Mental Health Nurse - HMP Chelmsford

HCRG Care Group

The closing date is 06 May 2025

Job summary

Are you a compassionate and resilient Registered Mental Health Nurse looking to make a meaningful impact? Join our dedicated healthcare team at HMP Chelmsford, where your skills and commitment will directly contribute to the wellbeing of individuals in a secure and structured environment.

As part of a multidisciplinary team, you'll play a crucial role in delivering high-quality mental health care, supporting rehabilitation, and promoting recovery for some of society's most vulnerable individuals.

Location: HMP Chelmsford, Essex

Hours: Full-time | 08:00 18:00 (Days) + scheduled 10:00 20:00 shifts on rotation

Contract Type: Permanent, 40 hours

Salary: £35,000 - £38,000

Main duties of the job

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.

About us

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care.

Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs 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.

To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2

Date posted

23 April 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£35,000 to £38,000 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

HCRGCG/TP/13082/15093

Job locations

HCRG Care Group

Chelmsford

Essex

CM2 6JT

Job description

Job responsibilities

As Mental Health Nurse, you'll be part of our valued team:

Salary depending on experience £35,000.00 to £38,000.00 with group pension
240 hours Annual Leave
Company Policy Sick pay
Enhanced Maternity Package
Life Assurance
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
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

The Ideal Candidate

Person Specification

Excellent communication and inter-personal skills
Ability to build and develop relationships
Must be confident and capable of autonomous practice and able to work independently
To act as a patients advocate in a non-judgemental manner

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

As Mental Health Nurse, you'll be part of our valued team:

Salary depending on experience £35,000.00 to £38,000.00 with group pension
240 hours Annual Leave
Company Policy Sick pay
Enhanced Maternity Package
Life Assurance
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
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

The Ideal Candidate

Person Specification

Excellent communication and inter-personal skills
Ability to build and develop relationships
Must be confident and capable of autonomous practice and able to work independently
To act as a patients advocate in a non-judgemental manner

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

Person Specification

General Requirements

Essential

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Desirable

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Person Specification

General Requirements

Essential

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Desirable

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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.