Description
Ready for a career that's truly different?
Mountain Healthcare is one of the UK's 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.
- Conduct comprehensive clinical assessments to determine fitness for detention, interview, charge, and release, including capacity assessments.
- Manage medical emergencies, treat injuries, and provide healthcare advice in a fast-paced environment.
- Support detainees with mental health needs, substance misuse, alcohol dependency, and complex vulnerabilities.
- Collect and document forensic samples in line with evidential and legal standards.
- Produce accurate clinical and evidential records, including injury documentation.
- Liaise with police, custody teams, NHS, and other healthcare services to ensure appropriate onward care.
- Attend hospital blood procedures under the Road Traffic Act.
- Prepare professional statements and attend court as an impartial healthcare witness.
What we offer
- £19 to £23 an hour
- 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.
Person Specification
- 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.
- Qualifications:
+ Essential: Registered General Nurse with current NMC registration or Paramedic with current HCPC registration.