Custodial Flow Co-ordinator

To provide quality healthcare to those incarcerated in prisons.
- To provide safe and effective care pathways for all offenders identified for transfer to external NHS or independent in-patient services
- Working alongside the responsible prison clinical team, the post-holder will act as the link between external providers and the prison teams to ensure a co-ordinated approach to transfer planning, which results in effective and timely transfers in accordance with national time scales (e.g. 14 days for mental health transfers)
- Maintain accurate and timely transfer activity, information and data on the electronic data tracker system
- Be responsible for timely referrals to external providers
- Be responsible for tracking the progress of all referrals
- Promote timely medical and nursing assessments by external providers
- Maintain close links with the Ministry of Justice to ensure timely transfers
- Throughout the duration of an offenders stay in external services the post holder will act as a point of contact to ensure the smooth flow and exchange of information and attend all relevant forums relating to the offender
- Promote timely return to prison
- Work with the prison team to ensure the safe return of the offender and continuity of care arrangements
- To liaise with clinicians to arrange the provision of provide expert on-going clinical advice to practitioners as required.
- Contribute to service developments and plans aimed at improving and developing services.
- To provide timely data and reports as directed on offender transfer activity
- Work in partnership with General Practitioners to ensure timely and appropriate referral process/pathway in line with sentence status of the patient.
- Support the development of prison-based care to minimise length of hospital admission and promote site based interventions.
- Be fully conversant with Trust policies, CPA, and the Mental Health Act
- Maintain oversight of the escort and discharge database for each site.
- Support the clinical team to develop robust evidence-based protocols for the safe admission back to the prison upon discharge from hospital.

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes.

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

- We’re Kind
- We’re Fair
- We Listen
- We Care
- Develop and maintain effective channels of communication, professional links and interfaces with NHS and independent providers, statutory agencies, the third sector and the Prison Service.
- Work closely with these agencies to achieve joint working and integrated care arrangements.
- Support senior staff in the development of plans for the achievement of clinical excellence and demonstrate high standards of clinical practice to the team.
- As required attend case conferences, clinical reviews and CPA’s.
- As required attend and/or minute other meetings and forums as directed.
- Ensure that all relevant clinical information is documented accurately and in a timely fashion onto SystmOne.
- To deputise for the Administration supervisor supporting the administration team and assisting with administration tasks when and where required.
- Maintain basic knowledge of legislative procedures governing care and treatment of mentally disordered offenders.
- Comprehensive knowledge of local and national policies in relation to patient confidentiality, Caldicott principles, Child and Adult safeguarding procedures and Vulnerable Adult’s Policy,