Registered Nurse/Paramedic - Barrow/Kendal Custody - BANK

Key responsibilities include: • 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. Why Join Mountain Healthcare: This is a rare opportunity to move into a specialist forensic healthcare career while continuing to use your clinical skills every day. You will be trusted to work autonomously, make high quality clinical decisions, and develop into a confident forensic practitioner. What we offer: • 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. Job description Job responsibilities Key responsibilities include: • 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. Why Join Mountain Healthcare: This is a rare opportunity to move into a specialist forensic healthcare career while continuing to use your clinical skills every day. You will be trusted to work autonomously, make high quality clinical decisions, and develop into a confident forensic practitioner. What we offer: • 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.