Custody Care Practitioner

County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest integrated care providers in England, serving a population of around 600,000 people. We are a high performing organisation with a track record of success.

The successful candidate will be expected to provide a high quality holistic health management for patients detained within Durham Constabulary Custody Suites and forensic service throughout the County Durham and Darlington area.

Total Healthcare requires a permanent Custody Care Practitioner to work within its existing team of Forensic Practitioners and Forensic Medical Examiners. The purpose of the role is to provide high quality holistic forensic healthcare to detainees in Police Custody Suites throughout County Durham and other non-custody locations.

The role requires a high level of autonomous confidence and a sound knowledge of forensic

practices in order to provide the delivery of highly specialist healthcare to support the Criminal

Justice System in collaboration with Durham Constabulary.