BANK Forensic Nurse or Paramedic - Surrey Custody

NHS; Redhill; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Part time

Job summary

Une NHS en Angleterre recherche un Infirmier ou un Paramedic pour un poste de santé forensique. Ce rôle est essentiel pour assurer des soins de qualité aux personnes en garde à vue, offrant une grande variété de responsabilités allant de la collecte d'échantillons forensiques à l'évaluation des besoins en santé mentale. Ce poste convient aux professionnels passionnés et déterminés souhaitant faire une différence significative dans le système de justice pénale.

Benefits

Enhanced sickness pay scheme

Enhanced Maternity Pay after 1 year's service

Well-being programme

6 weeks annual leave

Pension Scheme

Life Assurance

Accredited CPD training courses and masterclasses

Funding for higher education courses after one year's service

Qualifications

• Diplôme infirmier ou paramédic requis.
• Minimum de 3 années d'expérience post-qualification.
• Permis de conduire britannique complet requis.

Responsibilities

• Collecte d'échantillons forensiques et soutien aux détenus.
• Fourniture de soins adaptés aux dépendances et épisodes médicaux.
• Travailler en collaboration avec la police et le personnel de santé.

Skills

Forensic sampling

Substance misuse therapies

Patient assessment

Mental health identification

Education

Qualified Registered Nurse or Paramedic

Job description

BANK Forensic Nurse or Paramedic - Surrey Custody

• £500 referral bonus - when you refer healthcare professionals to us
• We will pay £120 NMC registration fees per year
• We will pay £98.12 HCPC registration fees per year

Are you a Nurse looking for a change? Are you a Paramedic looking for the next step? Do you want to work in forensic healthcare that makes a remarkable, positive, and lifelong difference in people's lives?

If the answer is yes, then this is the right role for you!

Here at Mountain Healthcare, we are looking for passionate, determined, and resilient individuals to join our teams as Forensic Custody Healthcare Professionals based in Surrey.

Main duties of the job

Duties include:

• Forensic sampling (including road traffic offence bloods)
• Signposting and conducting referrals; offering support for vulnerabilities and supporting patients to break patterns of re-offending
• Delivering substance misuse therapies
• Assessment & care of detainees and staff in custody suites
• Promoting good personal healthcare
• Working with Liaison and Diversion to identify mental health needs

About us

Founded by passionate clinicians, Mountain Healthcare aims to provide expert patient-centred services. As a leading provider in the UK, our services include Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARCs), Police Custodial Healthcare, Secure Estate Healthcare, and clinical telephone advice. We are committed to our values: Be Kind and Do the Right Thing, providing holistic and trauma-informed care that improves health outcomes across the criminal justice system. We leverage innovative technologies and strategic partnerships to ensure effective, efficient, and equitable services, always prioritizing patients' health, safety, and rights.

Join us to make a difference in clinical forensic healthcare, a rapidly growing career sector with increasing demand for specialist services. We offer extensive staff training, development opportunities, and access to CPD courses, masterclasses, and sector events.

Job responsibilities

This role is suitable for RGN's and qualified Paramedics with 3+ years' post-qualification experience.

Custody environments are dynamic; police can detain individuals for up to 24 hours, during which we provide high-level care tailored to needs such as substance dependency or acute medical episodes. Our healthcare professionals are trained to collect forensic samples to assist police investigations. Experience in forensics is NOT required. As a Forensic Custody Healthcare Professional, you will work closely with police and receive training to become an accredited Forensic Practitioner.

If you seek a better work-life balance and clearer boundaries, this role could be ideal for you.

This is a Bank Vacancy Only.

Locations to cover include:

• Guildford
• Staines
• Salford

Benefits

• Enhanced sickness pay scheme
• Enhanced Maternity Pay after 1 year's service
• Enhanced Neonatal/Adoption Pay after 1 year's service
• Well-being programme
• Advanced rota planning for better work-life balance
• 6 weeks annual leave
• Pension Scheme
• Bonus Scheme
• Life Assurance
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Long Service/Team of the Month Awards
• Accredited CPD training courses and masterclasses
• Funding for higher education courses after one year's service
• Estimated £3000 overtime pay
• £3000 relocation allowance (T&C apply)
• £120 NMC registration fees per year
• £98.12 HCPC registration fees per year

DE&I Mountain Healthcare promotes an inclusive environment valuing diversity and equality. We welcome applications regardless of age, disability, sex, gender identity, race, religion, sexuality, or other personal circumstances.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Qualified Registered Nurse or Paramedic
• A FULL UK Driving License

Experience

• Minimum of 3 years' post-qualification experience
• Experience in A&E, walk-in centres, substance misuse, community nursing, police custody, prisons, or as a Paramedic Practitioner is advantageous

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This role requires a DBS check in accordance with the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975.