Forensic Custody Healthcare Professional

Mountain Healthcare; Uldale; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Friend referral bonus

Registration paid (NMC/HCPC)

Pension scheme

Overtime at enhanced rates

Supportive culture

Unique clinical environment

Forensic skills exposure

Career progression

Accredited forensic training

Job summary

Mountain Healthcare delivers high-quality clinical forensic healthcare in custody settings, with a focus on patient-centred care, safeguarding, and evidence collection. This role supports detainees with complex health needs and works closely with police and NHS partners to ensure safe, effective outcomes.

The role requires registration with NMC or HCPC, a driving licence, DBS clearance, and at least 3 years post-qualification experience in acute or custody contexts.

Qualifications

• Registered General Nurse with current NMC registration.
• Paramedic with current HCPC registration.
• Full UK driving licence with fewer than six penalty points.
• Ability to complete enhanced DBS clearance and police vetting.
• Full right to work in the UK with at least 3 years UK residency.
• Minimum of 3 years post-qualification experience in acute or custody settings.
• Willingness to complete forensic training within the first year.

Responsibilities

• Clinical and capacity assessments.
• Managing acute healthcare needs and emergencies.
• Supporting mental health, substance misuse and safeguarding needs.
• Collecting and documenting forensic evidence.
• Maintaining accurate clinical and evidential records.
• Working with police, NHS and partner agencies.
• Attending hospital blood procedures under the Road Traffic Act.
• Providing professional statements and court attendance when required.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Autonomous working

Communication skills

Decision making

Education

NMC registration

HCPC registration

Job description

Forensic Custody Healthcare Professional

As a Forensic Custody Healthcare Professional, you will deliver high-quality healthcare to people detained in police custody, many of whom have complex physical health, mental health, substance misuse or safeguarding needs. Working autonomously in a fast-paced environment, you will assess, treat and support detainees while ensuring their safety and well-being.
This unique role combines clinical practice, safeguarding and forensic healthcare. No two shifts are the same. You will assess fitness for detention, interview, charge and release, manage acute presentations, respond to emergencies and provide advice to custody teams and partner agencies. Your clinical judgement will support safe decision-making and positive outcomes for vulnerable individuals.
You will also undertake specialist forensic duties, including injury assessment, evidential sample collection, and maintaining accurate clinical and legal records. Working with police, NHS and partner agencies, you will support detainee care in custody and on release.

Key responsibilities include:

• Clinical and capacity assessments.
• Managing acute healthcare needs and emergencies.
• Supporting mental health, substance misuse and safeguarding needs.
• Collecting and documenting forensic evidence.
• Maintaining accurate clinical and evidential records.
• Working collaboratively with police, NHS and partner agencies.
• Attending hospital blood procedures under the Road Traffic Act.
• Providing professional statements and court attendance when required.

What we’re looking for:

• Registered General Nurse with current NMC registration, or Paramedic with current HCPC registration.
• Full UK driving licence with fewer than six penalty points.
• Ability to complete enhanced DBS clearance and police vetting.
• Full right to work in the UK and a minimum of three years’ UK residency prior to application.
• At least three years’ post-qualification experience in an acute or relevant setting, such as front-line ambulance, A&E, prison, custody or urgent care.
• Strong assessment, communication and decision-making skills, with confidence working autonomously.
• Willingness to complete externally accredited forensic training within the first year of employment.

Working pattern and location

• A min of one shift per month. We operate a 24 x 7 shifts or 06:45-1900 and 1845-0700, all shifts include paid breaks
• The main place of work will be Workington Custody Suite.

What we offer:

• Recommend a friend £500
• NMC HCPC registration paid
• Access to company pension scheme
• Overtime at enhanced rates
• A supportive, values driven culture where professionalism and compassion are genuinely recognised
• A unique clinical environment where no two shifts are the same
• Exposure to specialist forensic skills including evidential documentation and forensic sampling
• Opportunities to progress within one of the UK’s most respected forensic healthcare providers
• Accredited forensic training and structured development.

About the 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 sector.