Enhanced Support Service Mental Health Nurse
| Posting date: | 17 December 2025 |
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| Salary: | £56,276.00 to £63,176.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £56276.00 - £63176.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 30 December 2025 |
| Location: | London, SW18 3HU |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9277-25-1548 |
Summary
To work as a member of the Enhanced Support Service at HMP Wandsworth. Be responsible and accountable for the management of own caseload as directed by the Team Leader. To undertake assessments of patients referred by primary care staff, officers, probation, substance misuse services and other referral sources on the wings. To provide psychosocial interventions for patients with often complex and challenging mental health difficulties in the prison setting. Jointly facilitate group work with multi-disciplinary colleagues (including education staff). To complete detailed clinical risk assessments at first and subsequent assessment interview and accurately record and report key risks. To develop care plans in collaboration with the patient, carer and other relevant person or agency. To review and evaluate treatment plans at agreed intervals in collaboration with the patient and members of the multidisciplinary team. To provide care co-ordination function to the service users on your caseload. To provide clinical advice and support to other colleagues within offender health and other agencies concerned with mental health. To influence the development of high standards of nursing care, ensuring that appropriate systems are in place in order to support evidence based practice. To be conversant with all guidance and operational procedures in relation to offender healthcare at HMP Wandsworth. To participate in the ACCT process within the establishment, ensuring agreed healthcare interventions required from the Team are provided. IMPORTANT INFORMATION, PLEASE READ: All applicants must be willing to undertake National Security Vetting in order to work in a Prison Setting. This will be completed as part of the pre-employment checks through Oxleas and the prison vetting team. You will need to provide: Proof of right to work documentation Proof of ID, needs to include 1 photographic ID Proof of address documentation Non-UK passport holders will need to have correct documentation (right to work in the UK) and a Home office Share code. Address History: 5 years address history will be needed. Applicants that are not UK Passport holders who provide less than 5 years UK address history will need to provide a Police Certificate which must be in English from where they resided previously. Applicants who are UK Passport holders who have lived abroad for a period of more than six months during the last three years will need to provide a certificate of good conduct or an overseas police check in English from the countries resided in or visited. In order to assist you in obtaining a Police Certificate, guidance can be soughtfrom:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants If the country you have resided in is not listed here, you can obtain the necessary information by contacting the relevant Embassy or High Commission for that Country. Their contact details can be found on the Foreign & Commonwealth Office website (http://www.fco.gov.uk/en).