Mental Health Nurse - Inpatient Unit

Pay Paying up to £43,756 - Depending on experience

Hours Full time

Contract Permanent

Role Other Qualified Professional

Posted 8 Mar 2025

Closes 7 Apr 2025

Job Description

About The Role

UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE

+ MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE

We have an exciting opportunity for a Mental Health Nurse - Inpatient Unit to join our Primary Care team at HMP Belmarsh, a category A Prison located in Woolwich.
Belmarsh is a Category A High security male prison based in Woolwich in South East London. It houses 792 patients and has 48 single cells.
Hours

3 or 4 day weeks across the 7 days - 37.5 hours per week.
Salary

This position is full time, you'll receive an annual salary up to £43,756 per annum FTE - depending on experience.

How will we support you?
• Bespoke induction, including our Introducing Health in Justice training course
• Competency framework
• Regional and national career development opportunities
• Our bespoke Learning Management System to address your learning needs
• Support from the wider team

Candidates are required to have a Legal right to work in the UK and due to the nature of the role, offers of employment will be subject to additional vetting and security checks.

What you'll be doing

As a Mental Health Nurse - Inpatient Unit, your responsibilities will vary. You will:

• Work within a multi-disciplinary team carrying out comprehensive assessments, initiating and reviewing care plans, and developing treatment options.
• Undertake medication rounds, and assess and treat patients who may have undergone traumatic experiences and may be distressed.
• Assess patient's health needs using an evidence-based framework and be able to risk assess using sound clinical knowledge.
• Provide outstanding evidence-based care to our patients, seeking out, listening to and acting on their feedback, so that care is personalised and informed by what matters to them.
• Work with individuals providing advice, support, and information and manage a case load of patients. Deliver non-judgemental care that makes a real difference.

If you are interested in career development, we have a wide range of opportunities for you to develop your skills and experience, which include both internal and external options for development and learning.

It doesn't stop there:

• Discounts on shopping and leisure activities
• Support to grow in your role and continue your professional development
• 24/7 employee assistance helpline and financial assistance when you need it

What we'll look for in you
The Health in Justice team at Practice Plus Group makes a real difference across over 53 prisons, young offenders and immigration removal centres. We're the UK's leading independent provider of NHS services to over 40,000 patients in secure environments, always putting their needs first, regardless of their background.
Practice Plus Group's purpose is to Unlock your best work life and we stand by our core values:

• We treat patients and each other as we would like to be treated
• We act with integrity
• We embrace diversity
• We strive to do things better together

We are looking for caring, compassionate but also driven professionals who can help us drive our vision for fair and inclusive healthcare access to all.

• Qualified Mental Health Nurse
• Current NMC registration
• Evidence of Continued Professional Development
• Experience of working with patients, face to face, who have complex mental health conditions
• Experience of psychosocial interventions, group work and awareness of substance misuse
• Sound clinical knowledge and assessment skills including risk assessment
• Understanding of the complexities of multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working

Secure environments are one of the most challenging, yet rewarding places for healthcare professionals to work. If you're looking for a role where you can develop your existing healthcare skills and learn something new every day in an environment that never stands still, then this could be the right opportunity for you.