Early Days in Custody (EDiC) Practitioner
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 08/09/2026
- Closes
- 22/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a registered mental health nurse to join the Early Days in Custody Team (EDiC) at HMP Elmley. The practitioner will support new prisoners during their first 14 days, ensuring access to healthcare and managing their wellbeing. Key duties include comprehensive assessments, care planning, and administering medication, working collaboratively with patients and other teams. The role focuses on identifying needs, addressing risks, and ensuring continuity of care within the prison setting.
Essential criteria
- Registered Mental Health Nurse.
- Degree supplemented by diploma, specialist training.
- CPD portfolio containing evidence of active involvement in CPD activities.
- At least 2 years post qualification as RMN.
- Extensive clinical experience including individual and group work reflecting social inclusion.
- Supervisory experience of junior staff and students.
- Experience of working in a multi- disciplinary team.
- Skills/Knowledge
- Ability to establish rapport with difficult to engage service users.
- Ability to build effective working relationships.
- Effective written verbal and non-verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work autonomously, set own priorities and manage time effectively.
- Registered Mental Health Nurse.
- Degree supplemented by diploma, specialist training.
- CPD portfolio containing evidence of active involvement in CPD activities.
- At least 2 years post qualification as RMN.
- Extensive clinical experience including individual and group work reflecting social inclusion.
- Supervisory experience of junior staff and students.
- Experience of working in a multi- disciplinary team.
- Skills/Knowledge
- Ability to establish rapport with difficult to engage service users.
- Ability to build effective working relationships.
- Effective written verbal and non-verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work autonomously, set own priorities and manage time effectively.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £41,959 – £50,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Early Days in Custody (EDiC) Practitioner
The closing date is 22 September 2026
Job summary
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 will act with the following principles:
Holistic - the EDiC team is multi-disciplinary, drawing on expertise from the other teams within healthcare to provide a knowledgeable and skilled service with the ability to draw upon specialist input rapidly when needed.
Curious - the EDiC team will engage with patients with clinical curiosity - drawing on all the information available to them to understand patient needs. The team will engage where possible with patients' families/carers to fully understand patient's needs and assist in helping maintain family relationships.
Prioritising Safety - Keep prisoners safe by identifying and addressing immediate risks for that patient including self-harm, risk of death by suicide, and unmanaged substance misuse dependencies.
Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post.
Main duties of the job
As a EDiC Practitioner you will:
- Ensure that new prisoners are supported during their first 14 days in the prison to access relevant healthcare offers and manage their general health and
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