The post holder will provide clinical input to the in-reach teams at HMP Exeter.
The post includes an interesting and varied range of clinical responsibilities for prisoners with a wide range of clinical conditions, including acute and chronic mental illness, personality disorder and ADHD.
HMP Exeter is a category B local and resettlement men’s prison. The current capacity is approximately around 500 with a high turnover each month. The prison receives 1-10 receptions per day and there are around 50 new referrals each week for the Mental Health In-Reach team. The prison was inspected by HMIP/CQC in November 2022.
To support the recruitment campaign, there is potential to employ a suitable candidate to this post with full time hours. To be discussed following interview.
Workload at HMP Exeter
The in-reach teams hold a caseload and within this caseload, a number of patients would be subject to CPA management. New assessments are normally slotted into the ward rounds (Inpatients) and into prearranged out-patient clinics if the new assessments are generated from the referral system. All referrals are triaged by the In-Reach Team. On rare occasions, assessments are requested as an emergency from the wings or segregation unit. This is variable but on average couple of times a week. Whilst there is flexibility in allocation of individual responsibilities, the overarching model is one of integrated working across the mental health multidisciplinary teams.
There are no on-call commitments associated to this role.
At Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, we offer a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people living in South-East London and to people in prison across England. Our wide array of services includes community health care, such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies.
Oxleas is a great place to work. It has been recognised as one of the Top 10 Best Places to Work 2023 by the Sunday Times amongst very big employers. Our staff survey results show that we are in the Top 5 in England and the highest in London for staff experience amongst similar trusts.
“We are always delighted to welcome new colleagues to the Oxleas family. We care about making Oxleas a great place to work - it’s a big priority in our strategy. Come and join us - it’s a place where our values, teamwork, equity, and wellbeing matter and where you can really help to improve people’s lives.”
Ify Okocha
Chief Executive
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Clinical work – HMP Exeter
assessing prisoners in the house-blocks and in Healthcare
liaising with services outside the prison to arrange CPAs, aftercare plans or transfers to hospital
attending the inpatient unit to manage psychiatric cases.
any other care which could reasonably be expected of a consultant acting in an in-reach capacity in a prison
quality improvement initiatives, to be agreed with multidisciplinary colleagues and the service managers.
The post holder will work closely with the Service Manager and consultant colleagues in the prisons, Associate Clinical Director and the Clinical Director for the Forensics and Prisons Directorate to develop a model for the use of medical resources that meets service needs appropriately and supports a job plan that is professionally balanced.
