Mental Health Nurse Practitioner -Primary Care Mental Health

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a mental health nurse practitioner for its primary mental health and EDiC team, based in a prison’s integrated healthcare service. The post centres on screening and assessing new arrivals, making referrals and following them up for their first 14 days. It also covers pre-release planning and reviews of the primary mental health caseload, including ACCT reviews. Candidates need at least two years’ post-registration experience as a registered mental health nurse or learning disability nurse.

What the job involves

• Carry out reception health screenings and secondary screenings for new prisoners, identifying healthcare needs and care pathways
• Make referrals to the integrated MDT and other teams, and follow up on them for the first 14 days after arrival
• Develop care plans with patients, including individualised crisis plans
• Provide primary mental health engagement, reviews and interventions for the primary mental health caseload
• Attend ACCT reviews, CPAs, caseload planning meetings, caseload reviews and MDT meetings
• Conduct pre-release planning clinics as part of the EDiC and releases and transfer team
• Administer medication, including depot medication
• Collect and synthesise clinical history, and keep patient records up to date and accurate
• Ensure ongoing care with clear pathway management that patients and families or significant others understand
• Share information with patient consent, including with HMPPS staff, so care plans and risks are understood
• Carry out any other duties assigned by the EDiC Manager

Qualifications

• At least 2 years’ post-NMC registration as an RMN or RLD

Registration & licences

• NMC registration as an RMN or RLD

Experience

• At least 2 years’ working experience as an RMN or RLD

Nice to have

• Experience of managing junior staff

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