# Senior Mental Health Practitioner - Prison Team > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-mental-health-practitioner-prison-team/71fed0e9-c07a-4c98-ad08-4228a197db0e - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-mental-health-practitioner-prison-team/71fed0e9-c07a-4c98-ad08-4228a197db0e.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Norwich - **Region:** East of England - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse practitioner - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 gross per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week (15 shifts across a 4 week period (8am-7pm shifts) . Weekend working included) - **Closing date:** 2026-07-07T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-23T15:43:09.066Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Norfolk/Norwich/Norfolk_Suffolk_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Senior_Mental_Health_Practitioner/Senior_Mental_Health_Practitioner-v8105967 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8105967?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.nsft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We have an exciting opportunity for you to join us to work at Norwich Prison in the multidisciplinary team mental health.  A very warm welcome awaits you! If you want a role where you can develop your existing skills and learn something new every day in an environment that never stands still, then this is definitely the job for you. Prisons are one of the most challenging yet extremely rewarding places for healthcare professionals to work. The environment and patient group will bring exciting challenges and  rewards for the right individual. The mental health team is part of the  Integrated Mental Health and Justice Pathway. This role works as part of the Secure & Forensic Services Care Group which for the past 4 years have received a rating of ‘GOOD’ from the CQC ### Main duties of the job Duties will include, but not exclusive to: - Assessments of individuals - Caseload management - Multi-agency working; including prison services , liaison and diversion services, through the gate services and community services,  to ensure that the patient receives appropriate support through each stage of the criminal justice pathway and beyond back into the community. - Supporting the duty role within the Team ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities - Complete Mental health assessments of  service users within custody to assess their needs and create plans with them for support. - It is essential that you are skilled in undertaking mental health assessments. - Co-production with service users in creating their next steps to support  rehabilitation  including referrals to a wide range of partner agencies both within the prison environment and in the wider community for pre-release planning. - Work collaboratively with prison colleagues, promoting partnership working. - Able to work independently on own initiative to meet the needs of service users. - Ensure service users’ information and assessed needs  are accurately reflected in health record documentation. Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY! ## Job Details We have an exciting opportunity for you to join us to work at Norwich Prison in the multidisciplinary team mental health. A very warm welcome awaits you! If you want a role where you can develop your existing skills and learn something new every day in an environment that never stands still, then this is definitely the job for you. Prisons are one of the most challenging yet extremely rewarding places for healthcare professionals to work. The environment and patient group will bring exciting challenges and rewards for the right individual. The mental health team is part of the Integrated Mental Health and Justice Pathway. This role works as part of the Secure & Forensic Services Care Group which for the past 4 years have received a rating of ‘GOOD’ from the CQC ## Job Description Duties will include, but not exclusive to: Assessments of individuals Caseload management Multi-agency working; including prison services , liaison and diversion services, through the gate services and community services, to ensure that the patient receives appropriate support through each stage of the criminal justice pathway and beyond back into the community. Supporting the duty role within the Team ## Responsibilities Complete Mental health assessments of service users within custody to assess their needs and create plans with them for support. It is essential that you are skilled in undertaking mental health assessments. Co-production with service users in creating their next steps to support rehabilitation including referrals to a wide range of partner agencies both within the prison environment and in the wider community for pre-release planning. Work collaboratively with prison colleagues, promoting partnership working. Able to work independently on own initiative to meet the needs of service users. Ensure service users’ information and assessed needs are accurately reflected in health record documentation. Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY! ## Person Specification ### Other **Essential** - Ability to travel independently. ### Experience **Essential** - Familiar with undertaking clinical assessments including risk assessments. - Experience of working with challenging clients - Experience of completing mental health assessments **Desirable** - - Previous experience of working in the prison, secure environment or criminal justice pathway community ### Qualifications **Essential** - Nursing degree or equivalent degree level qualification NMC registration ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 213.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10400587) - [reasonable adjustments - nsft (pdf, 197.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2863) - [values based recruitment – candidates guide (pdf, 360.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1028) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.