Registered Nurse/Paramedic

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board; Redhill; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NMC HCPC registration paid

Company pension scheme

Overtime at enhanced rates

Paid breaks

Job summary

Mountain Healthcare is seeking Forensic Custody Healthcare Professionals (RGNs and Paramedics) to deliver specialist healthcare in police custody, with full- and part-time opportunities. The main workplace is Salfords Custody Suite, offering a unique clinical environment and accredited forensic training.

Roles require current NMC/HCPC registration, a full UK driving licence, enhanced DBS, and a commitment to undertake external forensic training within the first year.

Qualifications

• NMC registered nurse or HCPC registered paramedic.
• Minimum 3 years' acute care experience.
• Able to work autonomously in custody environments and handle fast-paced assessments.

Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive clinical assessments to determine fitness for detention, interview, charge and release.
• Manage medical emergencies and provide healthcare advice in a fast-paced custody setting.
• Document forensic injuries and clinical records accurately for evidential purposes.
• Liaise with police, custody teams, NHS and partner services to coordinate onward care.

Skills

Autonomous work

Clinical assessment

Decision making

Communication

Education

NMC Registration

HCPC Registration

Job description

As a Forensic Custody Healthcare Professional, you will work autonomously within police custody suites, assessing and caring for detainees with a wide range of physical health, mental health, substance misuse and vulnerability-related needs. This is a specialist clinical role where no two shifts are the same. You will assess fitness for detention, interview, charge and release; respond to acute medical episodes; provide healthcare advice; support safeguarding decisions; and work closely with custody teams, police officers and partner agencies. Flexible full-time and part-time opportunities are available within a supportive, values-driven clinical team.,

• Conducting comprehensive clinical assessments to determine fitness for detention, interview, charge, and release, including capacity assessments.
• Managing medical emergencies, treating injuries, and providing healthcare advice in a fast-paced environment.
• Supporting detainees with mental health needs, substance misuse, alcohol dependency, and complex vulnerabilities.
• Collecting and documenting forensic samples in line with evidential and legal standards.
• Producing accurate clinical and evidential records, including injury documentation.
• Liaising with police, custody teams, NHS and other healthcare services to ensure appropriate onward care.
• Attending hospital blood procedures under the Road Traffic Act., Registered General Nurse with current NMC registration
• Paramedic with current HCPC registration

If youre an experienced clinician with at least three years' experience in an acute setting who enjoys independent decision making, fast paced assessments, and meaningful work that genuinely makes a difference, this could be the ideal next step in your career.

• Full UK driving licence with fewer than six penalty points
• Ability to complete enhanced DBS clearance and police vetting
• Full right to work in the UK and a minimum of three years' UK residency prior to application
• Strong assessment, communication and decision-making skills with confidence working autonomously, Willingness to complete externally accredited forensic training within the first year of employment, Willingness to complete externally accredited forensic training within the first year of employment
• 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
• Mountain Healthcare is one of the UKs leading providers of forensic custody healthcare. Working in partnership with the police, and wider criminal justice agencies, we deliver high quality care to some of the most vulnerable people in our communities. We are proud to be guided by our core values of Being Kind and Doing the Right Thing. We are now recruiting Forensic Custody Healthcare Professionals (RGNs and Paramedics) to deliver specialist healthcare within police custody. This is a rare opportunity to step into a respected forensic role where no two shifts are the same, no custody experience is required as full accredited training is provided. Your clinical decisions will directly support detainee welfare, safeguarding, and the wider criminal justice process.
• 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 values Be Kind and Do 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. Clinical forensic healthcare is a rapidly growing career path as demand for specialist critical services has greatly increased in recent years. At Mountain Healthcare, we understand that to provide the highest quality services for our patients and customers, our people must be the best in the field. We are proud to offer unrivalled staff training and development opportunities such as our unique Forensic Practitioner Gateway, our wide range of accredited and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) courses, and access to events across the health and justice sector.
• Full-time employees are contracted to 42 hours per week.
• Part-time 21 hours per week.
• Hourly rate: £18.92 £21.14
• A min of one shift per month. We operate a 24 x 7 shifts or 06:45-19:00 and 18:45-07:00, all shifts include paid breaks
• The main place of work will be Salfords Custody Suite.

What we offer

• Recommend a friend £500
• NMC HCPC registration paid
• Access to company pension scheme
• Overtime at enhanced rates
• A supportive, values driven culture where professionalism and compassion are genuinely recognised
• A unique clinical environment where no two shifts are the same
• Exposure to specialist forensic skills including evidential documentation and forensic sampling
• Opportunities to progress within one of the UK's most respected forensic healthcare providers
• Accredited forensic training and structured development.