Clinical Nurse Practitioner

Clinical Nurse Practitioner

The closing date is 28 January 2026

We are seeking an experienced and highly skilled Clinical Nurse Practitioner (RMN or RNLD) to deliver advanced, evidence‑based nursing care within a high secure female forensic mental healthcare setting. This is a senior clinical role requiring excellent professional judgement, strong leadership capability, and a commitment to compassionate, trauma‑informed practice.

The post holder will work within the National High Secure Healthcare Service for Women (NHSHSW) at Rampton Hospital, a purpose‑built 50‑beded service comprising five specialist wards:
Admissions;
Continuing Care and Pre‑Discharge;
Intensive Care Unit (ICU);
High Dependency Unit (HDU); and an Adapted Environment. The service supports women detained under the Mental Health Act (1983) who present with complex mental health needs, significant trauma histories, and behaviours that challenge services.

This role offers the opportunity to shape and deliver advanced nursing practice across the service, provide clinical leadership within multidisciplinary teams, and contribute to service development, education, research, and evaluation in a nationally recognised high secure setting.

• Deliver advanced nursing assessment, formulation, and intervention to women with complex forensic mental health needs.
• Provide expert clinical leadership, guidance, and decision‑making within high‑risk, high‑complexity environments.
• Offer clinical supervision, mentoring, teaching, and professional development to nursing staff and wider MDT colleagues.
• Work collaboratively within established multidisciplinary teams, contributing specialist nursing perspectives to care planning, risk management, and treatment pathways.
• Provide advanced clinical advice on the delivery of safe, effective, and compassionate care across their specialist area.
• Actively contribute to service evaluation, quality improvement, and service development, aligned with the service’s clinical strategy.
• Apply current legislation, policy, and research evidence to clinical practice, ensuring care meets national and professional standards.
• Promote reflective practice, trauma‑informed care, and service user involvement within clinical teams.
• As a senior clinician, contribute to clinical audits, investigations, and quality assurance activity, and provide visible clinical leadership through deployment into ward settings where required to support staff, patients, and service delivery.

#TeamNotts

HC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.

We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire’s biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the NHSHSW and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.

We offer a variety of employee‑led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.

The health and wellbeing of colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in‑house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.

The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net‑zero commitment.

The post holder will function as a senior autonomous practitioner, providing advanced nursing care to women detained under the Mental Health Act (1983) within a high secure…