Custody Clinical Coordinator

**About the Role**

**This is an exciting new opportunity for a qualified general nurse or paramedic with previous experience as a Forensic Custody Healthcare Professional.**

**The post holder will have a minimum of 5 years post-qualification experience in an acute medical background (such as A&E, intensive care or as a Paramedic) and previous leadership experience.**

**Company Benefits**
- ** Enhanced sickness pay scheme**:

- ** Enhanced Maternity Pay after 1 year's service**:

- ** Well-being programme**:

- ** Advanced rota planning for better work-life balance**:

- ** 6 weeks annual leave**:

- ** Pension Scheme**:

- ** Bonus Scheme**:

- ** Life Assurance**:

- ** Employee Assistant Programme**:

- ** Long Service/Team of the Month Awards**:

- ** A range of accredited and CPD training courses and masterclasses**:

- ** Funding for higher education courses after one years’ service**

**Job Opportunity**

**The CCC will support the Head of Healthcare with providing effective leadership, management and operational support across the Thames Valley region.**

**There are 6 main custody suites; Banbury, Abingdon, Milton Keynes, Maidenhead, Aylesbury and Loddon Valley.**

**This will be a dual role, split between leadership and management duties, and fulfilling the role of Forensic Custody Healthcare Professional.**

**As a Forensic Custody Healthcare Professional, you will work closely with the Police and receive training and support to become an accredited Forensic Practitioner (no previous experience of forensics will be required).**

**Shift pattern**

**The 4-on-4-off rota pattern will give you the ability to plan your personal life months in advance. The shift pattern comprises of 2-day shifts, 2-night shifts then 4 days off (12 hour shifts, 7am-7pm & 7pm-7am). A minimum of 2 shifts per month will be embedded in a custody suite.**

**Main Duties of the role**
- ** Providing line management, including supervision, appraisal, managing poor performance and identifying CPD strategies.**:

- ** Forensic sampling (including road traffic offence bloods).**:

- ** Signposting and conducting referrals; offering support for vulnerabilities and supporting patients to break patterns of re-offending.**:

- ** Delivering substance misuse therapies.**:

- ** Assessment & care of detainees and staff in custody suites.**:

- ** Working with Liaison and Diversion to identify any mental health needs.**

**Training & Development**

**You will be appointed a mentor and receive regular supervision, with 24/7 access to call senior clinicians, where a second opinion is needed.**

**Mountain Healthcare is also proud to offer our externally accredited training programme, with established links to Staffordshire University**

**Essential Skills**

**Essential Criteria**
- ** Qualified Registered Nurse or Paramedic.**:

- ** A minimum of 5 years post qualification experience acute medical healthcare experience.**:

- ** Previous experience as a Forensic Custody Healthcare Professional.**

**Desirable Criteria**

**Previous experience in any of the following would be ideal to assist you in the role; A&E, Walk in Centre, Paramedic Practitioner, Substance Misuse, Community Nursing, Police Custody, Prison, or other relevant discipline.**

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**About us**

**Founded by passionate clinicians on a mission to provide expert patient-centred services, Mountain Healthcare leads the clinical forensic healthcare provisions sector in the UK. A premier partner of NHS England and the police, our unique provisions include Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARCs), Police Custodial Healthcare, Secure Estate Healthcare and clinical telephone advice.**

**Driven by our values Be Kind and Do the Right Thing, Mountain Healthcare provides holistic and trauma-informed care that improves the immediate and long-term health outcomes of patients across the criminal justice system. Through innovative technologies and strategic partnerships, our expert clinicians ensure equal, effective and efficient services to all our patients and always put their health, safety and rights first.**

**Join the Best Provider, Make the Greatest Difference**

**Clinical forensic healthcare is a rapidly growing career path as demand for specialist critical services has greatly increased in recent years. At Mountain Healthcare, we understand that to provide the highest quality services for our patients and customers, our people must be the best in the field. We are proud to offer unrivalled staff training and development opportunities such as our unique Forensic Practitioner Gateway, our wide range of accredited and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) courses, and access to events across the health and justice sector.**

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**Creating an Inclusive Environment