Primary Care Nurse

Practice Plus Group; West Tanfield; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 43,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site parking

On-site canteen

Bespoke induction

Career development opportunities

Job summary

Practice Plus Group is recruiting a Primary Care Nurse for HMP Wakefield, a Category A, high-security male prison. The role offers a 37.5-hour week on a rota across days and nights, with on-site parking and an on-site canteen.

It includes bespoke induction and career development opportunities within a supportive team. You will work in a nurse-led, multidisciplinary service, delivering clinics, medication rounds, and emergency response support, with emphasis on compassionate, non-judgemental care

Qualifications

• Registered nurse – Adult
• Current professional qualification (NMC)
• Evidence of Continued Professional Development
• Ideally already working in primary care
• Understanding of multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working
• Non-judgemental and compassionate approach
• Excellent communication skills
• Hospital, community or prison experience not essential

Responsibilities

• Deliver nurse-led service within multi-disciplinary team
• Undertake medication rounds and attend emergency responses
• Provide nurse-led clinics for patient group
• Deliver evidence-based care and act on patient feedback
• Promote best practice and continuous quality improvement
• Share knowledge to ensure safe care within multi-disciplinary teams

Skills

Nursing

Education

NMC registration

Nursing degree

Job description

+ MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE

We have an exciting opportunity for a Primary Care Nurse to join our Primary Care team at HMP Wakefield, a Category A, high security prison for males in Wakefield city centre.

About The Role

UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE

+ MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE

We have an exciting opportunity for a Primary Care Nurse to join our Primary Care team at HMP Wakefield, a Category A, high security prison for males in Wakefield city centre.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work in an everchanging, challenging environment, which is hugely rewarding!

Strong Induction period when first joining, room for progression through the training, parking on site, on-site canteen

Hours

37.5 hours a week working across days and nights, 7.15am-7.15pm and 7.15pm-7.15am, worked on a rota basis. Will include weekend working, no set weekends, will be as per rota.

Salary

This position is full time, you’ll receive an annual salary up to £41,659per 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 and due to the nature of the role, offers of employment will be subject to additional vetting and security checks.

What you'll be doing

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.

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 doesn’t 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

What we’ll look for in you

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
• Ideally already working in primary care
• 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 you’re 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.