Band 5 Community Forensic Nurse
- NHS
- Full Time
- Birmingham
- 29970.00 - 36483.00 a year

Job Description
Job summary
***This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested***
Community Forensic Team - Band 5 Nurse
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated individual to join the Birmingham Community Forensic Team permanently. Our multi-disciplinary team works with individuals who have a learning disability and have committed a serious criminal offence or are at significant risk of doing so.
o You will be a Nurse with experience within Learning Disabilities.
o You will hold a registration in Learning Disability Nursing / Mental Health Nursing.
Main duties of the job
Main duties of the job
To work within the framework of a multi-disciplinary team to provide support and guidance to adults with learning disabilities who have committed or are at risk of committing serious offences.
The post holder will have forensic clinical experience as well as knowledge and experience of conducting forensic risk assessments and developing and implementing risk reduction interventions. The post holder will be able to demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills. You will have a passion for person-centred care and integrated team working.
About us
Be Part of Our Team...
BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.
Job responsibilities
Supervision of Health Care Assistants in the community / forensic team.
Participate in training of student nurses and other staff.
Delivery of education/information and training to patients, carers, members of multi-disciplinary teams and others according to their requirements and within professional expertise.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse in Learning Disabilities (RNLD) or RN in Mental Health
- Further evidence of Post registration training
Experience
Essential
- Relevant experience of working within Multi-disciplinary teams.
- Experience of working with people with a learning disability
- Relevant experience of working with other agencies.
Desirable
- Experience of working within forensic in patient and/or community settings
- Evidence of mentorship qualification
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Ability to be assertive
- Ability to communicative effectively
- Ability to have a positive attitude
- Ability to be sensitive to people's needs
- Ability to be able to work alone.
- Ability to be a good listener.
- Ability to use own initiative and deal calmly with difficult situations or individuals.
Skills/Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of risk assessment process.
- Knowledge of diversity.
- Knowledge of relevant Acts that relate to people with learning disabilities.
- Competent in communicating.
- Competent in written and verbal skills.
- Competent in IT skills.
Desirable
- Knowledge of relevant legal frameworks that offenders may be subject to
Other job requirements
Essential
- Independently mobile to travel across the City and to Trust' sites.
- Flexible working
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT
Address
The Greenfields
30 Brookfield Road.
Kings Norton/Birmingham
B30 3QY