Bank Advanced Nurse Practitioner - HMP The Verne

Bank Advanced Nurse Practitioner – HMP The Verne

As a senior practitioner, leader, and source of expert advice to clinicians, allied health care professionals, patients and their carers, the post holder will support the Head of Healthcare to ensure the effective day‑to‑day operational management of the primary care team.

The post holder will provide quality primary care interventions to patients, will demonstrate the ability to lead and empower others and demonstrate the ability to plan and implement innovative practice. As an expert practitioner, the post holder will lead an integrated prison health care service and support the development of specialist practice‑based clinical model of care.

The post holder will be qualified as an RGN, with proven experience of working in a primary care setting and significant experience in managing long‑term conditions, QOF and Section 7a indicators. The post holder must also hold either an ACP or NMP qualification.

Main duties of the job

• Exercise a high degree of personal and professional autonomy and plan to reach complex and critical judgments and have decision making skills to satisfy the expectations of the role.
• Strategically innovate, deliver, clinically audit, and evaluate the Integrated Healthcare Service for the prison. This will include leadership of the Primary Care team, including long‑term conditions management, enhanced assessment and diagnostic intervention services, and health promotion activities in line with the NHS Plan, public health indicators and National Service Frameworks.
• Establish and provide robust expert clinical leadership to the Primary Care team with a sound understanding of models of care and evidence‑based practice to provide a pro‑active approach to ensure quality, trauma‑informed, and outcome‑driven services on a day‑to‑day basis.
• Ensure monitoring systems are in place, promote the development of evidence‑based practice in this specialist field and promote research as appropriate.
• Be responsible for the development of and participation in managerial and professional clinical supervision programme for the Primary Care team to ensure all staff receive appropriate supervision, training, and annual appraisal and to ensure that it becomes an integral part of team practice.

Job responsibilities

Key Task and Responsibilities

• Exercise a high degree of personal and professional autonomy and plan to reach complex and critical judgments and have decision making skills to satisfy the expectations of the role.
• Strategically innovate, deliver, clinically audit, and evaluate the Integrated Healthcare Service for the prison.
• Lead the Primary Care team, including long‑term conditions management, enhanced assessment and diagnostic intervention services and health promotion activities, in line with the NHS Plan, public health indicators and National Service Frameworks.
• Establish and provide robust expert clinical leadership to the Primary Care team.
• Ensure monitoring systems, evidence‑based practice and research promotion.
• Develop and participate in managerial and professional clinical supervision programme for the Primary Care team.

Management responsibilities

• Support HoHC in accountability for the delivery of the Quality Agenda; participate in effective management of clinical risk, identification of best practice and addressing remedial actions as required.
• Manage a small, complex Primary Care clinical caseload.
• Develop, implement and maintain the National Standards for Health Care in Prisons for the service.
• Support HoHC in accountability for implementation of clinical policies that are fair and equitable.
• Day‑to‑day management & coordination of Primary Care provision and integration with all other teams within healthcare delivery.
• Ensure all Primary Care clinics and consultations are delivered effectively & timely, in line with service needs and support HoHC for other healthcare teams.

Leadership

• Establish effective communications and networks to develop practice within healthcare.
• Contribute to the development of formal education, training and development programmes.
• Participate fully in clinical and managerial supervision.
• Participate fully in the Clinical Governance Forum and develop ways to improve learning, clinical practice and patient experience.

Clinical

• Assess, diagnose, implement, and evaluate treatment/interventions and care for patients presenting with an undifferentiated diagnosis or complex needs.
• Clinically examine and assess patient needs from a Primary Care perspective, and plan clinical care.
• Integrate non‑medical prescribing, non‑pharmacological and multidisciplinary resources.
• Work with patients to support compliance with and adherence to prescribed treatments.
• Prescribe and review medication for therapeutic effectiveness, appropriate to patient needs and in accordance with evidence‑based practice and national and practice protocols, within scope of practice.

Research

• Evaluate and audit own and others clinical practice, select and apply valid, reliable methods, and act on findings.
• Critically appraise and synthesise the outcome of relevant research, using results to underpin practice and inform service improvement.
• Identify gaps in evidence base and its application to practice, and recommend safe and pragmatic solutions.
• Develop and implement robust governance systems and systematic documentation processes.
• Participate with and support local research initiatives and facilitate collaborative links between clinical practice and research.

Communication

• Develop and maintain effective communication structures, facilitating two‑way communication on professional, local and Trust issues.
• Communicate effectively at management level and to a wide range of target audiences.
• Resolve complex clinical matters between staff and clients where persuasion, motivation and reassurance may be required.
• Establish appropriate communication methods suitable for patients and carers, considering level of understanding, cultural/language needs and preferred method.
• Anticipate and overcome barriers to communication and seek support from other staff when necessary.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION, PLEASE READ

All applicants must be willing to undertake National Security Vetting in order to work in a Prison Setting. This will be completed as part of the pre‑employment checks through Oxleas and the prison vetting team.

You will need to provide:

• Proof of right to work documentation.
• Proof of ID, needs to include 1 photographic ID.
• Proof of address documentation.
• Non‑UK passport holders will need to have correct documentation (right to work in the UK) and a Home Office Share code.
• Address history – 5 years address history will be needed.
• Applicants that are not UK Passport holders who provide less than 5 years UK address history will need to provide a Police Certificate which must be in English from where they resided previously.
• Applicants who are UK Passport holders who have lived abroad for a period of more than six months during the last three years will need to provide a certificate of good conduct or an overseas police check in English from the countries resided in or visited.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Professional Qualification (Registered RGN)
• Evidence of Leadership/ Management qualification

Experience

• Previous middle management experience in multi‑disciplinary environment delivering Primary Care and services (min 3 years).
• Experience of service implementation, development and change management.
• Experience of working within prison settings.

Skills/Abilities/Knowledge

• Working knowledge of current issues/ agendas facing prison healthcare.
• Knowledge of Models of Care for Primary Care within Secure environments.
• Working knowledge of the criminal justice system and its application to healthcare services.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

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