ESS Nurse

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an ESS Nurse to join our team at HMP Swinfen Hall.

HMP Swinfen Hall is a Category C prison for men and young offenders located in the village of Swinfen in Staffordshire.

The ESS service is part of the national personality disorder OPD pathway. It is comprised of a small multi-disciplinary, multi-agency team to offer short term specialist interventions to the young men in our service who cause disruption to the establishment.

Our aim to reduce the level of disruption and risk to self and others by encouraging positive engagement. Service users present with several complex difficulties, and we offer treatment to meet the needs of the individual utilising the specialist skills of the team.

Main duties of the job

Working effectively within the team you will provide evidence based interventions. You will manage a caseload of patients and will be required to undertake assessments and reviews.

You will be responsible for the provision of specialist interventions for mental health / personality disorder / neurodiverse service users referred to ESS.

You will develop assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care and assist with the ongoing development of the ESS service.

Inclusion (part of Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust) has prison substance misuse and mental health teams across the country. You will benefit from training and development opportunities as well as the support of an NHS employer experienced in providing prison healthcare for many years.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached job description for the full list of duties and responsibilities. Here is a summary:

• To provide appropriate leadership and management advice in relation to this complex group of service users to peers , multi-disciplinary team, prison staff, external agencies, community teams and Management Groups.
• To monitor and evaluate practise based on contemporary and current trends and initiate changes in the light of these findings.
• To ensure that all statutory and professional responsibilities of the NMC Codes of Conduct are met alongside other professional related bodies.
• To promote, encourage and develop integration between Prison and Community services.
• Share good practice, develop ideas to improve the ESS service and promote research.
• Maintain a strong overview on environmental standards and address issues relating to safety, dignity, poor quality and poor hygiene and infection control

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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.