Registered Nurse/Paramedic Barrow/Kendal FT/PTNHS

Job summary

Ready for a career that's truly different?

Mountain Healthcare is one of the UKs leading providers of forensic custody healthcare. Working in partnership with the police, and wider criminal justice agencies, we deliver high quality care to some of the most vulnerable people in our communities.

We are proud to be guided by our core values of Being Kind and Doing the Right Thing.

• We are now recruiting Forensic Custody Healthcare Professionals (RGNs and Paramedics) to deliver specialist healthcare within police custody.
• This is a rare opportunity to step into a respected forensic role where no two shifts are the same, no custody experience is required as full accredited training is provided. Your clinical decisions will directly support detainee welfare, safeguarding, and the wider criminal justice process.
• If you're an experienced clinician with at least three years' experience in an acute setting who enjoys independent decision making, fast paced assessments, and meaningful work that genuinely makes a difference, this could be the ideal next step in your career.

Main duties of the job

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.

Job description

• 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:

• Hourly rate: £19.60
• Full-time employees are contracted to 42 hours per week.
• Part-time 21 hours per week.
• The main place of work will be Barrow & Kendal Custody Suite.

What we offer:

• 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 UKs most respected forensic healthcare providers
• Accredited forensic training and structured development.

About us

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.