Bank Custody Paramedic

CRG Medical Services are a leading provider of Forensic Medical Services and Prison Health services across the UK Secure Health market.

We are seeking to recruit Custody Paramedics for various client settings in the Greater Manchester area.

Within CRG Medical Services we have jobs which enable people like you to do extraordinary things and make a real difference. Being a Custody Paramedic with Greater Manchester Police allows you to use your nursing skills as part of the wider Criminal Justice System; the role of a Custody Paramedic is unlikely to be like any role you will have experienced in your career.

Working as a Custody Paramedic allows you to use all your clinical knowledge and experience and make your own clinical decisions based on this knowledge. Custody work gives you a sense of pride and achievement knowing you are helping some of the most vulnerable people in society and making a difference to their lives in this challenging yet rewarding area of nursing.

Working with CRG Medical Services and Greater Manchester Police you can be assured that you will be part of a supportive multi-disciplined team who strive for excellence in all areas.

CRG Medical Services can offer you the following benefits for this role:

* A focus on CPD and personal growth

* Access to accredited training courses free of charge

* A competitive rate of pay

* Career progression opportunities

* Fleet car provided and all work related travel paid for

* Flexibility within working patterns

* A support system available 24 hours a day

* Prompt weekly payments

* Company pension scheme

You will be employed by CRG Medical Services as a Bank Custody Paramedic for in various client settings in the Greater Manchester area. Successful applicants will be expected to work as part of a team, principally to provide primary care in a Police Custody Department. Your duties and responsibilities will include the need to:

* Undertake clinical assessments and offer care to persons detained by the police or other agencies as required – to assess fitness for detention, interview, release or transfer

* Provide healthcare interventions to manage minor illness or injury and refer onwards for more serious conditions

* Undertake forensic examination of persons in police care – to record (and if appropriate give opinion of cause of) injuries and/or collect DNA evidence

* Undertake forensic examination of police officers/staff injured whilst on duty – to record (and if appropriate give opinion of cause of) injuries and manage these appropriately

* Collect specimens as required under legislation

* Provide written statements as required

* Give oral testimony as required in any Court or Tribunal

* Make and maintain complete and accurate clinical records

* Assess alcohol and drug intoxication and withdrawal

* Take blood samples

* Undertake mental health and learning disability assessments where appropriate

* Support the development of medical services with the Lead Nurse and peers

* Undertake all duties as required of a Healthcare Professional in custody and to comply with the competencies, knowledge and skills framework of the Department of Health.

For this role, you will need:

* To be a Registered Paramedic with at least four years post qualification experience

* To have completed the Basic Life Support and/or the Intermediate Life Support Course

* A full driving licence

* The ability to work unsupervised

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CRG is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications regardless of sex, age, race, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, religion and belief, pregnancy and maternity or disability.

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Not the job for you? We have various temporary and permanent CRG Medical Service roles across the country.

This vacancy is based in the United Kingdom where CRG operate; we can only process applications from candidates who are current UK residents and eligible to work in the UK. Whilst we will endeavor to contact you following you