Mental Health Nurse

HCRG Care Group; Chelmsford; Presencial; GBP 33.000 - 39.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Group pension

Weekend/night shift pay

Sick pay

Maternity support

Life Assurance

Staff discounts

Wages on demand

Wellbeing support

Learning & development

Innovation funding

Descripción de la vacante

Join HCRG Care Group as a Registered Mental Health Nurse at HMP Chelmsford. You will assess, treat and provide ongoing care for prisoners with various mental health needs, in a secure setting. The role involves caseload management, ACCT reviews, and collaborative care with a multi-disciplinary team.

The position offers a supportive environment, access to eLearning and development pathways, and benefits including pension and wellbeing support.

Formación

• Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) with active PIN.
• Experience in a prison environment is essential.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a multi-professional team.

Responsabilidades

• Provide high quality mental health support to prisoners in a secure setting.
• Carry a caseload and be involved in assessment, treatment and discharge planning.
• Participate in ACCT reviews and case management as part of a multi-professional team.
• Support and supervise staff on your shift and mentor new starters.
• Ensure delivery of day-to-day functions and maintain patient care standards.

Conocimientos

RMN with PIN

Prison experience

Multi-disciplinary teamwork

Care planning

Descripción del empleo

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As a Mental Health Nurse you'll be part of our valued team based at HMP Chelmsford Prison. You will feel valued as a Mental Health Nurse, within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• A salary of £32,648.00 - £39,177.60 with access to our group pension
• Receive a competitive salary enhancement for working weekend and night shift patterns
• Company Policy Sick pay
• Enhanced Maternity Package
• Life Assurance
• Free tea, coffeeand milk at your base location
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life's emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• 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
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our 'Outstanding' learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• 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

Job Introduction

Join Our Friendly Team as a Registered Mental Health Nurse at HMP Chelmsford

About the Role:

As a Registered Mental Health Nurse, you will play a vital role in supporting the mental health and wellbeing of individuals within the prison environment. You'll provide assessment, treatment, and ongoing care for prisoners facing a variety of mental health challenges. This is a rare opportunity to make a meaningful difference in a dynamic and challenging setting.

What We Offer:

• A supportive and friendly team environment
• A chance to develop your skills in a unique healthcare setting
• Meaningful work that truly impacts lives

Working Hours:

• Standard shift: 08:00 - 18:00 (Days)
• Rotational late shift coverage: 10:00 - 20:00
• Contract Type: Permanent, 40 hours

Does this sound like something that would interest you? If you are interested or would like further information please contact:Wahida Hassan on [e-mail]

A full list of responsibilities can be found in the attached job description.

Main Responsibilities

• To provide high quality planned and urgent mental health support to prisoners within a secure setting, this includes supporting RMNS with emergency alarms within the prison.
• This energetic and diverse role is part of a multi professional workforce delivering care to patients both within the Enhanced Care Unit, Residential Wings and all other areas that prisoners have daily access to such as workshops.
• As an RMN you will carry a caseload of patients and will be responsible for assessment and treatment of those patients.
• This will involve being part of the case management team in ACCT reviews.
• The role will involve integrated working alongside multi professionals within the whole prison setting not just healthcare
• Provide support and to all staff on your shift ensuring day to day functions are maintained
• Complete the induction training for new starters and be an appointed mentor the end of probation.
• Providing supervision to clinical and non-clinical staff where appropriate.
• Carry your own caseload
• Assess patients, plan their care, administer treatment and discharge or refer them as appropriate to other healthcare professionals or external agencies.
• Be a team member in all ACCT reviews and advise the prison with direct reference to the prisoners mental health
• Assess prisoner’s fitness for detention, release or transfer.
• Assess alcohol and drug intoxication and withdrawal.

The Ideal Candidate

Essential Experience / Qualifications

• Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) with active PIN
• All candidates are subject to prison vetting checks
• Ability to work effectively as part of a multi professional team within a fast-paced environment
• Experience in a Prison environment
• Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care.

Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We're a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

While it doesn't happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we'll need to close it earlier than the date we've shown here. If you're keen to join our team, we'd love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

As you'd expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.

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