Mental Health Nurse Prescriber - HMP Chelmsford

Job summary

Are you a compassionate, trauma informed Mental Health Nurse Prescriber looking to make a meaningful difference? We are seeking an experienced V300 Independent Prescriber to join our mental health team within HMP Chelmsford, where you will play a vital role in providing high quality stabilisation, prescribing, and emotion regulation care to individuals in custody.

This is a unique and rewarding opportunity to work within a multidisciplinary, psychologically informed service that places compassion, curiosity, and high clinical standards at the heart of everything we do.

HMP Chelmsford is a busy Category B local prison providing care to men with a wide range of physical, mental health, and social care needs. Working in this environment brings both challenge and reward, with no two days the same. You will join a supportive team committed to reducing health inequalities and improving patient outcomes.

Main duties of the job

As a Mental Health Nurse Prescriber, you will:

• Deliver safe, effective prescribing and clinical decision making aligned with NICE and prison formulary guidance.
• Complete comprehensive, trauma informed mental health assessments.
• Develop and deliver stabilisation and emotion regulation plans for individuals experiencing acute distress or dysregulation.
• Provide clinical leadership alongside the Consultant Psychiatrist and Early Days in Custody (EDiC) Lead Nurse.
• Contribute to shared clinical pathways and MDT formulations.
• Support colleagues through training, reflective practice, and guidance in trauma informed care.
• Promote psychologically safe environments across the prison setting.
• Uphold robust governance, safety, and quality standards, including engagement in audits, incident reviews, and PSIRF activities.

Working closely with:

• Head of Mental Health
• Consultant Psychiatrist
• EDiC Lead Nurse
• Mental Health Nursing Team
• Psychology & Wellbeing Service
• Primary Care and Substance Misuse teams
• Safer Custody staff and prison officers
• Wider Health & Justice governance teams

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

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.

Were 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.

While it doesn't happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date we've shown here. If you're keen to join our team, wed 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

Employer details

Employer name

HCRG Care Group

Address

HCRG Care Group

Chelmsford

Essex

CM2 6JT

Employer's website

https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

HCRG Care Group

Address

HCRG Care Group

Chelmsford

Essex

CM2 6JT

Employer's website

https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/ (Opens in a new tab)

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