# Senior RMN

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Inclusion.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Inclusion
- **Location:** HMP IOW Prisons
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Mental health nurse
- **Grade:** Band 6
- **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-11-03T23:59:59.999Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-20T09:50:32.150Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Staffordshire/Newport/Midlands_Partnership_University_NHS_Foundation_Trust_Inclusion_Services/Mental_Health/Mental_Health-v8379676
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8379676?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.inclusion.org/

## Job Content

### Job overview

Are you an experienced RMN (Registered Mental Health Nurse) looking to advance and diversify your career as a nurse? Why not break into prison healthcare?

Our Integrated Mental Health & Substance Misuse Team at HMP Isle of Wight is looking for an experienced RMN. Our team is innovative, forward thinking & committed to a recovery focused approach.

This is an exciting and diverse role for an individual who is passionate about providing excellent quality nursing care. You will have the privilege to influence and shape the provision of high-quality mental health care to some of society’s most vulnerable members.

If you:

- are an experienced RMN who has a flexible approach, with a drive to clinically innovate.
- share our values and are committed to providing high quality care & developing your skills.
- confident in dealing with a wide range of situations & working with partner agencies to provide the best care to people within the prison.
- are enthusiastic about working within an ever-changing prison environment.
- enjoy collaborating & working within a full multi-disciplinary team to ensure varied and comprehensive interventions are delivered in-line with the stepped care model.
- have an excellent working knowledge of the Mental Health Act and its application to prisoners who require transfer to hospital.

This job is for you!

MPFT will offer a welcome bonus of 10% of first year salary- at 50% on commencement of employment and 50% following 12 months employment.

### Main duties of the job

Working effectively within the team you will provide evidence based interventions. You will manage a caseload and will be required to undertake assessments and reviews. Using the Care Programme Approach, you will be a care coordinator, communicating effectively with those involved in the care of people in custody up to release. The role will require you to be a reflective practitioner, eager to work collaboratively with individuals, carers and other professionals to contribute to the delivery of an effective, dynamic, integrated mental health and substance misuse service.

You will work with individuals from initial assessment through to discharge, which can include transferring care to other providers such as hospitals or CMHTs whilst working with a variety of agencies in the Offender Health Pathway. You will help to rehabilitate and support service users to live hopeful and fulfilling lives as members of the community.

Inclusion (part of Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust) has prison substance misuse and mental health teams across the country and you will benefit from training and development opportunities as well as the support of an NHS employer experienced in providing prison healthcare for many years.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached job description for the full list of duties and responsibilities. A summary is as follows:

Take a Recovery focused and holistic approach in working with the people who access our services.

Deliver care and interventions utilising the stepped care model, including provision of the CPA Framework where appropriate.

Assess people's needs to develop, implement and evaluate personalised care plans.

Facilitate therapeutic group work taking the lead where appropriate.

Deliver evidenced based interventions.

Identify people requiring hospital treatment and facilitate the timely transfer under The Mental Health Act.

Line management of Band 5 nurse where appropriate.

Some weekend working is required as part of this role.

### 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

### Experience

**Essential**

- Considerable experience of working in the mental health field.
- Experience of providing specialist interventions for those with mental health problems, counselling techniques, CBT, motivational interviewing.
- Providing supervision and line management of staff.

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Registered Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Council Register.
- Evidence of recent CPD and compliance with NMC revalidation.
- Teaching Certificate including annual update (ENB 603) or related mentoring / coaching qualification

## Documents

- [benefits booklet (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2956)
- [job description & person spec (pdf, 600.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10708367)

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