Band 5 Prison Nurse

Integrated Care System; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A community healthcare trust in Birmingham is seeking a healthcare professional to provide 24-hour patient care within HMP Birmingham. The role includes supporting patients, promoting healthy living, and integrating into a multi-professional team. Candidates should demonstrate collaborative working, self-management responsibility, and adherence to health standards. This position offers a competitive salary and benefits.

Benefits

Free onsite parking

DBS certificate fees covered

Environmental allowance for prison work

Qualifications

• Collaborative working within a multi-professional environment.
• Ability to relate experience to a prison setting.
• Evidence of multi-agency working.

Responsibilities

• Provide 24-hour patient care within HMP Birmingham.
• Promote healthy living and prevent ill health.
• Support and advise patients on health needs.

Skills

Knowledge of health & safety standards

Evidence of assessment skills

Ability to work flexibly

Education

Continuing professional development evidence

Job description

***This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested***

Are you looking for an exciting challenge and an opportunity to gain experience in the prison within our busy and friendly Community Healthcare Trust? If so, you will be interested in an exciting opportunity to work in one of the largest community healthcare trusts in the country right here in Birmingham.

Join our friendly teams within the Urgent Care Services and as a welcome to our team we will;

• Pay for your Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) certificate and DBS Update Service annual subscription whilst you are employed with the Trust.
• Pay any Newly Qualified nurses as a Band 4 Transition Practitioner until you receive your professional registration.
• Offerfree onsite parking at most of our bases
• An environmental allowance is paid for working in the prison, which is £1,542, pro rate .

Main duties of the job

The postholder will work as part of an integrated team under the supervision of the specialist practioner. He/she will be accountable for the delivery of care to the population of the prison and will also rotate onto the inpatient wing.

About us

Be Part of Our Team...

BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.

If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.

IMPORTANT

• Please ensure you check your Trac account regularly as this is how we will communicate with you during the shortlisting and selection process
• Please ensure all sections of the application form are completed fully. Please particularly ensure that you provide full details of all referees including business email address, telephone contact details and postal address

Job responsibilities

- To work within HMP Birmingham across the health care service providing 24 hour patient care

- To develop and maintain evidenced based practice in health needs.

- Provide support and advice to patients.

- Participate in the promotion of healthy living and the prevention of ill health and disability through diagnostic screening, education and promotion of independence and self management as a priority of care.

Person Specification

Qualifications / training

• Evidence of continuing professional development

Experience

• Evidence of collaborative working within a multi-professional enviroment
• Ability to relate experience to a prison setting
• Evidence of multi-agency working

Skills/knowledge

• Ability to demonstrate a knowledge of standards and audit processes and evidence based practice
• Ability to demonstrate responsibility for self and others in respect of health & safety
• Ability to learn & apply knowledge appropriately
• Evidence of assessment skills and using evidence based practise
• Ability to demonstrate sound knowledge and application of NMC Code of Conduct and Scope of Professional Practice
• Ability to demonstrate knowledge of current legislative changes effecting the NHS and Social Services particularly those affecting Primary care
• Abiltiy to work flexibly

Other job requirements

• HM Prison Security / Vetting Clearance required

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.