Mental Health Nurse Practitioner -Primary Care Mental Health: Sponsorship Available

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

To provide Initial screening/assessments for new intakes, work collaboratively within the integrated Healthcare team to identify needs, create care plans and provide referrals, including Mental Health interventions and other appropriate support to ensure continuity of care for people resident in the prison.

Main duties of the job

Providing Initial Reception and secondary screening services for new intakes into the prison Estate, including assessment and identifying healthcare needs, highlighting appropriate care pathways, making appropriate referrals to the Integrated MDT and collaborating with people on initial plans of care.

Ensuring prompt and relevant referrals to appropriate teams for comprehensive healthcare interventions and following up on the referrals for the first 14 days after the patients’ arrival at the prison.

Work as an integral member of the EDIC/Releases and Transfer team – including conducting pre-release planning clinics and all other relevant interventions as assigned by the EDIC Manager.

To provide Primary Mental Health engagement, reviews and interventions to people on the primary mental health caseload, including attending ACCT reviews, CPAs, caseload planning meetings, caseload reviews and MDT meetings.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Minimum 2 years post NMC registration as RMN/RLD

Experience

Essential

  • Minimum 2 years working experience as an RMN/RLD

Management

Desirable

  • Experience of managing junior staff

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 13 November 2026

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