Practice Nurse (Bank)

Practice Plus Group - Health in Justice; Crawley; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 39,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Bespoke induction

Learning Management System access

Parking on site

Career development opportunities

Job summary

Practice Plus Group is seeking a Practice Nurse for a one-month bank role at Gatwick Immigration Removal Centre. You will deliver face-to-face care, health assessments and treatment to arrivals, planned and urgent care, and provide clinical leadership within the primary care team in a fast-paced immigration setting.

The role requires current NMC registration as an adult nurse and the ability to work autonomously, with ad hoc day or night shifts. Vetting and security checks apply.

Qualifications

• Registered nurse in adult nursing
• Current NMC registration
• Experience working autonomously as a clinical practitioner
• Willlingness to innovate and CPD and apply new skills at work

Responsibilities

• Deliver face-to-face care, health assessments and treatment to patients in the establishment
• Assess, diagnose, treat and discharge or refer patients independently of medical intervention
• Provide clinical leadership for the primary care team and act as a critical leader within the scheduled care team
• Support patients through arrival, planned care, resettlement and unscheduled urgent or emergency care
• Apply expert clinical skills and judgement to wide-ranging and complex patient problems
• Lead on senior care of complex wounds, long-term conditions and QoF management
• Practise within your own scope of clinical competence and agreed limits of practice, accountable for your own practice

Skills

Clinical assessment

Patient care

Leadership

Education

Registered nurse in adult nursing (NMC)

Job description

This one-month bank Practice Nurse post sits with Practice Plus Group's Health in Justice service at Gatwick Immigration Removal Centre, on ad hoc day or night shifts. The nurse assesses, diagnoses and treats patients independently of medical staff, across arrivals, planned and urgent care, and leads the primary care team clinically. Work alongside a wide range of healthcare professionals in a fast-paced immigration setting. Current NMC registration as an adult nurse is required, and offers are subject to vetting and security checks.

What the job involves

• Deliver face-to-face care, health assessments and treatment to patients in the establishment
• Assess, diagnose, treat and discharge or refer patients independently of medical intervention
• Provide clinical leadership for the primary care team and act as a critical leader within the scheduled care team
• Support patients through arrival, planned care, resettlement and unscheduled urgent or emergency care
• Apply expert clinical skills and judgement to wide-ranging and complex patient problems
• Lead on senior care of complex wounds, long-term conditions and QoF management
• Practise within your own scope of clinical competence and agreed limits of practice, accountable for your own practice

What’s required

Qualifications

• Registered nurse in adult nursing

Registration & licences

• Current NMC registration

Experience

• Experience working autonomously as a clinical practitioner, following best practice and identifying patient risk

Skills & knowledge

• Knowledge of clinical audit and its relationship to research
• Knowledge of statutory safeguarding requirements for adults and children
• Willingness to innovate and learn through continuing professional development and apply new skills at work

Checks & eligibility

• Legal right to work in the UK
• Additional vetting and security checks

Nice to have

• Experience in a hospital, community or prison environment

What’s offered

• Bespoke induction, including the Introducing Health in Justice training course
• Competency framework
• Regional and national career development opportunities
• Access to a bespoke Learning Management System
• Support from the wider team
• Parking on site