About this role
Job summary 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, coffee and 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
Main duties of the job Join Our Friendly Team as a Registered Mental Health Nurse at HMP Chelmsford. 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. 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, coffee and 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.
About us HCRG Care Group is a leading independent provider of community health and care services in the UK. Established in 2006, the group works with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with an emphasis on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes. They deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology, MSK services, and adult social care and wellbeing services. Operating across England, HCRG Care Group supports many millions of people and directly assists more than half a million individuals each year. Their operations are aligned with simple values: care, think, and do. The group is committed to equal opportunities and embraces a broad and diverse range of applicants for their team. Emphasizing inclusivity, they are a Disability Confident Committed company, ensuring adjustments and technical solutions to accommodate everyone. The organisation also places great importance on safeguarding and protecting children, young people, and vulnerable adults through established policies and procedures. Every team member goes through a safer recruitment process to foster safeguarding and secure working practices.
Job description Job responsibilities 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 livesWorking 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 - £39,177.60If you are committed to delivering compassionate, high-quality mental health care and want to join a team where your expertise truly matters, apply now!
Does this sound like something that would interest you? If you are interested or would like further information please contact: Wahida Hassan on [email protected]
Recruitment Advisor: Louise Ledward on 07884 659608 or [email protected]
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 prisoners 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 environmentDesirable 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.
While it doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. If youre keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
As youd 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.
Finally, we need to let you know that the company youll work for is part of HCRG Care Group Holdings Limited and by applying for this job well need to process and hold information about you. If you would like to know a little more about how we use your information, please see our website's privacy policy.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) with active PIN
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name HCRG Care Group
Address HCRG Care Group
Chelmsford
CM2 6JT
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/ (Opens in a new tab)