# Registered Nurse/Paramedic Barrow/Kendal FT/PT

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Mountain Healthcare Limited.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Mountain Healthcare Limited
- **Location:** Barrow-In-Furness, LA14 2UE, United Kingdom
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Paramedic
- **Salary:** £235.00 to £235.00
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full-time
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-14T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-08-14T15:28:11.427Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/E0166-26-0196
- **Application URL:** https://www.aplitrak.com/?adid=b2NjeW1vdW50YWluaGVhbHRoY2FyZS44ODExOS4xMjUxMkBzbWFydHJlY3J1aXQuYXBsaXRyYWsuY29t
- **Employer website:** https://mountainhealthcare.co.uk/

## Job Content

### Job summary

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.

### Main duties of the job

Key responsibilities Conduct clinical assessments to determine fitness for detention, interview, charge and release, including capacity assessments. Manage medical emergencies, treat injuries and provide healthcare advice in a fast-paced custody environment. Support detainees with mental health needs, substance misuse, alcohol dependency and complex vulnerabilities. Collect, preserve and document forensic samples in line with evidential and legal standards. Produce accurate clinical and evidential records, including injury documentation. Liaise with police, custody teams, NHS services and other agencies to support safe onward care. Attend hospital blood procedures under the Road Traffic Act. Prepare professional statements and attend court as an impartial healthcare witness when required.

### About us

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.

### Details

- Date posted: 14 August 2026
- Pay scheme: Other
- Salary: £235 to £235 a year
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Full-time
- Reference number: oc-1786712450-UBAC1
- Job locations: Barrow-In-Furness, LA14 2UE, United Kingdom

### Job responsibilities

Key responsibilities

- Conduct clinical assessments to determine fitness for detention, interview, charge and release, including capacity assessments.
- Manage medical emergencies, treat injuries and provide healthcare advice in a fast-paced custody environment.
- Support detainees with mental health needs, substance misuse, alcohol dependency and complex vulnerabilities.
- Collect, preserve and document forensic samples in line with evidential and legal standards.
- Produce accurate clinical and evidential records, including injury documentation.
- Liaise with police, custody teams, NHS services and other agencies to support safe onward care.
- Attend hospital blood procedures under the Road Traffic Act.
- Prepare professional statements and attend court as an impartial healthcare witness when required.

## 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.
- A calm, professional and compassionate approach with vulnerable people, including those who may be distressed, intoxicated or experiencing acute mental health symptoms.
- 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.
- Willingness to complete externally accredited forensic training within the first year of employment.

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- What we're looking for:
- Registered General Nurse with current NMC registration, or Paramedic with current HCPC registration.
- Full UK driving licence with fewer than six penalty points.

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