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Mountain Healthcare is one of the UK's leading providers of forensic custody healthcare. Working in partnership with the police, and wider criminal justice agencies, we deliver high quality care to some of the most vulnerable people in our communities. We are proud to be guided by our core values of Being Kind and Doing the Right Thing.
We are now recruiting Forensic Custody Healthcare Professionals (RGNs and Paramedics) to deliver specialist healthcare within police custody.
This is a rare opportunity to step into a respected forensic role where no two shifts are the same, no custody experience is required as full accredited training is provided. Your clinical decisions will directly support detainee welfare, safeguarding, and the wider criminal justice process.
If youre an experienced clinician with at least three years' experience in an acute setting who enjoys independent decision making, fast paced assessments, and meaningful work that genuinely makes a difference, this could be the ideal next step in your career.
- This role is based at the Abingdon Police Custody Suites - OX14 1AU.
- Pay - 19.60p/h.
- A min of one shift per month. We operate a 24 x 7 shifts or 06:45-19:00 and 18:45-07:00, all shifts include paid breaks
Main duties of the job
As a Forensic Custody Healthcare Professional, you will deliver high-quality healthcare to people detained in police custody, many with complex physical health, mental health, substance misuse or safeguarding needs. Working autonomously in a fast-paced environment, you will assess, treat and support detainees while ensuring safety and well-being.
This unique role combines clinical practice, safeguarding and forensic healthcare. No two shifts are the same. You will assess fitness for detention, interview, charge and release, manage acute presentations, respond to emergencies and provide advice to custody teams and partner agencies. Your clinical judgement will support safe decision-making and outcomes for vulnerable individuals.
You will also undertake specialist forensic duties, including injury assessment, evidential sample collection and maintaining accurate clinical and legal records. Working with police, NHS and partner agencies, you will support detainee care in custody and on release.
You will also be trained to undertake forensic and evidential duties, including the collection and preservation of forensic samples, injury documentation, and maintaining robust clinical records that support legal and professional standards.
No prior forensic experience is required; full training and an externally accredited Introduction are provided.
Flexible full-time and part-time opportunities are available within a supportive, values-driven clinical team.
About us
Founded by passionate clinicians on a mission to provide expert patient-centred services, Mountain Healthcare leads the clinical forensic healthcare provisions sector in the UK. A premier partner of NHS England and the police, our unique provisions include Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARCs), Police Custodial Healthcare, Secure Estate Healthcare and clinical telephone advice.
Driven by our values Be Kind and Do the Right Thing, Mountain Healthcare provides holistic and trauma-informed care that improves the immediate and long-term health outcomes of patients across the criminal justice system.
Through innovative technologies and strategic partnerships, our expert clinicians ensure equal, effective and efficient services to all our patients and always put their health, safety and rights first.e most vulnerable people in our communities.
Details
- Date posted: 07 July 2026
- Pay scheme: Other
- Salary: £19.60 an hour
- Contract: Bank
- Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time
- Reference number: oc-1783428917-9N0CM
- Job locations: Abingdon, OX14 1AU, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities
Key responsibilities include:
- Conducting comprehensive clinical assessments to determine fitness for detention, interview, charge, and release, including capacity assessments.
- Managing medical emergencies, treating injuries, and providing healthcare advice in a fast-paced environment.
- Supporting detainees with mental health needs, substance misuse, alcohol dependency, and complex vulnerabilities.
- Collecting and documenting forensic samples in line with evidential and legal standards.
- Producing accurate clinical and evidential records, including injury documentation.
- Liaising with police, custody teams, NHS and other healthcare services to ensure appropriate onward care.
- Attending hospital blood procedures under the Road Traffic Act.
- Preparing professional statements and attending court as an impartial healthcare witness.
Why Join Mountain Healthcare
This is a rare opportunity to move into a specialist forensic healthcare career while continuing to use your clinical skills every day. You will be trusted to work autonomously, make high quality clinical decisions, and develop into a confident forensic practitioner.
What we offer:
- Recommend a friend £500
- NMC HCPC registration paid
- Access to company pension scheme
- Overtime at enhanced rates
- A supportive, values driven culture where professionalism and compassion are genuinely recognised
- A unique clinical environment where no two shifts are the same
- Exposure to specialist forensic skills including evidential documentation and forensic sampling
- Opportunities to progress within one of the UKs most respected forensic healthcare providers
- Accredited forensic training and structured development.
Person specification
Experience
Essential
- At least three years post-qualification experience in an acute or relevant setting, such as front-line ambulance, A&E, prison, custody or urgent care.
- Strong assessment, communication and decision-making skills, with confidence working autonomously.
Desirable
- Willingness to complete externally accredited forensic training within the first year of employment.
- Ability to complete enhanced DBS clearance and police vetting.
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered General Nurse with current NMC registration, or Paramedic with current HCPC registration.
- Full UK driving licence with fewer than six penalty points.
- Ability to complete enhanced DBS clearance and police vetting.
- Full right to work in the UK and a minimum of three years UK residency prior to application.
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