Practice Nurse (Physical Health)

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Boston; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a Practice Nurse to join the Offender Health Care Group at HMP North Sea Camp. The role involves delivering high-quality nursing care to patients with physical health needs in a prison environment. Ideal candidates will have significant experience in substance misuse and a first level registered nurse qualification. This position is crucial in maintaining patient care standards while supervising junior staff. The salary ranges from £31,049 to £37,796 per annum.

Benefits

Paid enhancements for unsocial hours

Support for professional development

Qualifications

• Significant experience within the substance misuse field with evidence of appropriate continued learning.
• Experience assessing patient conditions and providing clinical interventions.
• Experience working in a criminal justice setting and mentoring junior staff.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality nursing care to patients in a prison setting.
• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care.
• Supervise and support junior staff.

Skills

Negotiation and mediation skills

Excellent written and verbal communication

Ability to establish therapeutic relationships

Experience of training delivery

Education

First level registered nurse / RN

Certificate/Diploma in Counselling

Job description

Practice Nurse - HMP North Sea Camp (Physical Health)

The closing date is 28 January 2026

Please be advised Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has made the difficult decision to serve notice on its offender health contracts. Over the coming months, we will be working with NHS England on the transition of the services to Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust as the new provider. We still need to recruit to these valued positions and welcome your application. But, in line with our values, honesty is important, so please note that if you are successful that in time your recruitment and/or employment would move from Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust to Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust, who would then be your new employer.

Looking for something new & exciting in the NHS? Ever considered Prison healthcare?

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Physical Healthcare Nurse to join the Offender Health Care Group working at HMP North Sea Camp.

This role requires a Primary Care Nurse to work as part of a team delivering care to patients both within the Healthcare Centre's and on the Units within the prison environment.

Main duties of the job

To provide high quality nursing care to patients with physical healthcare needs in a prison setting.

Accountable for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of the patients care.

To provide basic leadership to junior staff by maintaining professional standards ensuring adherence to all relevant policies and procedures to ensure the delivery of high-quality care.

To provide support and supervision for junior staff and learners

This post also includes paid enhancements for unsocial hours working during night, weekends and bank holidays.

About us

#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.

We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.

We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.

The health and wellbeing of our colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.

The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment

Job responsibilities

The Offender Health Care Group is one of the largest and most successful providers of prison healthcare in the UK. The Care Group provide physical, mental health and substance misuse healthcare services in prisons across Lincolnshire.

The Care Group provides healthcare to 3 prisons and a short term holding facility. You are part of a large peer group of 150+ healthcare professionals with access to peer support, supervision and excellent opportunities for learning and development. We also offer services within the Personality Disorder Pathway, including Therapeutic Communities (within prisons), Community and Prison Personality Disorder services and specialist Veteran Services.

We are committed to working in partnership with prison services, national probation service other healthcare providers and our criminal justice system partners to improve health, support justice to reduce re-offending behaviour. The Offender Health Team truly believes it can make a difference to the lives of offenders by offering consistent, high-quality care in primary, mental health and substance misuse services that are equivalent to health services delivered outside of Prison.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• First level registered nurse / RN
• Significant /Demonstrable experience within the substance misuse field with evidence of appropriate continued learning.
• Certificate/Diploma in Counselling

Experience

• Experience of assessing patient conditions, triaging services and providing appropriate clinical interventions.
• Experience of working effectively within a MDT.
• Experience of working in criminal justice setting.
• Experience of close working relationships with a variety of statutory agencies and other external organisations.
• Experience of supervising and mentoring junior staff.

Knowledge

• Awareness of other issues relevant to healthcare 2 Application within criminal justice, e.g. substance misuse
• Local and National Offender Health Strategy
• Assessment and triage skills
• Equal opportunities

Skills

• Negotiation and mediation skills
• Excellent written and verbal communicators at all levels.
• Ability to engage with and develop a rapport with the client group.
• Ability to participate in and understand multi professional teamwork.
• Ability to establish therapeutic relationships with clients
• Ability to work without direct supervision
• Evidence based therapeutic skills
• Experience of training delivery

Values and Behaviours

• oAll colleagues are expected to demonstrate that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork
• oAll colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role. The Trust's expectations are highlighted within our EDI Policy, and associated EDI and Human Rights legislation

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.

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

£31,049 to £37,796 a yearper annum (pro-rata for part time)