Job summary
The Enhanced Support Service team for women in HMP Peterborough is commissioned by NHS England as part of the Offender Personality Disorder Pathway and works alongside clinical & discipline staff to provide individualised assessment, care/management plans and risk assessment for a small caseload of often challenging patients.

This service aims to reduce the negative impact of violent and disruptive behaviour in prisons using a dedicated multi-disciplinary staff team that works in partnership across prison, healthcare, and Forensic Psychology services. This partnership underpins the design, implementation, and successful delivery of this service.

Please note this post is subject to security vetting. To be considered for this post you will need to have continuously resided in the UK without any breaks for a minimum of 3 years prior to this application and be able to evidence your years of residency. Please note without sufficient evidence your application may not progress.

Main duties of the job
You will be required to input into internal and external meetings regarding the clients that are part of the ESS service. The post-holder will be a resource to staff across healthcare and the wider prison providing advice and support to the care of these service users to ensure best outcomes.

The ESS will target the small minority of prisoners in the establishment who demonstrate severe and persistent violent and disruptive behaviour that has not responded to existing strategies and interventions. Staff will work intensively with prisoners in a collaborative manner to develop motivation to facilitate better settlement, improved psychological wellbeing and in the long term, access to sentence planning services for this population. The team will work in a psychologically informed manner and be supported by formulations based on understanding of the prisoners with whom they are working. The team will work indirectly with staff to increase understanding and appropriate management of these prisoners.

The post-holder will be required to input into internal and external meetings regarding the clients that are part of the ESS service.

About us
NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be 'outstanding' by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.

Details
Date posted: 12 August 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year per annum
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 20 months
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 270-TH179-HMPPET-A
Job locations: HMP Peterborough, Saville Road, Peterborough, PE3 7PD, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.

Person Specification
Security Vetting
Essential

• The application includes evidence of the required years of UK residency to meet prison vetting standards

Knowledge and experience
Essential

• Registered Mental Health Nurse
• Masters degree or equivalent level of experience
• Clinical experience of the assessment, treatment and support of people personality disorder.
• Either working as a B7 or minimum of 2 years of experience of working at a Band 6.

Desirable

• Experience of working with offenders
• Experiencing of teaching, training and supervision
• Has training and experience of audit, evaluation and research
• Excellent organisational skills and an ability to work with deadlines and to manage time effectively.

Skills and Abilities
Essential

• Experience of working with people whose communication skills are impacted upon by their mental health and where reasonable adjustments need to be made
• Knowledge of CPA, Mental Health Act, MAPPA, legislation, and policies relevant to prison mental health.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team and independently as appropriate

Desirable

• Knowledge of current challenges / developments in Prison health.
• Ability to manage highly sensitive and complex information and relay this is a sensitive way to patients.
• Awareness of screening tools and assessments within specialist area.
• Excellent organisational skills and an ability to work with deadlines and to manage time effectively.

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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

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.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.