Primary Care / Inpatient Nurse

NHS; Newport; On-site; GBP 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is looking for a Primary Care/Inpatient Nurse at HMP Isle of Wight. The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering nurse-led services and providing evidence-based care. Applicants must be a Registered Nurse with a current UK professional registration and demonstrate excellent communication skills. Experience in similar environments is preferred. The role includes full-time hours with various shifts, and a salary of up to £45,101 per annum is offered, along with numerous professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Discounts on shopping and leisure activities

24/7 employee assistance helpline

Qualifications

• Registered nurse qualification is essential for the role.
• Ideal candidates will have experience in a hospital, community or prison environment.
• Understanding of the complexities of multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working is important.

Responsibilities

• Deliver nurse-led services to prevent hospital admissions.
• Conduct medication rounds and attend emergency response situations.
• Provide evidence-based care while listening and acting on patient feedback.

Skills

Registered nurse Adult

Excellent communication skills

Non-judgemental and compassionate approach

Education

Current professional qualification (NMC)

Evidence of Continued Professional Development

Job description

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a Primary Care/Inpatient Nurse to join our Primary Care team at HMP Isle of Wight, a Category B prison located in Isle of Wight.

HMP Isle of Wight is an adult male prison.

Hours

You must be able to work any of the shift patterns on a rota basis – will include weekends, nights and bank holidays. 11.5 hour shifts.

Salary

This position is full time, you’ll receive an annual salary up to £45,101 per annum FTE – depending on experience.

How we will support you

• Bespoke induction, including our Introducing Health in Justice training course
• Competency framework
• Regional and national career development opportunities
• Our bespoke Learning Management System to address your learning needs
• Support from the wider team

Candidates are required to have a Legal right to work in the UK and due to the nature of the role, offers of employment will be subject to additional vetting and security checks.

Main duties of the job

As a Primary Care Nurse your responsibilities will vary. You will

• Work within a multi‑disciplinary team to deliver a nurse led service and prevent hospital admissions
• Undertake medication rounds, dispense controlled medication, attend emergency response situations, assess patients, and undertake reception screening
• Use your skills and knowledge to deliver nurse led clinics to your patient group whilst being supported by a multi‑disciplinary team
• Provide outstanding evidence based care to our patients, seeking out, listening to and acting on their feedback, so that care is personalised and informed by what matters to them
• Deliver non‑judgemental care that makes a real difference
• Inspire excellence by forging strong links with our partners and stakeholders
• Promote best practice, clinical supervision, evidence based care and continuous quality improvement, embedding a culture of shared learning
• Share knowledge, skills and expertise to ensure safe care, building strong multi‑disciplinary teams

If you are interested in career development, we have a wide range of opportunities for you to develop your skills and experience, which include both internal and external options for development and learning.

Benefits

• Discounts on shopping and leisure activities
• Support to grow in your role and continue your professional development
• 24/7 employee assistance helpline and financial assistance when you need it

About us

The Health in Justice team at Practice Plus Group makes a real difference across over 53 prisons, young offenders and immigration removal centres. We are the UK’s leading independent provider of NHS services to over 40,000 patients in secure environments, always putting their needs first, regardless of their background.

Our values

• we treat patients and each other as we would like to be treated
• we act with integrity
• we embrace diversity
• we strive to do things better together

Qualifications required

• Registered nurse Adult
• Current professional qualification (NMC)
• Evidence of Continued Professional Development
• Understanding of the complexities of multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working
• A non‑judgemental and compassionate approach
• Excellent communication skills

Although not essential, ideal applicants would have experience in a hospital, community or prison environment.

Person Specification

• Experience and qualifications as outlined above

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.

Employer details

Practice Plus Group – Albany Prison, Albany Gate, Parkhurst Road, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 5RS

Employer's website

https://practiceplusgroup.com/our-jobs/join-our-team/