Senior Mental Health Nurse

Starrycare is seeking an experienced and dedicated Senior Mental Health Nurse (Band 6) to join the Integrated Mental Health Team within prison settings across Staffordshire and Worcestershire.

The post holder will manage their own caseload, delivering specialist mental health assessments, care planning, and evidence-based interventions to service users within the prison environment. You will work as part of a multidisciplinary and multi-agency team, supporting primary care, wellbeing, and secondary mental health services while promoting recovery-focused and person-centred care.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage a complex caseload of service users with mental health needs
  

• Conduct mental health assessments and develop care plans within the Care Programme Approach (CPA) framework
  

• Deliver specialist interventions including counselling, CBT-informed approaches, and motivational interviewing
  

• Liaise with prison healthcare, substance misuse teams, probation, police, and external agencies
  

• Support and supervise junior staff where appropriate
  

• Maintain accurate electronic clinical records in line with NMC standards
  

• Work within the Mental Health Act and safeguarding frameworks
  

• Promote recovery, harm reduction, and service user involvement
  

• Contribute to audit, service development, and clinical governance
  

Requirements

• Registered Nurse (NMC Registered – Mental Health)
  

• Significant experience working within mental health services
  

• Experience managing complex caseloads
  

• Knowledge of the Mental Health Act and safeguarding procedures
  

• Experience delivering specialist mental health interventions (e.g. CBT, Motivational Interviewing)
  

• Strong communication, organisational, and IT skills
  

• Ability to work autonomously within a secure prison environment
  

• Willingness to work flexible hours including evenings and weekends
  

Benefits

• Competitive Band 6 salary
  

• Professional development and CPD support
  

• Structured supervision and appraisal
  

• Opportunities for leadership development
  

• Pension scheme
  

• Generous annual leave entitlement
  

• Supportive multidisciplinary team environment