registered mental health nurse

Registered Mental Health Nurse – Early Days in Custody (EDiC)

We have an exciting opportunity for a registered mental health nurse to join our Early Days in Custody Team (EDiC) at HMP Elmley. The EDiC team operates under the principles of Holistic, Curious, and Prioritising Safety.

Responsibilities

• Ensure that new prisoners are supported during their first 14 days in prison by facilitating access to relevant healthcare services and managing their general health and wellbeing.
• Identify the wider needs of patients through comprehensive assessment and partnership with them to co‑produce a written care plan addressing their health and social care needs.
• Cover work for the mental health in‑reach team, including care planning, caseload reviews, and administration of antipsychotic depot medication.
• Collect and synthesize all relevant clinical history to ensure safety, continuity of care, and minimal reassessments, maintaining accurate records.
• Ensure ongoing care for every person requiring it, with clear pathway management understood by the patient and their families.
• Share information with consent to ensure care plans and risks are widely understood by all supporting staff, including HMPPS staff where appropriate.
• Take part in reception screening for new prisoners on the day of first entry to identify immediate health, risks, and safety needs.
• Develop initial mental health crisis plans for patients at particular risk of crisis.
• Carry out comprehensive health and social care assessment (secondary screening) within seven days for all willing prisoners, with a care plan for those who decline.
• Identify patients whose needs, risks, or circumstances change following a return from court or hospital outside the reception process.
• Collate healthcare information from families, community providers, or prior establishments to improve continuity of care and limit reassessments.
• Ensure all waiting time, assessment and interventions are delivered in a timely manner, contributing positively to the service’s performance targets.
• Maintain integrated and collaborative working with other specialist services, including gate arrangements and liaison.
• Coordinate short‑term care to ensure referrals, GP appointments and actions from reception screening are addressed.
• Provide brief interventions for substance misuse and mental wellbeing (e.g., sleep hygiene, breathing techniques for anxiety).

Qualifications & Requirements

• Registered mental health nurse.
• Willingness to undertake National Security Vetting to work in a prison setting.
• Proof of right to work and valid identification.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that welcomes and supports individuals of all abilities. If you meet the minimum criteria for this role and have a disability, you are guaranteed an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme. Any information you provide regarding a disability or a need for adjustments will be treated in confidence and shared only with relevant colleagues. Adjustments will be made to facilitate the interview process.

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