Primary Care Nurse

Practice Plus Group; Gatwick; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Gatwick is seeking a Primary Care Nurse to join their team. The role involves delivering a nurse-led service, undertaking medication rounds, and providing compassionate care to patients. Applicants should be registered nurses with excellent communication skills and an understanding of multi-disciplinary work. This full-time position offers a competitive salary and opportunities for career development.

Benefits

Bespoke induction and training

Competency framework

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• 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-judgmental and compassionate approach
• Excellent communication skills

Responsibilities

• Work within a multi-disciplinary team to deliver a nurse led service.
• Undertake medication rounds and assess patients.
• Provide outstanding evidence based care to patients.
• Deliver non-judgemental care.
• Promote best practice and clinical supervision.

Job description

Overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a Primary Care Nurse to join our primary care team at Gatwick IRC, located in Gatwick.

Hours: The site currently offers a 24-hour service and shift patterns. 11.5 hour shift patterns: 7am-7:30pm and 7pm-7:30am. Flexible to do day and night shifts.

Salary: This position is full time, you’ll receive an annual salary up to £43,534 per annum FTE – 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.

Main duties of the job

• 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

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

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

Job description

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. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name: Practice Plus Group

Address: Brook House, Perimeter Road South, Gatwick, Surrey, RH6 0PQ

Employer's website

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