Vacancies Mental Health Team Lead

Overview

As a Mental Health Team Lead at HCRG Care Group in HMP Chelmsford, you lead the delivery of high-quality mental health care within a prison setting. You work within a multidisciplinary team to provide care across the Healthcare Centre and wings, shaping mental health provision for a high-need population. You’ll manage daily operations and collaborate across the prison to drive safe, patient-centred care. This role offers meaningful impact in a challenging but rewarding environment that prioritizes learning and professional growth.

Pay / Benefits

• Salary up to 51,938 FTE
• Group Pension
• Free tea, coffee and milk
• Reward Hub discounts and cashback
• Access to wages as you earn them
• Wellbeing resources and support services”,”Learning and development through The Learning Enterprise

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality planned and urgent mental health support to prisoners in a secure setting
• Lead day-to-day operational management of the mental health service reporting to the Head of Mental Health
• Work as part of a multi-professional team across the prison environment, not just within healthcare
• Coordinate care across the Enhanced Care Unit, Residential Wings and daily-access areas such as workshops

Key requirements

• Registered mental Health Nurse with current NMC PIN
• Experience in managing a team and leading the mental health area of a healthcare service
• Excellent clinical examination skills
• Experience of audits
• Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to build and develop relationships
• Strong leadership and management skills
• Clinical examination skills
• Audit processes
• Multidisciplinary collaboration

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