Mental Health Nurse

Medacs Healthcare; Carisbrooke; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare staffing agency in the United Kingdom is seeking a full-time Staff Nurse (Band 6 RMN) to support mental health interventions within the HMP Isle of White. The role requires managing a caseload of prisoners with mental illnesses, ensuring high nursing standards, and conducting risk assessments. Candidates must have prison clearance and ideally some prison experience. Accommodation is not provided, and the placement is expected to start as soon as possible for approximately 3 months.

Qualifications

• Essential prison clearance required.
• Experience working within a mental health framework.
• Ability to manage a caseload of patients in a prison environment.

Responsibilities

• Manage own caseload including assessments and care planning.
• Provide mental health interventions to service users.
• Ensure high standards in nursing procedures and treatments.
• Conduct risk assessments and provide guidance.

Skills

Prison nursing experience

Mental health interventions

Assessment and care planning

Cultural sensitivity

Job description

Medacs Healthcare are working closely with MPFT to provide support to HMP Isle of White.

• Band 6 RMN, Staff Nurse (Prisons).
• Full Time: 08:30 - 16:00
• Weekends: 09:00 16:00
• Essential Prison Clearance
• Prison Experience
• Accommodation is not provided
• Start as soon as possible approx. 3 months placement
• Location: HMP Isle of White, Parkhurst Road, Newport IOW PO30 5RS.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Provision of mental health interventions to Service Users within the prison establishment across wellbeing, primary and secondary mental health.

• This will involve being responsible for managing their own caseload, including assessments, care planning, delivering interventions and reviewing care of patients located within the prison with a mental illness, within the framework of the multi-disciplinary team and Care Programme Approach.
• To be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of evidenced based interventions required including health promotion within a prison environment.
• To provide a nursing service to prisoners taking account of cultural and spiritual beliefs/needs.
• To be responsible for the appropriate risk assessment of service users, providing effective advice, guidance and decision making process.
• Responsible for coordinating the care and assessment under the care coordination approach.
• To ensure a high standard of nursing in the application of clinical nursing procedures and treatment including the custody storage and administration of drugs.
• Responsible for participating in the setting of quality standards, including auditing, monitoring and reviewing of clinical practice in line with current clinical guidance practice and policy.