Custodial Flow Coordinator
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Gloucestershire, GL12 8BT
Salary
£28,392 to £31,157
Contract
Fixed-Term
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
1 September 2026
1 days left
Job description
Our healthcare team have a real impact on promoting health and well-being to those in prison and we pride ourselves on using skills and strategies tha...
The post holder will work as a Custodial Flow Coordinator to provide quality healthcare to those incarcerated in prisons.
Your primary job role will be toprovide safe and effective care pathways for all offenders identified for transfer to external NHS or independent in-patient services.
You will be working alongside the prison clinical team, and 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 provider
- Be responsible for tracking the progress of all referral
- 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
- Contribute to service developments and plans aimed at improving and developing services.
- To provide timely data and reports as directed on offender transfer activity
- Support the development of prison-based care to minimise length of hospital admission and promote site based interventions.
- Maintain oversight of the escort and discharge database for each site.
- Report all disputes and delays to management in a timely fashion
- Ensure that appropriate systems are in place, which enable and facilitate the effective Care Programme Approach, care coordination and continuity of car
- 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 CPAs.
- As required attend and/or minute other meetings and forums as directe
- IMPORTANT INFORMATION, PLEASE READ:
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 soughtfrom: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).
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
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- GSCE/NVQ Level 3 or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Experience of leading and working within multi-disciplinary teams
- Experience of Prison Health Care.
Skills
Essential
- Basic knowledge of the Care Programme Approach (CPA)
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to communicate proficiently at all
- Ability to work to tight deadlines.
How to apply
Applications are handled entirely by the employer on the original advert. We do not collect CVs, supporting statements or application data.
Provenance
Source
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First seen
13 August 2026
Last checked
15 August 2026
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