Senior Nurse Practitioner- Mental Health

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HMP Inverness
Senior Nurse Practitioner (Mental Health) - Prison Healthcare
Band 6 £33,072 to £40,736 pro rata
37 hour per week, Permanent

An opportunity has arisen for an experienced mental health nurse to join the healthcare team based in HMP Inverness. You will manage a caseload of clients who experience mental illness whilst in the prison setting.

In addition, you will be responsible for the management and supervision of other healthcare staff, offering support, supervision, and guidance to enable the mental health needs of all prisoners presenting with mental health difficulties to access interventions appropriate to their needs. You will work closely with SPS personal officers, ensuring an awareness of the care plan by all who come into contact with the client.

You will have a lead role in ensuring robust pathways are in place ensuring seamless transition back to local communities and access to locality-based mental health services.

This is an exciting time to join prison healthcare services, with plans in place for a new prison to be opened in Inverness in 2026.

A relocation package may be available for the successful candidate.

Shift pattern: working hours Monday to Friday with occasional weekend working.

Informal enquiries to:
Lauren Veitch, Prison Healthcare Service Manager
Telephone Number: 01463 229081
Email: lauren.veitch@nhs.scot

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NHS Scotland is reducing their full-time working week from 37.5 to 37 hours per week from 1 April 2024 but with no change in pay. This reduction will also be applied pro rata for part-time staff. This advert and any subsequent offer/contract of employment therefore reflects the new working hours. However, as not all service areas will be able to adopt the 37 hour working week immediately from 1 April 2024, you may be required to work up to an additional 30 minutes per week for a temporary period for which you would be paid until the service you are working in changes rosters or working patterns to accommodate the new reduced working week. If you have any questions or concerns please contact the Recruiting Board.