Primary Care Nurse

NHS; Rugby; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health service provider is seeking a Primary Care Nurse to join their team at HMP Onley in Rugby. The role involves delivering nurse-led services, undertaking assessments, and providing compassionate care. Candidates must be registered nurses with current NMC qualifications and excellent communication skills. This full-time position offers competitive pay and ample career development opportunities, reflecting the challenges and rewards of working in secure environments.

Benefits

Bespoke induction training

Career development opportunities

Employee assistance helpline

Qualifications

• Understanding of multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working.
• Experience in a hospital, community or prison environment preferred.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a nurse led service and prevent hospital admissions.
• Undertake medication rounds and assess patients.
• Provide outstanding evidence based care to patients.

Skills

Registered nurse Adult

Excellent communication skills

Compassionate approach

Education

Current professional qualification (NMC)

Evidence of Continued Professional Development

Job description

Job Overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a Primary Care Nurse to join our Primary Care team at HMP Onley, a category C Prison located in Rugby.

Job Summary

UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE

+ MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE

Hours

37.5 hours a week - Working a 3 week rolling rota, 1 weekend in 3, shift times are a mixture of 07.30-19.30, 07.30-18.30. No night shifts.

Salary

This position is full time,youll receive an annual salary up to £41,639per annum FTE - depending on experience.

Support

• 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

As a Primary Care Nurse your responsibilities will vary. You will

• 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.

Career Development & Benefits

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:

• 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

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. 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:

• 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.

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.

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

HMP Onley

Rugby

Northamptonshire

CV23 8AP

Employer's website

https://practiceplusgroup.com/our-jobs/join-our-team/ (Opens in a new tab)

£34,428 to £41,639 a year£34428-41639 per annum