# Registered Mental Health Nurse (Secondary team)

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** North View
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Mental health nurse
- **Grade:** Band 6
- **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum
- **Contract type:** Secondment: 6 months (Working within a secondary mental health team 9-5 core hour Monday-Friday)
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday 09.00 - 17.00hrs core service hours)
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-30T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-16T13:00:38.984Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Manchester/Salford/Greater_Manchester_Mental_Health_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Mental_Health/Mental_Health-v8374086
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8374086?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.gmmh.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

You must already hold prison clearance due to the short nature of this role.

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust provide a commissioned mental health service which delivers mental health care to men in custody at HMP Forest Bank. The team provide mental health assessment, treatment and support to cover a wide range of mental health conditions working within the stepped care model.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Mental Health Nurse to join our team in providing secondary mental health care which is delivered in the prison. This post is part of the secondary mental health team which is comparable to a community mental health team in the community.

### Main duties of the job

The post holder will manage individuals with secondary mental health service needs whilst they are in prison custody. This includes assisting in the delivery and development of effective, needs based, modern mental health services within the prison .

The post holder should be expert in all areas of service delivery, ensuring effective communication is maintained at all times.

The post holder will be responsible and accountable for the effective management of their own caseload and be expected to effectively utilise nursing skills and resources to provide high quality service to all service users. This role requires the post holder to contribute to maintaining the CPA process throughout the legal and custodial process.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

See attached detailed job description and person specification for further information about the role. We welcome discussions with potential applicants

### 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.

## Person Specification

### Skills

**Essential**

- Knowledge of factors affecting secure mental health care and the contemporary mental health agenda
- Ability to analyse problems, gather relevant information and exercise sound judgement in reaching the most appropriate conclusions
- Ability to prioritise workload, work at a fast pace and meet deadlines.

**Desirable**

- Ability to write reports and present information in a concise way
- Excellent organisational / time management skills

### Knowledge

**Essential**

- Good knowledge and experience of risk assessment and management.
- Knowledge of Mental Health Act and other mental health legislation including CPA

**Desirable**

- Experience of working in offender health or within a forensic setting.

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- RMN registration
- Completion of preceptorship programme

**Desirable**

- Evidence of continuous practice development related to delivering psychological interventions to both individuals and groups
- Training in psychological interventions

## Documents

- [job description (pdf, 149.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10702074)
- [person specification (pdf, 174.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10702075)
- [important candidate information (pdf, 2.5mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=931)

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