Primary Care Nurse

Government of The United Kingdom; Denbury; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A government healthcare agency in the UK is seeking a professional to deliver high-quality clinical care within the prison healthcare services. The role demands a high degree of autonomy, effective decision-making skills, and collaboration with multidisciplinary teams. Applicants must be willing to undertake National Security Vetting, provide proof of right to work, and demonstrate experience in delivering complex patient care, aligning with NHS standards and public health indicators.

Qualifications

• High degree of personal and professional autonomy.
• Ability to plan and make complex judgments.
• Experience in acute and primary care.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality clinical care within the Integrated Healthcare Service.
• Implement effective patient-centered care planning tools.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and clinicians.

Skills

Clinical judgment

Decision making skills

Evidence-based nursing practice

Team collaboration

Job description

Job Overview

The post holder will exercise a high degree of personal and professional autonomy and have the ability to plan and reach complex and critical judgments and have decision making skills. To deliver high quality clinical care within the Integrated Healthcare Service for the prison. This will include acute & primary care, long term conditions management, enhanced assessment and diagnostic intervention services and health promotion activities and be in line with the NHS Plan, public health indicators and National Service Frameworks. To demonstrate and provide robust expert clinical skills with a sound understanding of evidence-based nursing practice to provide a pro‑active approach to ensure quality and outcome driven practice on a day‑to‑day basis. To support the development of evidence-based practice in the specialist field and to promote research as appropriate. To participate in managerial and professional clinical supervision programme, training, and annual appraisal and to ensure that it becomes an integral part of team practice. To ensure the implementation of effective and appropriate patient centred care planning tools, long‑term condition registers and consistent delivery throughout all the prisons within the service. The post holder will work collaboratively with the Clinical Lead, GPs, and other clinicians to meet and review service needs as required. The post holder will be part of skilled multidisciplinary teams comprising all healthcare staff, including strategic partners, and prison managing a single referral pathway. The post holder will be required to undertake training to maximise uptake of screening, health promotion and prevention activity, including vaccinations. The post holder will ensure a named care co‑ordinator is allocated for every patient with complex needs who will ensure a proactive, evidence‑based approach to clinical interventions, health promotion/prevention activity, and management of acute and long‑term conditions using our stepped care approach.

Important Information

All applicants must be willing to undertake National Security Vetting in order to work in a Prison Setting. This will be completed as part of the pre‑employment checks through Oxleas and the prison vetting team. You will need to provide: Proof of right to work documentation, Proof of ID, needs to include 1 photographic ID, Proof of address documentation. Non‑UK passport holders will need to have correct documentation (right to work in the UK) and a Home office Share code. Address History: 5 years address history will be needed. Applicants that are not UK Passport holders who provide less than 5 years UK address history will need to provide a Police Certificate which must be in English from where they resided previously. Applicants who are UK Passport holders who have lived abroad for a period of more than six months during the last three years will need to provide a certificate of good conduct or an overseas police check in English from the countries resided in or visited. In order to assist you in obtaining a Police Certificate, guidance can be sought from: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants. If the country you have resided in is not listed here, you can obtain the necessary information by contacting the relevant Embassy or High Commission for that Country. Their contact details can be found on the Foreign & Commonwealth Office website (http://www.fco.gov.uk/en).