Primary Care Nurse

Practice Plus Group; Cross; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Onsite parking

Career and Development opportunities

Onsite gym

Staff canteen

Job summary

Practice Plus Group is recruiting a Primary Care Nurse for HMP Thorn Cross. You will join a multidisciplinary primary care team delivering nurse-led services in a secure environment, aiming to reduce hospital admissions and provide high standards of patient care.

The role requires UK work rights and compliance with security vetting. Working 37.5 hours per week over 4 days, you will handle medication rounds, clinics, and urgent care while collaborating with partners to promote best practice and

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with adult scope and NMC registration.
• Evidence of Continued Professional Development is required.
• Experience understanding multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working is expected.
• Approach: non-judgemental and compassionate.
• Excellent communication skills are essential for this role.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a nurse-led service within a multi-disciplinary team to prevent hospital admissions.
• Undertake medication rounds, dispense controlled medication, and respond to emergencies.
• Run nurse-led clinics for your patient group with MDT support.
• Provide evidence-based care and use patient feedback to personalise care.
• Foster strong links with partners and stakeholders to drive quality and safety.

Skills

Communication

NMC RN

CPD

Multi-disciplinary

Compassionate

Education

NMC Registered Nurse (Adult)

Job description

+ MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFEWe have an exciting opportunity for a Primary Care Nurse to join our Primary Care Team at HMP Thorn Cross.

About The Role

UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE

+ MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFEWe have an exciting opportunity for a Primary Care Nurse to join our Primary Care Team at HMP Thorn Cross.

HMP Thorn Cross is a Category D / open prison in Appleton Thorn, Warrington, housing around 430 males.

HMP Thorn Cross offers

• Onsite parking
• Career and Development opportunities
• Onsite gym
• Staff canteen

Hours

• Monday - Sunday service
• 37.5 hours per week over 4 days
• Weekdays 7.30am - 5.30pm
• Weekends 07.15am - 12.00pm
• 1 weekend in 3

Salary

This position is full time, you'll receive an annual salary of between £34,428 - £41,659 per annum depending on experience.

How will we 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.

What you'll be doing

• 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.

It doesn't stop there

• 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

What we ll look for in you

The Health in Justice team at Practice Plus Group makes a real difference across over 53 prisons, young offenders and immigration removal centres. We're 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.

Practice Plus Group's purpose is to Unlock your best work life and we stand by our core 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

We are looking for caring, compassionate but also driven professionals who can help us drive our vision for a fair and inclusive healthcare access to all.

Qualifications required

• Registered nurse - Adult -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.

Secure environments are one of the most challenging, yet rewarding places for healthcare professionals to work. If you're looking for a role where you can develop your existing healthcare skills and learn something new every day in an environment that never stands still, then this could be the right opportunity for you.