Custody Nurse or Paramedic - Bank

Mitie Cleaning & Hygiene Services; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible benefits

Virtual GP

Salary Finance

Choices platform

MiDeals discounts

Cycle-to-work

Job summary

Mitie Cleaning & Hygiene Services is seeking Registered Nurses or Paramedics to support custody suites, alongside police in the UK. You will provide essential clinical care, manage medications, and help determine fitness for detention, with training provided for forensic and wider clinical skills.

Flexibility to work across base custody suites and an assigned region is required, with career development opportunities and a market-leading benefits package.

Qualifications

• RN, RGN or RMN with dual registration: 2 years post qualification - Band 5 minimum.
• Paramedic: 2 years post qualification.

Responsibilities

• Care for detainees in custody suites, addressing physical, mental health and wellbeing needs.
• Administer medications when required and record care on computerised systems.
• Assess fitness to detain or release and work with Liaison and Diversion teams to address root causes.

Skills

RN/RGN/Paramedic

Post-qualification experience

Education

HCPC/NMC registration

Job description

Better places, thriving communities.

Are you a Nurse or Paramedic looking for a new direction but not ready to take the leap from your current role? Look at our bank opportunities. You will be working alongside the Police in custody suites caring for detainees. You can have a career within the criminal justice system helping some of the most vulnerable people in society.

We require Registered (Adult) Nurses / RGNs, or Paramedics with 2 years' post qualification experience, who want to deliver gold standard care and be a proud part of a team who has this vision with a real passion for developing clinical, forensic and wider skills.

You must have the flexibility to work not only in your base Custody suite but across an assigned region in the Police Custody Suites and Force area.

What can you expect to earn?

Below is based on shifts per month.

• £20.50 per hour 1-2 shifts
• £22.50 per hour 3-5 shifts
• £24.50 per hour 6+ shifts

Experience - Essential

• RN, RGN or (RMN with dual registration):2 years post qualification - Band 5 minimum
• Paramedic 2 years post qualification.
• Minimum of 2 years post qualification experience in a patient-facing role within a relevant field: General Practice, A & E, Emergency Medicine, acute medicine, Walk in Centres, Substance Misuse Services, Prison Healthcare or Ambulance Service

Licence/Certification

• HCPC/NMC (required)
• Driving Licence (required)
• Must be a UK resident for 3 years + no gaps out of country more than 3 months
• All candidates will be subject to Police Vetting

What does the role involve?

The custody suites can be an energetic place to work, with no two shifts the same. Whilst detained, we provide individuals with all their physical, mental healthcare and wellbeing needs, as well as gather any forensic samples needed by the police to aid their investigations. Making careful records on our computerised systems, you will be assessing whether people are fit to be detained or released, administering medications when needed, and working with local Liaison and Diversion teams to address root cause issues that can prevent future crime.

No previous forensic experience required we will provide all your training.

Mitie Care & Custody is the market-leader in outsourced Police services in the UK. Our philosophy is all about delivering the Exceptional Every Day to the people in our care whilst providing you great training, development, and career opportunities.

What about opportunities for growth?

We will support you every step of the way, developing your skills to professionally deliver this rewarding, sometimes challenging role with integrity and respect.

Professional development and benefits

• Opportunities to progress into a full-time role and further opportunities.

Our market-leading flexible benefits scheme provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.

We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.

When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible benefits platform, Choices. This gives you the chance to customise your benefits to best suit your lifestyle. You can choose from dental insurance, dining cards, coffee clubs, buying technology products at an affordable cost and much more!

We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme.

Life cover is the greater of your equivalent annual salary or a minimum of £10,000 - giving peace of mind for your dependants. We also offer a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).

We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,000!

Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing at .

Since 1987, Mitie’s 84,000 employees have been maintaining companies globally. We are the UK’s leading facilities management and professional services company, and our clients range from household names in banking, critical government sites as well as hospitals and schools.

Join our Mitie Team.

Together our diversity makes us stronger.

Documents

• hcp v2.pdf (75.23 KB)

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