Forensic Nurse or Paramedic - Carlisle - Custody

Mountain Healthcare Ltd; Carlisle; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Carlisle is seeking a Forensic Custody Healthcare Professional. You will provide high quality care to detainees, manage health needs, and collect forensic samples. Full training is offered, and flexible working arrangements are available. Candidates must be a registered nurse or paramedic with relevant experience and a valid UK driving license.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Accredited forensic training

Opportunities for progression

Qualifications

• Registered General Nurse (RGN) or Paramedic with current NMC or HCPC registration.
• Full UK driving licence with less than 6 points.
• Right to work in the UK and have lived in the UK for a minimum of three years prior to application.
• Enhanced DBS clearance.
• Minimum three years post qualification experience.
• Strong communication and decision making skills.
• Willingness to complete accredited forensic training within the first year.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality care to detainees in police custody.
• Manage a variety of health needs from drug and alcohol dependency to acute medical episodes.
• Be trained to collect forensic samples that support police investigations.
• Carry out comprehensive clinical assessments to determine fitness for detention or interview.
• Manage medical emergencies, treat injuries and provide health advice.
• Collect and preserve forensic samples in line with legal and professional standards.
• Liaise with police officers, NHS services, mental health teams and other agencies.
• Maintain accurate clinical and evidential records.
• Attend court when required to give impartial professional evidence.
• Undertake accredited forensic training and continuous professional development.

Job description

Forensic Nurse or Paramedic - Carlisle - Custody

As a Forensic Custody Healthcare Professional you will

• Provide high quality care to detainees in police custody
• Manage a variety of health needs from drug and alcohol dependency to acute medical episodes
• Be trained to collect forensic samples that support police investigations

Experience in forensics is not required as full accredited training is provided.

We offer a range of flexible working arrangements to help you achieve a positive work life balance while building a rewarding and impactful career in an organisation that values and supports its people.

Main duties of the job

• Carry out comprehensive clinical assessments to determine fitness for detention or interview
• Manage medical emergencies, treat injuries and provide health advice
• Collect and preserve forensic samples in line with legal and professional standards
• Liaise with police officers, NHS services, mental health teams and other agencies
• Maintain accurate clinical and evidential records
• Attend court when required to give impartial professional evidence
• Undertake accredited forensic training and continuous professional development

About us

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 valuesBe KindandDo 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

Job responsibilities

As a Forensic Custody Healthcare Professional you will:

• Provide high quality care to detainees in police custody
• Manage a variety of health needs from drug and alcohol dependency to acute medical episodes
• Be trained to collect forensic samples that support police investigations

Experience in forensics is not required as full accredited training is provided.

We offer a range of flexible working arrangements to help you achieve a positive work life balance while building a rewarding and impactful career in an organisation that values and supports its people.

Why Join Us?

• Flexible working arrangements to support work life balance
• Full time and part time positions available
• Accredited forensic training provided
• Opportunities to progress within one of the UK's most respected forensic healthcare providers

Mountain Healthcare aims to create and encourage an environment that is committed to promoting equality, diversity, working inclusively, and valuing the differences that individuals can bring to the workplace. We uphold these principles in our organisational values and behaviours towards each other and our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexuality, or other personal circumstances.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• * Registered General Nurse (RGN) or Paramedic with current NMC or HCPC registration
• * Full UK driving licence with less than 6 points
• * Right to work in the UK and have lived in the UK for a minimum of three years prior to application
• * Enhanced DBS clearance

Experience

• * Minimum three years post qualification experience
• * Strong communication and decision making skills
• * Willingness to complete accredited forensic training within the first year

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.