This advanced clinical practitioner post sits in the forensic patient flow and bed management team of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, covering Sussex, Kent and Surrey. It centres on identifying, reviewing and admitting men moving from prison to secure inpatient care, advising prison mental health teams. The post is based in secure services but works into male prisons such as HMP Lewes, Wandsworth and Elmley, giving expertise rather than direct treatment. Applicants need NMC, HCPC or SWE registration and recent forensic or prison mental health practice.
What the job involves
- Provide advanced clinical assessment and expert advice for men referred from prison to secure mental health services
- Coordinate referrals, assessments, admissions and remissions, ensuring safe transitions and compliance with the Mental Health Act
- Maintain clinical oversight and manage risk for patients awaiting transfer, including crisis and behavioural support plans
- Work across prison healthcare, secure services and patient-flow teams in Kent, Surrey and Sussex on care pathways and bed management
- Lead clinical improvement and workforce development through supervision, training, audit, evaluation and consistent standards and protocols
- Assess and review patients using advanced clinical skills in prison and secure services, in unpredictable environments
- Provide expertise and support to prison-based mental health teams and secure inpatient services without providing direct treatment
What’s required
Qualifications
- Registered mental health nurse or Level 1 learning disability nurse, or registered allied health professional or social worker
- Evidence of significant relevant professional development
Registration & licences
- Registration with the relevant professional body: NMC, HCPC or SWE
Experience
- Substantial recent clinical practice in forensic mental health or prison healthcare
- Advanced expert knowledge of clinical practice and multidisciplinary team working in mental health
- Experience of trauma-informed principles of practice
- Experience of specialist forensic or prison mental healthcare
- Advanced decision-making reflecting a patient and carer focus
- Evidence of inter-professional collaboration
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
