Practice Plus Group
Release and Transfer Coordinator
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About The Role
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We have an exciting opportunity for a Transfer and Discharge Coordinator to join our Substance Misuse team at HMP Lewes, a category B Prison located in Lewes.
HMP Lewes is a busy male prison with a capacity for 742 inmates.
Hours
This role is a fixed term contract for 12 months.
- Monday - Friday
- 0800 - 1600
Salary
This position is full time, you’ll receive an annual salary of £29,000 per annum.
How will we support you?
- Bespoke induction, including our Introducing Health in Justice training course
- Competency framework
- Regional and national career development opportunities
- Our bespoke Learning Management System to address your learning needs
- Support from the wider team
Candidates are required to have a Legal right to work in the UK and due to the nature of the role, offers of employment will be subject to additional vetting and security checks.
What you'll be doing
As a Transfer and Discharge Coordinator, your responsibilities will vary. You will
- Reducing unnecessary and confusing handoffs between healthcare services and inconsistency in service transfer between healthcare providers by initiating early discharge planning or transfer to alternative settings. This will include transitioning existing care plans.
- Ensuring safe transfers between establishments which offer continuity of care and ongoing support.
- Ensuring patients goals and needs are taking into consideration when care planning prior to transfer, with appropriate actions put in place for patients with complex heath care needs.
- To remove the delay for patients accessing and receiving the healthcare and medication they need during the transfer process.
- Work alongside the recovery team to promote and improve continuity of patient care.
- Meeting with patients to review recovery needs
- Making links with community drug & alcohol team
- Ensure patient's needs are going to be met by the receiving team e.g. OST prescription, appointments in the right place, help link prison and community team
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If you are interested in career development, we have a wide range of opportunities for you to develop your skills and experience, which include both internal and external options for development and learning.
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- Discounts on shopping and leisure activities
- Support to grow in your role and continue your professional development
What we'll look for in you
The Health in Justice team at Practice Plus Group makes a real difference across over 53 prisons, young offenders and immigration removal centres. We’re the UK’s leading independent provider of NHS services to over 40,000 patients in secure environments, always putting their needs first, regardless of their background.
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We are looking for caring, compassionate but also driven professionals who can help us drive our vision for a fair and inclusive healthcare access to all.
Qualifications, skills and experience required:
- Experience in working with patients within the Criminal Justice System
- Evidence of implementation of local and national policies e.g. NICE guidance, developing protocols/care pathways and monitoring effectiveness
- Knowledge of audit and its relationship to outcomes
- Knowledge of the statutory requirements for the safeguarding of adults and children
- Willing to be innovative and embrace learning through continued professional development and the practical application of new skills in the workplace
- Excellent communication skills and ability to communicate openly, consistently and clearly
- A non-judgmental, patient centred and compassionate approach
Secure environments are one of the most challenging, yet rewarding places for healthcare professionals to work. If you’re looking for a role where you can develop your existing healthcare skills and learn something new every day in an environment that never stands still, then this could be the right opportunity for you.
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