Primary Care Nurse

Practice Plus Group Holdings Limited; Oakham; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discounts on shopping and leisure

24/7 employee assistance helpline

Financial assistance

Job summary

Practice Plus Group is seeking a Primary Care Nurse to join a prison healthcare team in the UK. The role covers reception, planned care and emergency services, with duties in prison wings.

You will work within a multi-disciplinary team to deliver nurse-led services and clinic care, supported by a broader partner network. The Health in Justice team offers development opportunities, CPD, and a salary between £34,428 and £41,659 per year, dependent on experience.

Qualifications

• Registered nurse (Adult) with NMC registration.
• Evidence of Continued Professional Development.
• Understanding of the complexities of multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working.
• Non-judgemental and compassionate approach.
• Excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Deliver nurse-led services to prevent hospital admissions.
• Undertake medication rounds and attend emergency responses; assess patients and conduct reception screening.
• Deliver nurse-led clinics with MDT support.
• Provide evidence-based care and act on patient feedback to personalise care.
• Promote best practice and continuous quality improvement; embed a culture of shared learning.
• Share knowledge to ensure safe care within a strong multi-disciplinary team.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Non-judgemental and compassionate

Multi-disciplinary working

Continued Professional Development

Education

Registered nurse (Adult) NMC

Job description

As a Primary Care Nurse, you will work within a team of 10 healthcare professionals, based mainly in the prison healthcare department, with some duties on the prison wings. The role involves delivering care across reception, planned care and emergency services., As a Primary Care Nurse your responsibilities will vary. You will

Responsibilities

• 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 doesnt stop there we also offer:

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

Requirements

• 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 youre 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.

The Health in Justice team at Practice Plus Group makes a real difference across over 53 prisons, young offenders and immigration removal centres. Were the UKs 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 Groups purpose is to Unlock your best work life and we stand by our core values:

Core Values

• we treat patients and each other as they 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.

This position is full time, youll receive an annual salary 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 on a permanent basis and due to the nature of the role, offers of employment will be subject to additional vetting and security checks