Lead Nurse - HMP Buckley Hall

NHS; Rochdale; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare organization located in Rochdale is seeking a Lead Nurse to oversee patient care at HMP Buckley Hall. The role includes shift coordination, staff management, and conducting patient assessments, among other responsibilities. Candidates should be Registered General Nurses with a strong background in clinical governance and excellent leadership skills. This position is maternity cover for 12 months.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with ongoing CPD.
• Experience in clinical governance.
• History of independent practice and team leadership.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate shifts and oversee staff levels.
• Participate in patient assessments.
• Conduct nurse-led clinics such as NHS Health Checks.

Skills

Leadership and management skills

Clinical assessment

Effective communication

Medication management

Emergency response

Education

Registered General Nurse Level 1

Independent/Non-Medical Prescriber qualification

Management qualification

Job description

Do you want to be a part of a dynamic community here at HMP Buckley Hall? Whether you are starting out in your healthcare journey or are an experienced healthcare professional looking for a new challenge, we've got a role for you!

Working in HMP Buckley Hall presents unique challenges and opportunities for healthcare professionals due to the poor health of the patients who find themselves in custody.

If you're seeking a role that allows you to utilise your nursing, interpersonal and clinical skills to prevent patients returning to this environment whilst continuing to learn in a dynamic environment, please apply today!

Please note this post is for maternity cover for 12 months

Main duties of the job

As a Lead Nurse, your role encompasses a wide range of responsibilities and leadership such as:

• Shift coordination - overseeing staffing levels and production of rotas.
• Participating in audits
• Management of junior members of staff
• Supporting multi-disciplinary teams such as:
• • Diabetic retinopathy screening
  • AAA screening
  • Ultrasounds and X-Rays
• Medication rounds and dispensing
• Emergency response situations
• Patient assessments
• Nurse-led clinics, such as:
• • NHS Health Checks
  • Immunisations and Vaccinations
  • NHS Bowel Screening
  • Wound and Tissue Viability assessments
• Assessing new patients who have just arrived at the establishment for the first time.
• Complete clinical assessments
• Triaging the acutely unwell patients

About us

The Health and Justice division of Spectrum Community Health plays a crucial role in positively impacting the lives of individuals within secure environments, sexual health services and short-term holding facilities.

We offer an array of opportunities to enhance your skills and broaden your experience.

We have an ambition to become a truly lived experience inclusive employer, changing how we approach staff experience and value personal stories our colleagues bring with them.

We welcome applications from everyone, including applicants with lived experience, those who belong to LGBTQIA+ Community and are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (or questioning), Intersex and Asexual, people with a disability, neurodivergent applicants and people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds.

Job responsibilities

For more information on working here at HMP Buckley Hall, please see attached job description/person specification and recruitment pack.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered General Nurse Level 1
• Evidence of ongoing CPD and delivery of evidence based care
• Independent Nurse /Supplementary/ NonMedical Prescriber qualification or willingness to undertake
• Appropriate management qualification of equivalent experience
• RCGP Cert 1/2 Primary Care/LTC qualification

Experience

• Significant experience of working in a complex environment with multidisciplinary professionals demonstrating effective communication and leadership skills
• Be able to demonstrate experience of clinical governance used to improve patient care
• Experience of working as an autonomous practitioner
• Experience of leading a team and effectively using policy and procedures to improve clinical and professional standards
• Experience of multidisciplinary/multi agency working
• Understanding and application of confidentiality
• Experience of working within Health & Justice
• Experience of working in primary care/substance misuse/acute care
• Understanding of local and national key documents and their impact on health care delivery in a prison setting
• Research experience

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.