Job Description
As a Forensic Custody Healthcare Professional, you will provide autonomous clinical care within police custody suites, supporting detainees with a wide range of physical and mental health needs. You will assess fitness for detention and interview, respond to acute medical episodes, manage drug and alcohol related presentations, and support safeguarding decisions in a complex and highly rewarding environment.
This is not ward based nursing or ambulance work. It is a specialist role where you will apply your clinical expertise in a completely different setting, working closely with custody staff, police officers and partner agencies to ensure detainees are safely managed and receive appropriate care throughout the criminal justice process.
You will also be trained to undertake forensic and evidential duties, including the collection and preservation of forensic samples, injury documentation, and maintaining robust clinical records that support legal and professional standards.
Full time employees are contracted to 42hrs a week and usually work a fixed shift working pattern of two days, two nights, four rest days. Shifts are 12‑hour: 06:45–19:00 and 18:45–07:00. Annualised hours contracts and part‑time opportunities are also available, comprising a mix of day and night shifts. Weekend working is included within all contractual arrangements.
Key responsibilities
- Conduct comprehensive clinical assessments to determine fitness for detention, interview, charge and release, including capacity assessments.
- Manage medical emergencies, treat injuries and provide healthcare advice in a fast‑paced environment.
- Support detainees with mental health needs, substance misuse, alcohol dependency and complex vulnerabilities.
- Collect and document forensic samples in line with evidential and legal standards.
- Produce accurate clinical and evidential records, including injury documentation.
- Liaise with police, custody teams, NHS and other healthcare services to ensure appropriate onward care.
- Attend hospital blood procedures under the Road Traffic Act.
- Prepare professional statements and attend court as an impartial healthcare witness.
What we offer
- Joining bonus
- Recommend a friend £500
- NMC or 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.
To be successful in this role, you will need
- Being a Registered General Nurse (RGN) or Paramedic with current NMC or HCPC registration.
- A minimum of three years post‑qualification experience in an acute setting (e.g. frontline paramedic, A&E, Prison, Custody, Urgent Care).
- A full UK driving licence with less than six penalty points.
- The ability to successfully complete enhanced DBS clearance and police vetting.
- Full Right to work in the UK and have lived in the UK for a minimum of three years prior to application.
- Strong assessment, communication and decision‑making skills, with confidence working autonomously.
- A calm, professional and compassionate approach when working with vulnerable individuals, including those who may be distressed, intoxicated or experiencing acute mental health symptoms.
- Willingness to complete accredited forensic training within the first year of employment.
Shift patterns and hours
Flexible full‑time and part‑time opportunities are available within a supportive, values‑driven clinical team. Shifts can be 12‑hour day or night rotations, with a mix of day and night shifts for annualised hour contracts. Weekend working is included within all contractual arrangements.
Join Mountain Healthcare
Mountain Healthcare is one of the UK’s leading providers of forensic custody healthcare. Working in partnership with the police, NHS and other agencies, we deliver high‑quality care to some of the most vulnerable people in our communities. Our teams are recognised for their professionalism, compassion and commitment to our core values of Being Kind and Doing the Right Thing.
About the role
As a Forensic Custody Healthcare Professional you will provide high‑quality care to detainees in police custody, manage a variety of health needs from drug and alcohol dependency to acute medical episodes, and be trained to collect forensic samples that support police investigations. Experience in forensics is not required as full accredited training is provided.
We offer a range of flexible working arrangements to help you achieve a positive work life balance while building a rewarding and impactful career in an organisation that values and supports its people.
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As a Forensic Custody Healthcare Professional, you will provide autonomous clinical care within police custody suites, supporting detainees with a wide range of physical and mental health needs. You will assess fitness for detention and interview, respond to acute medical episodes, manage drug and alcohol related presentations, and support safeguarding decisions in a complex and highly rewarding environment.
This is not ward based nursing or ambulance work. It is a specialist role where you will apply your clinical expertise in a completely different setting, working closely with custody staff, police officers and partner agencies to ensure detainees are safely managed and receive appropriate care throughout the criminal justice process.
You will also be trained to undertake forensic and evidential duties, including the collection and preservation of forensic samples, injury documentation, and maintaining robust clinical records that support legal and professional standards.
Full time employees are contracted to 42hrs a week and usually work a fixed shift working pattern of two days, two nights, four rest days. Shifts are 12‑hour: 06:45–19:00 and 18:45–07:00. Annualised hours contracts and part‑time opportunities are also available, comprising a mix of day and night shifts. Weekend working is included within all contractual arrangements.
Key responsibilities
- Conduct comprehensive clinical assessments to determine fitness for detention, interview, charge and release, including capacity assessments.
- Manage medical emergencies, treat injuries and provide healthcare advice in a fast‑paced environment.
- Support detainees with mental health needs, substance misuse, alcohol dependency and complex vulnerabilities.
- Collect and document forensic samples in line with evidential and legal standards.
- Produce accurate clinical and evidential records, including injury documentation.
- Liaise with police, custody teams, NHS and other healthcare services to ensure appropriate onward care.
- Attend hospital blood procedures under the Road Traffic Act.
- Prepare professional statements and attend court as an impartial healthcare witness.
What we offer
- Joining bonus
- Recommend a friend £500
- NMC or 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.
To be successful in this role, you will need
- Being a Registered General Nurse (RGN) or Paramedic with current NMC or HCPC registration.
- A minimum of three years post‑qualification experience in an acute setting (e.g. frontline paramedic, A&E, Prison, Custody, Urgent Care).
- A full UK driving licence with less than six penalty points.
- The ability to successfully complete enhanced DBS clearance and police vetting.
- Full Right to work in the UK and have lived in the UK for a minimum of three years prior to application.
- Strong assessment, communication and decision‑making skills, with confidence working autonomously.
- A calm, professional and compassionate approach when working with vulnerable individuals, including those who may be distressed, intoxicated or experiencing acute mental health symptoms.
- Willingness to complete accredited forensic training within the first year of employment.
Shift patterns and hours
Flexible full‑time and part‑time opportunities are available within a supportive, values‑driven clinical team. Shifts can be 12‑hour day or night rotations, with a mix of day and night shifts for annualised hour contracts. Weekend working is included within all contractual arrangements.
Join Mountain Healthcare
Mountain Healthcare is one of the UK’s leading providers of forensic custody healthcare. Working in partnership with the police, NHS and other agencies, we deliver high‑quality care to some of the most vulnerable people in our communities. Our teams are recognised for their professionalism, compassion and commitment to our core values of Being Kind and Doing the Right Thing.
About the role
As a Forensic Custody Healthcare Professional you will provide high‑quality care to detainees in police custody, manage a variety of health needs from drug and alcohol dependency to acute medical episodes, and be trained to collect forensic samples that support police investigations. Experience in forensics is not required as full accredited training is provided.
We offer a range of flexible working arrangements to help you achieve a positive work life balance while building a rewarding and impactful career in an organisation that values and supports its people.
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