The closing date is 31 August 2026

Job summary
As a Registered Mental Health Nurse with Prometheus, you will take the lead in ensuring patients are safe, supported and treated with dignity during high stakes journeys and periods of observation. This is a frontline role where your clinical expertise, crisis management skills and leadership make a real difference every day, turning challenging moments into safer outcomes for patients, colleagues and partners.

Main duties of the job
As a Registered Mental Health Nurse with Prometheus, you will

• Lead patient safety and care during transfers, hospital bed watches and places of safety activity across our services including PSS and PCC services.
• Assess, plan, deliver and evaluate evidence based interventions during time critical movements and at bedside
• Provide crisis intervention and de escalation, using clinical judgment to keep patients and colleagues safe, including physical intervention when required
• Take ownership of full, accurate handovers including risk history, current presentation and care plan while working with ward teams, AMHPs and other partners
• Set the tone for the team on shift by briefing clearly, allocating tasks and modelling compassion and professionalism
• Safeguard children and adults, applying local and national policy and the Mental Health Act in practice
• Record promptly and precisely, escalating incidents and near misses to the Clinical Logistics Manager
• Uphold confidentiality, equality, diversity and data protection at all times
• Check vehicles and equipment in line with policy before departures and report restock needs

About us
Prometheus Safe & Secure is a specialist provider of secure patient transport and enhanced observation services for people with mental health needs. Operating 24 hours a day, 7 days a week across the UK, we work in partnership with the NHS and private healthcare providers to deliver safe, dignified and compassionate support when it is needed most.

Our services include secure patient transport for planned and urgent transfers, including those under the Mental Health Act, as well as enhanced observation and "bed watch" support in hospitals, A&E departments and Section 136 suites. Every journey and placement is managed with patient safety, dignity and respect at the forefront.

We are regulated by the Care Quality Commission and are members of the Independent Ambulance Association. Our Birmingham service currently holds a CQC overall rating of "Good." Clinical governance, safeguarding and staff training are central to everything we do, ensuring we meet the highest standards of quality and compliance.

Our teams are made up of experienced mental health professionals and trained support staff who provide therapeutic, person-centred care designed to minimise distress and protect wellbeing. With a dedicated operations hub, we provide nationwide coverage, rapid response and a seamless service that reduces pressure on frontline healthcare providers.

Details
Date posted: 03 August 2026
Pay scheme: Other
Salary: £48,750 to £48,750 a year
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: oc-1785505873-D44AA
Job locations: Unit 110, Fort Dunlop, Birmingham, B24 9FD, United Kingdom

Job description
Job responsibilities
As a Registered Mental Health Nurse with Prometheus, you will take the lead in ensuring patients are safe, supported and treated with dignity during high stakes journeys and periods of observation.

This is a frontline role where your clinical expertise, crisis management skills and leadership make a real difference every day, turning challenging moments into safer outcomes for patients, colleagues and partners.

As a Registered Mental Health Nurse with Prometheus,

• Lead patient safety and care during transfers, hospital bed watches and places of safety activity across our services including PSS and PCC services.
• Assess, plan, deliver and evaluate evidence based interventions during time critical movements and at bedside
• Provide crisis intervention and de escalation, using clinical judgment to keep patients and colleagues safe, including physical intervention when required
• Take ownership of full, accurate handovers including risk history, current presentation and care plan while working with ward teams, AMHPs and other partners
• Set the tone for the team on shift by briefing clearly, allocating tasks and modelling compassion and professionalism
• Safeguard children and adults, applying local and national policy and the Mental Health Act in practice
• Record promptly and precisely, escalating incidents and near misses to the Clinical Logistics Manager
• Uphold confidentiality, equality, diversity and data protection at all times
• Check vehicles and equipment in line with policy before departures and report restock needs
• Work 162.5 hours a month, days and nights as scheduled and attend base in company uniform as instructed

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Current valid NMC PIN with at least two years post registration experience
• Full UK driving licence for both manual and automatic vehicles
• Right to work in the UK
• Enhanced DBS

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.

Employer details
Employer name: Prometheus Safe and Secure
Address: Unit 110, Fort Dunlop, Birmingham, B24 9FD, United Kingdom
Employer's website: Apply through our website

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Deputy Service Delivery Manager, Nazmeen Begum, nbegum@psecure.co.uk, 07856427323

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