Senior Mental Health Nurse

As a Senior Mental Health Nurse, your responsibilities will vary. You will

• Complete regular Seg Unit clinical rounds, assessing physical and mental wellbeing, including high‑risk or vulnerable individuals.
• Carry out initial and ongoing clinical assessments for anyone located within segregation, following NHS and Practice Plus Group clinical pathways.
• Work in close partnership with custodial officers, Seg Unit staff, and the Safer Custody team
• Support the Primary Care Team to provide emergency care and escalation when clinically required, including urgent GP input and external hospital transfer.
• Operate as part of an integrated healthcare team, working closely with the Mental Health Team to monitor mood, risk, crisis indicators, and treatment adherence for residents with mental‑health conditions.
• Collaborate with the Complex Case Team to support individuals presenting with multifaceted needs such as personality disorder, neurodiversity, chronic self‑harm risk, or high levels of distress.
• Balance compassionate, trauma‑informed clinical practice with the security demands of a busy Category B local prison.
• Share clinical observations and attend multidisciplinary reviews to ensure continuity and alignment of physical and mental‑health care plans.

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 a fair and inclusive healthcare access to all.

• NMC Registered 
• Experience of working within mental health settings, developing knowledge and understanding of this patient group
  
• Experience of working collaboratively with other agencies and stakeholders in a multi-disciplinary environment
• Strong Band 6 experience, able to demonstrate leadership skills and work in a high paced environment.
• Experience in a secure forensic setting (low, medium or high)

Although not essential ideal applicants would have experience in a hospital, community or prison environment.