Nurse/paramedic

ROLE RESPONSIBILITY: Nurse/Paramedic (HCP) Barnstable (EX31 2AA) Part Time (19 per week 2 nights, 5 off)We are one of the leading providers to all justice health environments since 2005. Working across Secure, Custody and Sexual Assault Referral Centers(SARC) across the UK, we provide primary care and forensic healthcare to a wide range of patients. We are recruiting for a Nurse or Paramedic (HCP) in Barnstable, Torquay. HCPs are RGNs or Paramedics who are qualified Healthcare Professionals. We are lookingfor exceptional people to join our team where you can become a key member of a highly respected organisation.If unpredictable shift work and long hours are taking their toll, then consider a move into this exciting profession as a HCPWe care for some of themost vulnerable people in society who are taken into custody suites. Operating with a much higher level of autonomy and independence to the NHS, your actions can be life-saving when you consider the physical and mental challenges of people with who often havea high dependency on drugs and alcohol, and exhibit difficult behaviors.What's Involved Assessment & care of detainees and staff in custody suites. Forensic sampling, including road traffic offence bloods. Mental health and substance misuse assessments andmanagement. Providing substance misuse therapies whilst in custody. Healthcare promotion, brief interventions & self-harm reduction. Referrals and Signposting to support wider vulnerabilities and the reduction of re-offending. Working collaboratively withLiaison and Diversion colleagues to identify wider vulnerabilities.