Lead Nurse - HMP Liverpool + £1500 Welcome Payment

Spectrum Community Health CIC; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Lead Nurse to join their dynamic team at HMP Liverpool. This role offers a unique opportunity to work in a challenging environment, where your nursing and clinical skills will be utilized to provide essential healthcare services to patients in custody. You will collaborate with various healthcare teams to ensure the best possible care while also managing junior staff and participating in audits. If you are passionate about making a positive impact in healthcare and are looking for a rewarding position, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

£1500 Welcome Payment

Professional Development Opportunities

Supportive Work Environment

Inclusive Workplace Culture

Qualifications

• Experience in nursing with a focus on patient care in secure environments.
• Strong leadership skills to manage and coordinate nursing staff.

Responsibilities

• Oversee staffing levels and coordinate shifts for nursing staff.
• Conduct patient assessments and manage medication rounds.

Skills

Nursing

Interpersonal Skills

Clinical Skills

Patient Assessment

Medication Management

Education

Registered Nurse Qualification

Tools

Clinical Assessment Tools

Electronic Health Records

Job description

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Do you want to be a part of a dynamic community here at HMP Liverpool? 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 Liverpool 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!

You will work collaboratively with Merseycare Mental Health Team, Change Grow Live (recovery staff), and HMPPS staff to ensure the best possible care is provided to the patients.

Please note, the £1500 Welcome Payment is payable to new staff joining Spectrum only.

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

1. Shift coordination – overseeing staffing levels and production of rotas.
2. Participating in audits
3. Management of junior members of staff
4. Supporting multi-disciplinary team’s such as:
5. Diabetic retinopathy screening
6. AAA screening
7. Ultrasounds and X-Rays
8. Medication rounds and dispensing
9. Emergency response situations
10. Patient assessments
11. Nurse-led clinics, such as:
12. NHS Health Checks
13. Immunisations and Vaccinations
14. NHS Bowel Screening
15. Phlebotomy clinics
16. Wound and Tissue Viability assessments.
17. Assessing new patients who have just arrived at the establishment for the first time.
18. Complete clinical assessments
19. Triaging the acutely unwell patients

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.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Katherine Pickard, Job title: Primary Care Manager, Email: [e-mail], Telephone: [phone]

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Health Care Provider

Industries

• Hospitals and Health Care