Custody Clinical Coordinator - Thames Valley - 24 Hours

Mountain Healthcare Limited; Milton Keynes; Sur place; GBP 50 000 - 61 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Mountain Healthcare Limited invites applications for a Custody Clinical Coordinator. Build on custody healthcare experience, combining hands-on practice with leadership responsibilities to support, develop and coordinate the Thames Valley team.

This role offers flexible working, opportunities to combine coordinator and Custody Healthcare Professional shifts, and accredited forensic training within a values-driven culture focused on high-quality care.

Qualifications

• Qualified Registered Nurse or Paramedic.
• Minimum 5 years post-qualification acute medical healthcare experience.
• Experience as a Forensic Custody Healthcare Professional.
• Desirable criteria include experience in A&E, walk-in centres, paramedic practice, substance misuse services, police custody or prisons.
• Line management or mentoring experience is desirable.

Responsabilités

• Provide line management through supervision and appraisal, and identify CPD strategies.
• Act as clinical contact for Thames Valley team, police colleagues and partner organisations; provide remote clinical advice.
• Identify and assess high-risk individuals in custody to reduce adverse events.
• Lead, support and supervise the team through change with integrity and clear communication.
• Coordinate deployment of healthcare resources and manage clinical coordination for custody patients.

Connaissances

Qualified Registered Nurse or Paramedc

Description du poste

About the Role FTE salary: £55,075.48 per annum

Pro rata salary for two shifts per week: £31,471.70 per annum

Ready to build on your custody healthcare experience and take the next step into clinical leadership? Join Mountain Healthcare as a Custody Clinical Coordinator and combine hands-on practice with responsibility for supporting, developing and coordinating the Thames Valley custody healthcare team. You will provide trusted clinical guidance, help colleagues manage complex and high-risk cases, coordinate timely care and contribute to safe, consistent standards across the service. This is an opportunity to broaden your impact beyond your own clinical caseload while retaining the autonomy, variety and purpose of custody healthcare. With flexible working and the opportunity to combine coordinator and Custody Healthcare Professional shifts, you can develop your leadership experience while continuing to make a meaningful difference to vulnerable people in police custody.

Why Join Us

• A substantive commitment of two shifts per week, with flexible working arrangements to support work-life balance.
• Opportunity to combine Custody Clinical Coordinator shifts with Custody Healthcare Professional shifts and work up to full-time hours, if desired.
• Accredited forensic training provided.
• Supportive, values-driven team culture.
• Opportunities to progress within one of the UK's most respected forensic healthcare providers.

Job Opportunity

• Provide effective line management through regular supervision and appraisal, constructive performance management and the identification of continuing professional development strategies.
• Act as a key clinical contact for the Thames Valley team, police colleagues and partner organisations. Provide timely remote clinical advice by phone and, where required, review patients face to face.
• Work collaboratively with police and healthcare colleagues to identify and assess people entering custody who meet the Joint Risk Team definition of high risk, helping to reduce the likelihood of avoidable adverse events.
• Provide teaching, coaching and a supportive learning environment so that custody healthcare staff have the skills and knowledge required to perform their roles safely and effectively.
• To lead, support, supervise and instruct the team through the process of change, demonstrating tenacity, drive professional integrity and positive communication style.
• To be responsible for the clinical co-ordination and management of resources in the provision of health care for such patients and be responsible for the wider deployment of healthcare resources

Essential Skills Essential Criteria

• Qualified Registered Nurse or Paramedic.
• A minimum of 5 years post qualification experience acute medical healthcare experience.
• Previous experience as a Forensic Custody Healthcare Professional.

Desirable Criteria

• Experience in one or more of the following settings would support your success in the role: A&E, a walk-in centre, paramedic practice, substance misuse services, community nursing, police custody, prisons or another relevant clinical discipline.
• Previous line management or mentoring experience.

About Company

Founded by passionate clinicians on a mission to provide expert patient-centred services, Mountain Healthcare leads the clinical forensic healthcare provisions sector in the UK. A premier partner of NHS England and the police, our unique provisions include Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARCs), Police Custodial Healthcare, Secure Estate Healthcare and clinical telephone advice.

Driven by our values Be Kind and Do the Right Thing, Mountain Healthcare provides holistic and trauma-informed care that improves the immediate and long-term health outcomes of patients across the criminal justice system. Through innovative technologies and strategic partnerships, our expert clinicians ensure equal, effective and efficient services to all our patients and always put their health, safety and rights first.

Join the Best Provider, Make the Greatest Difference

Clinical forensic healthcare is a rapidly growing career path as demand for specialist critical services has greatly increased in recent years. At Mountain Healthcare, we understand that to provide the highest quality services for our patients and customers, our people must be the best in the field. We are proud to offer unrivalled staff training and development opportunities such as our unique Forensic Practitioner Gateway, our wide range of accredited and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) courses, and access to events across the health and justice se