are subject to vetting and security checks.
What the job involves
- Initiate early discharge planning or transfer to alternative settings, including transitioning existing care plans
- Ensure safe transfers between establishments with continuity of care and ongoing support
- Ensure patients' goals and needs are considered in care planning before transfer, with actions for complex healthcare needs
- Remove delays in patients accessing healthcare and medication during transfer
- Work alongside the recovery team to promote and improve continuity of care
- Meet patients to review recovery needs
- Make links with the community drug and alcohol team
- Ensure receiving teams can meet patients' needs, such as OST prescriptions and appointments, linking prison and community teams
Experience
- Experience working with patients within the criminal justice system
- Evidence of implementing local and national policies such as NICE guidance, developing protocols or care pathways and monitoring effectiveness
Skills & knowledge
- Knowledge of audit and its relationship to outcomes
- Knowledge of statutory requirements for safeguarding adults and children
- Excellent communication skills, communicating openly, consistently and clearly
- Non-judgmental, patient-centred and compassionate approach
- Willingness to be innovative and learn through continued professional development and applying new skills
Checks & eligibility
- Legal right to work in the UK
- Additional vetting and security checks
What’s offered
- Bespoke induction, including the Introducing Health in Justice training course
- Competency framework
- Regional and national career development opportunities
- Bespoke Learning Management System
- Support from the wider team
- Discounts on shopping and leisure activities
- Support to grow in the role and continue professional development
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
