Clinical Lead - Prison Mental Health Team
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Secondment
- Pattern
- Full-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 07/09/2026
- Closes
- 21/09/2026
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Role summary
This is a 12-month fixed-term/secondment opportunity for an experienced mental health nurse to join the team at HMP Durham. The role involves conducting assessments, providing interventions, coordinating discharge planning, and managing risk for adult male prisoners. You will work in a busy multi-disciplinary environment, committed to a person-centred approach, and will have opportunities for professional development.
Essential criteria
- Current professional registration with Nursing & Midwifery Council - RNMH or RNLD (RNSC - CAMHS only ) - RGN (If appropriate)
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.
- Recognised Practice Supervisor and/or Practice Assessor, clinical educator or equivalent. Must be achieved within 6 months
- Trained in Clinical Supervision and providing clinical supervision OR willingness to work towards within 6 months
- Resident of the UK for at least 3 years
- 18 months post qualifying experience including sign off of appropriate preceptorship or competency framework (at point of application)
- Working collaboratively with service users and their families/carers.
- Providing clinical supervision to individuals or groups as professionally appropriate.
- Supervising or assessing students on practice placement.
- Working in a multi-disciplinary team
- Quality improvement activities
- Knowledge/Skills/Experience
- Provide leadership and monitor, co- ordinate and prioritise the activities of a team
- Communicate complex and sensitive information effectively to patients, carers/families and all members of the multidisciplinary team
- Work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team and undertake key worker 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
- Demonstrate recovery focussed practice
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working within a range of services, including inpatient and community settings
- Experience of undertaking or participating in research
- Specialist knowledge of working within a multi- disciplinary/multi-agency community team setting
- Principles of change management.
- Principles of project management
- Current professional registration with Nursing & Midwifery Council - RNMH or RNLD (RNSC - CAMHS only ) - RGN (If appropriate)
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.
- Recognised Practice Supervisor and/or Practice Assessor, clinical educator or equivalent. Must be achieved within 6 months
- Trained in Clinical Supervision and providing clinical supervision OR willingness to work towards within 6 months
- Resident of the UK for at least 3 years
- 18 months post qualifying experience including sign off of appropriate preceptorship or competency framework (at point of application)
- Working collaboratively with service users and their families/carers.
- Providing clinical supervision to individuals or groups as professionally appropriate.
- Supervising or assessing students on practice placement.
- Working in a multi-disciplinary team
- Quality improvement activities
- Knowledge/Skills/Experience
- Provide leadership and monitor, co- ordinate and prioritise the activities of a team
- Communicate complex and sensitive information effectively to patients, carers/families and all members of the multidisciplinary team
- Work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team and undertake key worker 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
- Demonstrate recovery focussed practice
- Experience of working within a range of services, including inpatient and community settings
- Experience of undertaking or participating in research
- Specialist knowledge of working within a multi- disciplinary/multi-agency community team setting
- Principles of change management.
- Principles of project management
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
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Job summary
This is a 12 month fixed term/secondment opportunity to cover maternity leave.
We are looking for anexperienced mental health nurse to join our team working in HMP Durham, which is the remand centre for adult males in North East of England.
This is a rewarding post, where you will get 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-centred 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 busy environment and enjoy working in a multi-disciplinary team, alongside partner providers from a variety of internal and external services.
Main duties of the job
You will have experience providing compassionate mental health care
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