Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Mental Health Nurse - HMP Feltham B
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Senior Mental Health Nurse – HMPYOI Feltham – Prisons Health Care Team
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Our event is scheduled for Saturday 16th August 2025, with registration beginning at 10:00 AM.
Location
[Click here for map] Riverside Vineyard Church Air Park Way, Feltham, TW13 7LX
About Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust is a Top Employer Award Winner. We deliver patient-focused quality care through partnerships across:
- Primary care
- Mental health services
- Intellectual disability support
- Substance misuse interventions
Serving diverse and culturally rich communities, we strive to provide responsive and dependable healthcare within the criminal justice system.
Our mission: "Caring NOT Judging." We collaborate with the criminal justice system and external agencies to offer high-quality primary care and mental health services for individuals (including those at risk of offending) to improve their health status and encourage social inclusion.
Explore career pathways on our [Working for Our Organisation page].
About the Role
We are recruiting a highly motivated, innovative, and enthusiastic Senior Mental Health Nurse to join our forward-thinking, friendly, and expanding Health & Justice team at HMPYOI Feltham.
Key Responsibilities
As part of our Prisons Health Care Team, you will:
- Assess and treat patients throughout their prison journey.
- Accept referrals and triage patients in partnership with the team.
- Conduct Early Days In Custody (EDIC) assessments to ensure new arrivals receive a brief evaluation of need, prioritising referrals to GP, SMS, chaplaincy, psychology, and other services.
- Participate in Care & Separation Unit (CSU) rounds with GPs and primary care nurses.
- Complete detailed individual assessments (alone or in collaboration) and feedback to the Multi-disciplinary Team (MDT), ensuring tailored care plans.
- Provide effective case management for your caseload under the Care Programme Approach (CPA), working with prison staff, external health services, and probation.
- Oversee pre-release care planning to facilitate smooth community reintegration.
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Benefits & Support
Alongside established benefits, we offer:
- Monthly supervision
- Annual personal development plans/appraisals
- Nursing Revalidation support
- Hidden Gem and annual award ceremonies
- Access to a wide range of internal and external training opportunities.
Our Health & Justice services present unique career paths, fostering leadership and lifelong learning with opportunities such as:
Development Opportunities
- Induction programme
- Career coaching
- Clinical supervision
- Reflective Practice
- Ongoing support from professional nurse advocates
- NHS Leadership Academy courses
- Bespoke health and justice competencies
- Advanced practice and external training
Main Responsibilities – Detailed Breakdown
Quality of Care
- Promote patient health and well-being in a safe, therapeutic, and individualized environment.
- Work with clinical leadership to develop the workforce.
- Ensure prioritised care delivery aligned with Trust standards under Team Manager guidance.
- Conduct comprehensive assessments across all need areas, liaising with prison staff and external agencies.
- Manage risks and suicide/safe-harm plans via ACCT procedures for vulnerable patients.
- Deliver equitable healthcare (age, culture, disability, and sexual orientation).
- Collaborate with the MDT and prison staff for streamlined service delivery.
- Follow prison and NOMS (National Offender Management Service) policies.
- Case manage clients, implementing CPA-aligned care plans, discharge reviews, and pre-release support.
- Maintain confidential communication with internal and external agencies within prison constraints.
- Facilitate therapeutic interventions tailored to forensic mental health needs, including rehabilitation and risk management.
- Act on urgent referrals, determining if specialist MDT input is necessary.
- Provide evidence-based interventions to mitigate symptoms, high-risk behavior, and co-morbidities (e.g., substance use/disorders).
- Ensure safeguarding compliance.
- Monitor treatment adherence and address unwanted effects promptly.
- Educate patients about mental health conditions through psycho-education.
- Support patients with co-occurring substance misuse in multidisciplinary care.
- Prepare written reports, care plans, and discharge summaries.
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Post Sentence & Community Care
- Safely reintegrate patients into the community from prison or alternative placements.
- Collaborate with the MDT and Team Manager to deliver inclusive and accessible care.
Person Specification
Requirements
Education & Qualifications
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Essential:
- Registered as a Mental Health Nurse (NMC)
- Evidence of professional development since registration
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Desirable:
- Post-registration qualifications (e.g., CBT, DBT, Dual Diagnosis).
- Mentorship/Supervisory qualification.
Previous Experience
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Essential:
- Experience working in multi-disciplinary teams (e.g., MDT collaboration).
- CPA case management experience.
- Community-based mental health/prison experience.
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Desirable:
- Prison or forensic mental health experience.
Attitudes & Characteristics
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Essential:
- Committed to clinical excellence.
- Open to constructive feedback and seeking support.
- Non-judgmental, compassionate approach.
- Flexible and adaptable.
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Other:
- Upholds equal opportunities policies.
- Promotes anti-discriminatory and anti-racist practices.
Key Skills & Competencies
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Essential:
- Expertise in engaging patients with mental health concerns, assessing needs, designing/delivering interventions, and evaluating outcomes.
- Risk assessment, management, and crisis intervention skills.
- Strong IT proficiency.
- Ability to build patient resilience and self-determination.
- Knowledge of safeguarding frameworks; Problem-solving and stress management.
- Understands care quality and governance; HoM (Health & Well-being Strategy) principles.
- Exceptional verbal and written communication.
- Ability to work both collaboratively and independently.
- Utilises supervision effectively.
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Desirable:
- Familiarity with CPA, Mental Health Act, MAPPA (Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements) policies.
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