Job Description

The post holder will lead the delivery and development of specialist neurodevelopmental services within the secure environment of HMP Wandsworth and HMP ISIS.



The role involves the assessment, formulation, and implementation of specialist care plans for individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders (including, Autism Spectrum Conditions, and Learning Disabilities), ensuring continuity of care through collaborative working with prison staff, mental health teams, and external agencies.



The post holder will act as clinical lead to the Neurodevelopmental team.



Provide direct line management, leadership, and support to junior colleagues.



Required to attend both HMP Wandsworth & HMP ISIS



Provide comprehensive specialist assessments of individuals presenting with suspected neurodevelopmental conditions.



Deliver evidence-based interventions tailored to the specific needs of individuals with ADHD, ASD, and/or Learning Disabilities.



Act as the key clinical lead for neurodevelopmental conditions within the prison setting.



Contribute to multidisciplinary case discussions and care planning.



Ensure that care provided is trauma-informed, person-centred, and culturally sensitive.



Actively contributing to the planning, development and leadership of the neurodevelopmental services within the secure environment of HMP Wandsworth and HMP ISIS.



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



To provide effective leadership and management to the team that promotes high performance standards and enhances the achievement of the Trust's objectives and priorities.



Assume overall clinical accountability for the team alongside the team Manager.



Authorise time sheets oversea supplies Overseas budget



Play a lead role in the on-going development and delivery of an effective integrated healthcare service team clinical model.



Manage a clinical caseload.



Ensure all clinics are delivered in a clinically effective, efficient & timely way, in line with service needs.



Deliver strategies designed to promote and improve health and prevent disease, working proactively and collaborating with other professionals, organisations and agencies as directed Support systems for the collection, triage & management of all referrals.



Monitor and audit of the quality and effectiveness of all aspects of service delivery.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION PLEASE READY:

All applicants must be willing to undertake National Security Vetting in order to work in a Prison Setting. This will be completed as part of the pre-employment checks through Oxleas and the prison vetting team.

You will need to provide:

Proof of right to work documentation



Proof of ID, needs to include 1 photographic ID



Proof of address documentation



Non-UK passport holders will need to have correct documentation (right to work in the UK) and a Home office Share code.

Address History:

5 years address history will be needed.



Applicants that are not UK Passport holders who provide less than 5 years UK address history will need to provide a Police Certificate which must be in English from where they resided previously.



Applicants who are UK Passport holders who have lived abroad for a period of more than six months during the last three years will need to provide a certificate of good conduct or an overseas police check in English from the countries resided in or visited .



In order to assist you in obtaining a Police Certificate, guidance can be sought from: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants



If the country you have resided in is not listed here, you can obtain the necessary information by contacting the relevant Embassy or High Commission for that Country. Their contact details can be found on the Foreign & Commonwealth Office website ( http://www.fco.gov.uk/en ).