Forensic Healthcare Practitioner (North Kent)

Location of Role: North Kent

Advert Closing Date: 28/04/2025

Starting Salary: £40,170.00 (pro-rata for part-time vacancies)

Part/Full Time: Full Time

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Pattern: 24/7 shift

Weekend/Evening Working: Yes

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an individual to undertake the role of Forensic Healthcare Practitioner based at North Kent Police Station.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Practice autonomously and work without supervision.
2. Collect forensic samples, including venous blood.
3. Issue medication in line with the Patient Group Directive.
4. Assess individuals to determine fitness for detention or interview.
5. Attend custody suites and external sites such as hospitals.

Qualifications and Experience:

1. Registered General Nurse or Paramedic with current registration (NMC or equivalent).
2. Minimum of 3 years post-registration experience, competency level equivalent to 'pay band 6'.
3. Background in Emergency Department, acute medical setting, or relevant discipline.
4. Certificate in Phlebotomy and cannulation.
5. Competent in IT, particularly Microsoft Office products and email.
6. Full manual driving license.

Skills and Attributes:

1. Excellent communication and rapport-building skills.
2. Good information gathering, problem-solving, and clinical decision-making skills.
3. Ability to maintain professional detachment and work in an enforcement environment.
4. Good organizing and time management skills, attention to detail, and ability to share knowledge effectively.

Working Conditions:

1. 24/7 shift pattern covering days and nights.
2. You will be required to attend custody suites in a number of policing areas as well as external sites such as hospitals, driving police vehicles, hence a full manual driving licence is essential.
3. Working within busy custody suites engaging with individuals under difficult or sometimes confrontational circumstances.
4. Two-week induction-training program provided.

For further information, please contact Chrissie Farren on 07528 989365.

Kent Police offer incremental increases within this salary band, therefore the salary for this position will rise to a maximum of £45,591.00.

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Your application for this role will be shortlisted on the content you provide within the reason for application question, within the application form itself. CV's, covering letters or attachments are not included in the shortlist. Within your reason for application answer, please refer to any experience, skills, and abilities you feel you have that will make you suitable for this role, based on the role criteria stated in the job advert or job description. Please provide as much detail as possible as insufficient content may mean you do not meet the shortlisting criteria.

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Kent Police and Essex Police welcomes applications regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, sex, or employment status.

Please let us know if you require extra support at any stage of the application process, or for further information regarding this position, please email us at recruitment.business.services@ecis.police.uk stating 'Application Support and Adjustments' in the title of your email. Alternatively, you can call us on 01245 452833.

If you're not from the UK, you must be a resident in the UK and have lived here continuously for the last three years. You must also be free from restrictions with indefinite leave to remain.

If you're from the UK you must have lived here continuously for the last three years. This doesn't apply to those serving abroad in the British Armed Forces.

Essex Police and Kent Police are an equal opportunities employer. Communications may be recorded for monitoring purposes.