Advanced Nurse Practitioner - Police Custody Healthcare (PCHC) B7
Location: Govan Police Station, 923 Helen St, Glasgow, G52 1EE
Salary: Band 7 (£52,845 - £61,466)
Employment type: Permanent
Hours Per Week: 36
Job closing date: 01/11/2026

We have an exciting opportunity to apply for an Advanced Nurse Practitioner role in Police Custody Health Care (PCHC). This is a new development and service model within PCHC which will be integral in supporting the development and direction of the service, delivering the clinical case management of a unique Police Custody Healthcare and Forensic service.

As an ANP you will provide specialist advice to healthcare professionals, Police Scotland, Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS), and persons referred and will utilise high levels of decision-making and clinical judgment to triage, examine, treat and close episodes of care for a diverse range of patients referred for forensic medical examination and healthcare in police custody.

As an ANP will ensure that persons referred health needs are met through the provision of the diagnosis and the management of conditions through the assessment, treatment and review planning process in partnership with persons referred, Police Scotland and the COPFS

As an ANP will work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary forensic medical and PCHC team to meet the needs of persons referred in police care, supporting the development and delivery of policy and procedures, development and implementation of nursing services and providing nurse and clinical leadership as required

Knowledge and / or experience of delivering services with justice requirements would be advantageous, though not a requirement. Experience of service change, research and audit, quality improvement and development would be desirable.

As the role is covering a peripatetic service a driving licence is required

Key responsibilities:

• To triage/clinically assess patients, prioritising clinical need, initiating treatment in line with agreed guidelines and referring those patients who require medical intervention to appropriate services
• Take a comprehensive systematic history, conduct assessment and clinical examination of patients requiring medical care to ensure that optimum physical and psychological care needs are met
• Where appropriate, initiate investigations on patients to improve access to treatment.
• Screen patients for disease using clinical assessment and other findings, such as laboratory results, X-rays and electronic clinical records
• Initiate drug therapy/medication within parameters of agreed clinical guidelines and in accordance with non-medical prescriber's legislation
• Conduct, where appropriate, invasive and non-invasive diagnostic and therapeutic procedures
• Promote, develop and undertake clinical audit programmes, and contribute to research to support own and the teams' best practice leading to continuous improvement in care using critical appraisal and evaluation skills.
• Interpret newly generated research findings supporting implementation using advanced knowledge and skills, disseminating findings internally to influence best practice
• Initiates, facilitates or undertakes appropriate research in relation to custody healthcare and forensic medical services for people in police care.
• Please refer to the job description for further details.

Knowledge, training, qualifications and/or experience required:

• Registered Nurse on the NMC Register
• Be recorded as a Nurse Independent/Supplementary Prescriber (V300) with the NMC
• An appropriate Masters level qualification in Advanced Practice which has enabled competence in clinical assessment, clinical reasoning, judgement and diagnostic decision making, anatomy and pathophysiology, non medical prescribing (V300), leading, delivering and evaluating care, and practice learning/transferable work-based learning
• Significant comprehensive post-registration experience within a healthcare setting, some of which must be at a senior practitioner level
• A commitment to lifelong learning and demonstrates evidence of continuing professional development
• Can demonstrate experience in managing staff, leading a team, providing education and training and establishing a supportive, learning environment
• Successful track record in working in multi-disciplinary team settings and promoting collaborative approaches to delivering excellent patient care
• Immediate Life Support / Medical Emergencies Training
• Evidence of continued professional development in forensic medical examination and police custody healthcare, including completion of NES 'New to Forensic Medicine' programme

What we offer:

• A minimum of 27 days annual leave, increasing with length of service, plus public holidays
• Membership of the NHS Pension Scheme, including life insurance benefits
• Salary Sacrifice Car Benefit Scheme
• Development opportunities including study bursaries, e-learning and classroom-based courses
• Enhanced pay for working public holidays
• NHS discounts on a wide range of goods and services
• Confidential employee support and assistance, including counselling and psychological therapies

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde may be able to provide visa sponsorship for certain roles, subject to the post meeting the relevant eligibility criteria. Sponsorship is not guaranteed and will be determined on a case-by-case basis. Applicants must state their current right to work in their application.

For an informal discussion, please contact: Louise Kaney, Lead Advanced Nurse Practitioner - Louise.Kaney@nhs.scot - 07483553228

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde encourages applications from all sections of the community. We are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. By signing the Armed Forces Covenant, NHSGGC has pledged its commitment to being a Forces Friendly Employer.