Senior Mental Health Nurse

As a Senior Mental Health Nurse you will

• You will undertake medication rounds, dispense controlled medication
• Attend emergency response situations
• Assess patients, and undertake reception screening. 
• You will assess patient’s health needs using an evidence based framework and be able to risk assess use sound clinical knowledge.
• You will ensure that you assess physical and mental health of prisoners on admission to the prison and throughout their period of custody so that any appropriate referral can be made.
• You will also be responsible for making a clinical judgement with regard to any immediate need and long term treatment.

Practice Plus Group is a specialist provider of NHS services into prison healthcare across over 45 different prisons, young offenders and immigration removal centres. We believe in putting the patient first, regardless of the environment or their history. The prison population is one of the most vulnerable and challenged patient groups in society and the delivery of their health care is conducted within often difficult and demanding environments.