Thank you for taking an interest in our Substance Misuse Service Bank Nurse position.
We hope that you find this overview useful and look forward to receiving your application.
Our Healthcare Departments Operate Across Seven Prisons Each Of Which Require a Bespoke Service Responding To The Prisoner And Prison Needs
HMP Elmley Isle of Sheppey ‘B’ Remand 1,200 (male) 24/7 Inc. Inpatient Unit
HMP Swaleside ‘B’ High Security 1,200 (male)
HMP Standford Hill ‘D’ Open 500 (male) Standard
HMP Rochester/HMP Cookham Wood Rochester ‘C’ 650 (male) 24/7
HMP Maidstone Maidstone ‘C’ 500 (male) 24/7
HMP East Sutton Park ‘D’ Open 100 (female) Standard
We are particularly looking for bank workers who work at HMP Elmley
We are looking for dedicated Substance Misuse Service Nurses to cover bank shifts providing specialised assessment and clinical care to prisoners with identified substance misuse / dependency and related physical health issues in prison. Working closely with wider healthcare and prison departments to manage immediate risks and develop person centred collaboratively agreed recovery plan objectives.
We are looking for nurses with experience of substance misuse and who can pick night shifts and can do week days not just weekends at HMP Elmley.
Oxleas – About Us
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. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. 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
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Clare Denny Job title: Recruitment & Retention Resourcing Officer Email address: claredenny@nhs.net
