Head of Mental Health

HCRG Care Group; Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 50,000; Full time

Job description

Job Introduction

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced mental health professional to lead and manage the Mental Health Care services at HMP Chelmsford. As the Head of Mental Health Care, you will be responsible for overseeing the strategic and clinical delivery of mental health services within the prison, ensuring high standards of care, patient safety, and compliance with relevant legislation and national guidance.

This is a pivotal leadership role requiring a strong clinical background, a collaborative management style, and a commitment to improving mental health outcomes in a challenging but highly rewarding environment.

Main Responsibility

1. Provide direct line management, leadership and support to junior colleagues
2. Develop specialist practice-based clinical models of care
3. Provide a range of quality services and interventions
4. To be responsible for inpatient ward rotas, taking into account efficient use of resources, staff capacity and changing service needs
5. To support and undertake research, clinical audit and evaluate the service as directed.
6. To demonstrate and provide robust clinical leadership to junior staff with a sound understanding of evidence-based nursing practice to provide a pro-active approach to ensure quality and outcome driven practice on a day-to-day basis.

The Ideal Candidate

1. Registered mental Health Nurse with current NMC PIN
2. Experience in managing a team and leading the mental health area of a Healthcare service
3. Experience in a Prison environment highly desirable
4. Excellent clinical examination skills
5. Experience of Audits
6. Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team

Package Description

You will feel valued as the Head of Mental Health within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

1. A salary of £49,140 per Annum depending on experience
2. 25 Days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays
3. Company Policy Sick pay
4. Enhanced Maternity Package
5. Life Assurance
6. Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
7. Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
8. Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
9. Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
10. An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year