Mental Health Nurse

NHS Jobs; Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Group pension

Weekend/night shift bonus 240 hours

Annual Leave policy

Sick pay

Enhanced Maternity package

Life Assurance

Employee discounts via My Reward Hub

Wages-on-demand accessibility

Wellbeing and career development

Job summary

HCRG Care Group is seeking a Registered Mental Health Nurse to join our team at HMP Chelmsford. You will assess, treat and support prisoners with various mental health needs in a secure setting, contributing to high-quality care and safety.

In this role you will manage your own caseload, participate in ACCT reviews, and work within a multi-disciplinary team to deliver comprehensive care across units. A rewarding opportunity for experienced RMNs seeking challenging, impactful work.

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.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality mental health support to prisoners in a secure setting, including responding to emergencies.
• Carry a caseload and conduct assessment and treatment planning for prisoners.
• Be part of ACCT reviews and contribute to case management and discharge planning.
• Provide supervision/mentoring to staff where appropriate and support induction for new starters.

Skills

RMN with PIN

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Job description

Package Description

As a Mental Health Nurse youll 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 240 hours
• Annual Leave 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 lifes 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 youre 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. Youll 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

Salary

£32,648.00 - £39,177.60

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 prisoners fitness for detention, release or transfer.
• Assess alcohol and drug intoxication and withdrawal.

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

Desirable Experience

• 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. Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

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