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Essential
6 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Completed preceptorship
- Experience
Recent relevant experience of team working
- Skills and Abilities
able to manage change good interpersonal skills knowledge of the MHA/CPA process
- skills and abilities
Experience of working with and using a variety of models and approaches. Lone working
- Education Qualfications
Registered Mental Health Nurse
- Education Qualfications
Post registration experience working within a clinical setting
Desirable
5 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Experience of working with offenders in prison, an inpatient setting or in the community
- Experience
Specialist needs of service users within the prison environment and criminal justice system
- Skills and Abilities
Ability to write reports and present information
- Skills and Abilities
Ability to prioritise workload work at a fast pace and meet deadline
- Education Qualfications
Knowledge of prison needs providing care within the step care model
Job overview
The post holder will be the point of contact for referrals into the secondary mental health team and, as such, will demonstrate a high standard of ability in communicating with a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professionals within the criminal justice team.
Effective communication is essential. To utilise nursing skills and resources to provide a high quality service to all clients and carers along with all professionals within multi-agency network.
Main duties of the job
To develop planned programmes of care to promote health gains and maximize independence in all types of clients within the prison community.
To undertake the duty role in processing referrals into the secondary mental health team within HMP Forest Bank.
Obtaining relevant clinical information from external agencies to inform the prison mental health team in establishing the level of care need required.
Risk assessments clear and precise documentation in accordance with Trust and national professional policies and guidelines.
Coordinating the process of referrals to external care settings in preparation for transfer under the mental health act and also managing requests from care settings to remit service users back to prison custody.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
See attached detailed job description and person specification:
Staff benefits
- Pay Enhancements – 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.
- 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
- Excellent pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary sacrifice car scheme
- Wellbeing programme
- Blue Light Card Discounts
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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This advert is for Capacity and Flow Nurse with Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester, England. It is listed as a Band 5 Nurse (adult and children) role. The advertised salary is £32,073 - £39,043 per annum pro rata. The contract type is Permanent: Working within a secondary mental health team 9-5 Monday-Friday. The application deadline is 17 Sep 2026.
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