Clinical Lead - Prison Mental Health Team
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Compressed hours
- Posted
- 11/09/2026
- Closes
- 27/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for an experienced mental health nurse or practitioner to join the team at HMP Frankland, a high-security men's prison. You will conduct assessments, provide interventions, and coordinate discharge planning for patients with mental ill health. The position requires a person-centered approach, strong coordination skills, and the ability to work flexibly within a multi-disciplinary team in a secure environment. You will also contribute to quality improvement activities and provide clinical supervision.
Essential criteria
- RNMH,/RNLD or registered practitioner, current professional registration with NMC or relevant professional body.
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.
- MIP, FLIP, ENB 998 Teaching & Assessing in Clinical Practice or City & Guilds 730 Teaching in Adult Education (within agreed timescales)
- Clinical Supervisor (within agreed timescales).
- Recognised sign-off mentor or must be achieved within agreed timescale.
- Qualified practitioner in e.g. CBT, DBT, PSI, dual diagnosis etc. (within agreed timescale).
- 18 months post qualifying experience including sign off of appropriate preceptorship or competency framework.(at the point of application)
- Key skills in literacy, numeracy and ITQ level 2 (or equivalent)
- Non-medical Prescriber (within agreed timescale.)
Desirable criteria
- Leadership or management qualification
- Post-graduate qualification in a relevant area
- Significant experience working with people with mental ill health in a community setting.
- A good understanding of the Offender Health pathway
- Working collaboratively with service users and their families/carers.
- Working in a multi-disciplinary team
- Quality improvement activities
- Leadership or management experience
- Experience in a secure environment
- Experience of providing clinical supervision
- Experience of mentoring students on practice placement.
- Communicate complex and sensitive information effectively to patients, carers/families and all members of the multidisciplinary team
- Provide leadership and monitor, co-ordinate and prioritise the activities of a team.
- Work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team and undertake care co-ordinator responsibilities
- Provide effective clinical supervision, teaching, training and assessing in clinical practice
- Write reports
- Use multimedia materials for presentations in professional settings
- Use approved breakaway techniques
- Competency in venepuncture and ECGs
- RNMH,/RNLD or registered practitioner, current professional registration with NMC or relevant professional body.
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.
- MIP, FLIP, ENB 998 Teaching & Assessing in Clinical Practice or City & Guilds 730 Teaching in Adult Education (within agreed timescales)
- Clinical Supervisor (within agreed timescales).
- Recognised sign-off mentor or must be achieved within agreed timescale.
- Qualified practitioner in e.g. CBT, DBT, PSI, dual diagnosis etc. (within agreed timescale).
- 18 months post qualifying experience including sign off of appropriate preceptorship or competency framework.(at the point of application)
- Key skills in literacy, numeracy and ITQ level 2 (or equivalent)
- Non-medical Prescriber (within agreed timescale.)
- Leadership or management qualification
- Post-graduate qualification in a relevant area
- Significant experience working with people with mental ill health in a community setting.
- A good understanding of the Offender Health pathway
- Working collaboratively with service users and their families/carers.
- Working in a multi-disciplinary team
- Quality improvement activities
- Leadership or management experience
- Experience in a secure environment
- Experience of providing clinical supervision
- Experience of mentoring students on practice placement.
- Communicate complex and sensitive information effectively to patients, carers/families and all members of the multidisciplinary team
- Provide leadership and monitor, co-ordinate and prioritise the activities of a team.
- Work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team and undertake care co-ordinator responsibilities
- Provide effective clinical supervision, teaching, training and assessing in clinical practice
- Write reports
- Use multimedia materials for presentations in professional settings
- Use approved breakaway techniques
- Competency in venepuncture and ECGs
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Job summary
We're looking for an experienced mental health nurse/mental health practitioner to join our team working in HMP Frankland, which is a high-security men's prison in County Durham.
This is a rewarding post, where you will have the opportunity to practice a full range of psychiatric skills and interventions.
The role of the clinical lead will be varied which will include assessments and intervention.
You will make on going assessment of needs reflecting individual circumstances, including risk assessment, providing relevant interventions and coordinating discharge planning.
You will be committed to a person-centered approach and will have an ability to prioritise and work flexibly. We offer a comprehensive induction and a vast array of personal, professional and academic training opportunities enabling you to expand your skill set and evidence-based practice.
We are looking for a skilled nurse/mental health practitioner who will thrive working in a high secure environment and enjoy working in a multi-disciplinary team, alongside partner providers from a variety of internal and external services.
Nursing candidates must have 18 months post qualifying experience including sign off of appropriate preceptorship or competency
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