Security Liaison Nurse

The Security Liaison Nurse post sits in the Forensic Services Security Department, a nursing team providing therapeutic security and reception services at John Howard Centre and Wolfson House. It manages reception supervisors and Security Nursing Assistants, overseeing physical security systems, mandatory checks and patient access and egress. It is a forensic, secure-setting role built around therapeutic security principles and risk assessment for high-risk patients. Fit depends on a first level registered mental health nurse (RMN or RNMH) with three years' post-basic ward experience.

What the job involves

• Manage reception supervisors and Security Nursing Assistants, ensuring they take a lead role in therapeutic security under the Head of Security
• Take part in developing and maintaining high-quality patient care
• Manage Security Nursing Assistants in monitoring and maintaining procedures for the unit's physical security systems
• Ensure mandatory security checks are carried out and maintained across the unit
• Work at John Howard Centre and/or Wolfson House
• Ensure Security Nursing Assistants operate security systems competently and process access and egress for staff, patients, visitors and contractors
• Demonstrate knowledge of, and take part in, risk assessment protocols for complex and high-risk patients, alongside the Security Liaison Nurses and nursing team

What's required

Qualifications

• Capacity to undertake specialist security training at undergraduate, postgraduate or diploma level

Registration & licences

• First level registered nurse (RMN and/or RNMH)

Experience

• At least 3 years post-basic ward experience, or equivalent

Skills & knowledge

• Good written and verbal communication skills
• General computer literacy
• People management skills
• Sound clinical skills
• Knowledge of the principles underpinning therapeutic security
• Knowledge of mental health in-patient legislation, including MHA and CPA

Other

• Up to date knowledge of nursing practice and current trends
• Knowledge of UKCC standards and code of conduct

Nice to have

• Evidence of post-basic development
• Post-basic experience in a forensic setting
• Previous adult risk assessment or management experience

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