Primary Care Nurse

Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Peterborough; Remote; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Living wage employer

Flexible working options

Job summary

Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHFT) is hiring a Band 6 Primary Care Nurse at HMP Peterborough to deliver high-quality, person-centred care in a custodial setting. The role involves autonomous practice within a supportive multidisciplinary team, assessment, planning, and evaluation of nursing care, and management of long-term conditions.

You will provide clinical leadership, mentor colleagues, contribute to service development and quality improvement, and engage with patients

Qualifications

• Registered with the NMC as an RGN and eligible to practice.
• Band 6 level clinical experience in healthcare.
• Experience in prison healthcare settings is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Clinical assessment and treatment.
• Long term condition management.
• Reception screening and health promotion.
• Medicines management.
• Clinical leadership and mentorship.
• Clinical governance and quality improvement.
• Multidisciplinary team working.

Skills

NMC registered RGN

Long-term condition management

Experience in prison healthcare

Education

Nursing degree

Job description

At HMP Peterborough, we are committed to delivering outstanding, compassionate healthcare to a diverse and often vulnerable population. As a Band 6 Primary Care Nurse, you will play a key role in providing high-quality, person-centred care within a secure custodial environment, helping to reduce health inequalities and improve health outcomes for those in our care.

This is a rewarding and varied role that offers the opportunity to work autonomously whilst being part of a supportive multidisciplinary healthcare team. You will assess, plan, deliver and evaluate evidence-based nursing care, manage long-term conditions, undertake health screening, promote wellbeing, and respond to a wide range of physical health needs.

As a Band 6 nurse, you will also provide clinical leadership and support to colleagues, acting as a role model who demonstrates professionalism, compassion and clinical excellence. You will contribute to service development, quality improvement initiatives and the ongoing delivery of safe, effective healthcare services.

We are looking for a motivated and compassionate registered nurse who shares NHFT's commitment to Putting People First, Respect, Inclusion, Dedication and Empowerment (PRIDE). You will be resilient, adaptable and passionate about making a positive difference to people's lives, working in partnership with patients, colleagues and external agencies to deliver the best possible care.

Main duties of the job

• Clinical Assessment and treatment
• Long term condition management
• Reception screening and health promotion
• Medicines management
• Clinical leadership and mentorship
• Clinical governance and quality improvement
• Multi disciplinary team working

Please note this is not an exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities of the post. The post holder may be required to undertake other duties as may reasonably be required commensurate with the grade and/or hours of work at the post holders initial place of work or at any other of the Trust’s establishments.

Working for our organisation

NHFT is an NHS Community and Mental Health Foundation Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in hospital settings and in the community. We provide over 200 services across the county - as well as some specialist services in bordering and nearby counties. We work together with our partners to ensure that everyone who comes through our doors receives compassionate, person-centred care, regardless of their background or circumstances.

NHFT promotes a culture of learning, to improve the care and safety of our patients and colleagues. We have achieved our ‘outstanding’ rating by encouraging opportunity, innovation, development and growth across our workforce.

At NHFT we believe that work should be rewarded in every sense which is why we are proud to an accredited living wage employer.

We aim to support financial wellbeing and create an environment where are people feel valued and able to thrive.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please note this post is subject to security vetting. To be considered for this post you will need to have continuously resided in the UK without any breaks for a minimum of 3 years prior to this application and be able to evidence your years of residency. Please note without sufficient evidence your application may not progress.

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document.

Person specification

Security Vetting

• The application includes evidence of the required years of UK residency to meet prison vetting standards

Registration

• NMC registered RGN

Knowledge and Skills

• Experience in Long term conditions
• Experience in prison environment

Experience

• Working at band 6 level
• worked in a prison environment

By completing an application you are giving authorisation for the transfer of your data. In submitting an application form, you authorise us to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR) Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process. Including factual reference, occupational health clearance and statutory and mandatory training records and full service history.

You must ensure that your application, including supporting statements and behaviour examples, are truthful and factually accurate. Please note plagiarism can include presenting the ideas and experience of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own.

Correspondence regarding your application will be sent to you via a TRAC system account.

Please submit your application as soon as possible; due to the high volumes of applications we receive we reserve the right to close any adverts before the closing date once we have received sufficient applications.

We are an equal opportunities employer, which aims to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons from all backgrounds.

All roles are subject to the home office immigration rules and therefore eligibility must meet certain requirements for any sponsorship to be considered. Please visit the government website for more information regarding eligibility,

At NHFT we support many of our colleagues to work flexibly and we will consider requests for flexible working from day one. For this role, we are open to discussing a range of options including flexible hours, agile/home working, compressed hours and part time hours. Please have a conversation with the recruiting manager about the flexibility you need and we will promise to explore what is possible with you.

Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme. If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process please make the recruitment services team aware as soon as possible.

All posts that are engaged in a regulated activity will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and a DBS re-check on a three yearly basis whilst employed in such a role. Staff employed in these posts will therefore be asked to register with the DBS Automatic Update Service upon receipt of their DBS certificate and must update yearly , the annual fee will be reimbursed subject to Trust policy. For further information please visit: DBS Update Service: applicant guide - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Please note if a DBS is applicable for the position then a charge will be deducted from your first salary.

Please note that all new starters to the trustare subject to a probationary period.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.