Registered Nurse/Paramedic - Banbury - FT/PT
Mountain Healthcare Ltd
Banbury, OX16 2AEView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£45,111
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
16 October 2026
16 days leftJob description
Ready for a career that's truly different? Mountain Healthcare is one of the UKs leading providers of forensic custody healthcare. Working in partners...
As a Forensic Custody Healthcare Professional, you will work autonomously within police custody suites, assessing and caring for detainees with a wide range of physical health, mental health, substance misuse and vulnerability-related needs.
This is a specialist clinical role where no two shifts are the same. You will assess fitness for detention, interview, charge and release; respond to acute medical episodes; provide healthcare advice; support safeguarding decisions; and work closely with custody teams, police officers and partner agencies.
Flexible full-time and part-time opportunities are available
within a supportive, values-driven clinical team.
- Conducting comprehensive clinical assessments to determine fitness for detention, interview, charge, and release, including capacity assessments.
- Managing medical emergencies, treating injuries, and providing healthcare advice in a fast-paced environment.
- Supporting detainees with mental health needs, substance misuse, alcohol dependency, and complex vulnerabilities.
- Collecting and documenting forensic samples in line with evidential and legal standards.
- Producing accurate clinical and evidential records, including injury documentation.
- Liaising with police, custody teams, NHS and other healthcare services to ensure appropriate onward care.
- Attending hospital blood procedures under the Road Traffic Act.
- Preparing professional statements and attending court as an impartial healthcare witness.
Working pattern and location
- Full-time
employees are contracted to 42 hours per week.
- Part-time
21 hours per week.
- The main place of work will be Banbury Custody
Suite.
- A joining bonus of up to £1500 FTE pro rata (for example -
£750 paid after probation period and £750 paid after a year in the role)
- Recommend a friend £500
- NMC HCPC registration paid
- Access to company pension scheme
- Overtime at enhanced rates
- A supportive, values driven culture where professionalism
and compassion are genuinely recognised
- A unique clinical environment where no two shifts are the
same
- Exposure to specialist forensic skills including evidential
documentation and forensic sampling
- Opportunities to progress within one of the UK's most
respected forensic healthcare providers
- Accredited forensic training and structured development.
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.
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.
Qualifications
Essential: - Registered General Nurse with current NMC registration; - or; - Paramedic with current HCPC registration
Experience
Essential
- Full UK driving licence with fewer than six penalty points.
- Ability to complete enhanced DBS clearance and police vetting.
- Full right to work in the UK and a minimum of three years' UK residency prior to application.
- Strong assessment, communication and decision-making skills with confidence working autonomously.
Desirable: - Willingness to complete externally accredited forensic training within the first year of employment
How to apply
Applications are handled entirely by the employer on the original advert. We do not collect CVs, supporting statements or application data.
Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
17 September 2026
Last checked
21 September 2026
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