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Our Kent Prisons healthcare services are underpinned using our ‘health and wellbeing’ model. It has evolved over the past 5 years, where it was originally implemented at the Greenwich cluster. HMP Belmarsh in 2017 which was a first for NHSE (London Region) and a model which other services built on, for us followed by HMP Isis 2018 and HMP Wandsworth 2019.
There are core principles, however, how these are achieved are bespoke to the local healthcare and prison team during the model implementation:
- Patient focused with health promotion at the heart of our care
- Designing services which meet the unique needs of the prison
- The right staff, right place, right time ensuring experienced professionals are on hand to lead and support patients when needed
- A no exclusions model that ensures everyone with mental health needs is managed within the step care model
- Being highly supportive of clinical and prison staff with training, support enabling the team to work smarter and as part of an effective multi-disciplinary team
The six prisons are located across three estates, Isle of Sheppey, Rochester and Maidstone, with the Isle of Sheppey prisons being with a few minutes’ walk from each other and East Sutton Park approximately 7 miles from Maidstone.
The purpose of the Dual Diagnosis practitioner is to be responsible for carrying out assessments for service users with complex mental health and substance misuse needs. The Dual Diagnosis Practitioner will work closely with the psychiatry liaison team to give professional support and advice, formulating, and negotiating care packages with clients, families, and Specialist Mental Health professionals.
To work in partnership with HMPPS, Home Office Immigration Enforcement team contributing to reducing re-offending and improving the rehabilitation of offenders.
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people living in South East London and Kent and to people in prison. 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 4,000 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes. We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations across the London Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent and manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital in Woolwich as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are one of the largest providers of prison health services providing healthcare to prisoners across 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
Support the development of joint working protocols with mental health services and substance misuse services within the prison setting, including: Community Mental Health Teams (CMHTs), Improving Access to Psychological Therapies services (IAPT).
Improve communication and referral pathways between substance misuse and mental health teams and other services involved in the care and treatment of people with dual diagnosis.
Provide a care co-ordination role for identified dual diagnosis service users as appropriate.
Manage a caseload of service users with differing presentations whose condition may fluctuate in severity and complexity.
The post holder will assist in the overall delivery of care as wells as outcomes as determined by the Substance Misuse Service (SMS) and the mental health team (MHT).
The post holder will ensure that all the clinical activities and treatment pathways of are appropriately and accurately carried out. The postholder will be responsible for the monitoring and collection of data.
The post holder will support the SMS and MHT and contribute to the process of assessment and delivery of care to support ongoing development of an innovative and integrated clinical practice.
The post holder will support qualified staff in all activities relating to the delivery of high-quality patient-centred care.
The post holder will work and act as a key member of the Substance Misuse Service team and the mental health team, supporting patients in achievement of core clinical outcomes and the improvement for outcomes for service users.
Developing an understanding, and demonstrating use, of clinical supervision to reflect upon own practice.
