Registered Mental Health Nurse

We are hiring for a Prison Nurse in HMP Nottingham, Please find the job description below:

Job Title

Prison Nurse / Registered Nurse:

HM Prison:

Job Purpose:

The Prison Nurse is responsible for delivering safe, effective, and compassionate nursing care to individuals in custody. The role involves addressing physical health, mental health, substance misuse, and long-term conditions, while maintaining security, dignity, and equality of care equivalent to that provided in the community.

Key Responsibilities

1. Clinical Nursing Care

• Deliver high-quality nursing care in accordance with NMC standards and evidence-based practice

• Undertake health assessments, including reception screening and ongoing reviews

• Administer medications safely, including controlled drugs, in line with policy

• Manage and monitor long-term conditions (e.g. diabetes, asthma, cardiovascular disease)

• Provide wound care, infection control, and health promotion

2. Mental Health & Substance Misuse Support

• Identify and support patients with mental health needs, including anxiety, depression, and serious mental illness

• Assist in the management of substance misuse and withdrawal, including alcohol and drug detoxification programmes

• Monitor and escalate concerns relating to self-harm, suicide risk, or acute distress

• Work closely with mental health, substance misuse, and safeguarding teams

3. Safeguarding & Risk Management

• Contribute to risk assessments, care planning, and observations

• Recognise and respond to safeguarding concerns, including violence, abuse, or exploitation

• Maintain awareness of security procedures within the prison environment

• Report incidents accurately and in line with prison and healthcare policies

4. Multidisciplinary Team Working

• Work collaboratively with GPs, psychiatrists, psychologists, pharmacists, HCAs, prison officers, and allied professionals

• Participate in case conferences, MDT meetings, and handovers

• Liaise with external healthcare services to support continuity of care on release

5. Documentation & Professional Practice

• Maintain accurate, timely, and confidential clinical records

• Ensure compliance with GDPR, information governance, and Caldicott principles

• Follow clinical governance, audit, and quality improvement processes

• Maintain CPD, mandatory training, and professional registration

6. Health Promotion & Equality of Care

• Promote physical and mental wellbeing among the prison population

• Deliver care in line with equality, diversity, and human rights legislation

• Support patients to access healthcare services equivalent to those in the community