Primary Care Senior Staff Nurse (band 5-6 development opportunity)

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust; England; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 49,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK healthcare provider is seeking a Primary Care Senior Staff Nurse for a Band 5-6 Development post within Prison Healthcare Services. This position enables registered nurses to enhance their clinical skills in a secure environment while offering a clear pathway for career advancement to a Band 6 Senior Primary Care Nurse role. The ideal candidate will demonstrate compassion, resilience, and a commitment to high-quality patient care, working with a multidisciplinary team to deliver health services in a challenging, dynamic setting.

Benefits

Structured development programme

Regular supervision and mentorship

Support for training and development

Qualifications

• Registered with the NMC (Nursing and Midwifery Council).
• Evidence of personal and professional development in Nursing since Registration.
• Experience in providing and receiving supervision.

Responsibilities

• Deliver an expert healthcare service to patients.
• Undertake physical health assessments and run clinics.
• Work collaboratively to provide integrated care.

Skills

Compassion

Resilience

Team collaboration

Clinical knowledge

Leadership

Education

Registered Adult Nurse

Mentorship or practice assessor certification

Chronic disease management qualification

Tools

SystmOne IT system

MS Word

MS Excel

Job description

Primary Care Senior Staff Nurse (band 5-6 development opportunity)

Go back Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 28 October 2025

Are you a motivated and compassionate Registered Nurse looking for a unique opportunity to develop your clinical skills within an exciting and challenging environment?

We are offering a Band 5-6 Development post within our Prison Healthcare Services at HMP Bronzefield. This permanent position provides a clear, supported pathway for a Band 5 Registered Nurse to progress to a Band 6 Senior Primary Care Nurse role upon successful completion of the required competencies.

Working as part of a dynamic multi-disciplinary team, you will deliver high-quality, patient-centred healthcare to individuals in custody. You'll gain experience in a diverse range of clinical areas, including primary care, long-term condition management, mental health, substance misuse, and urgent/emergency response within the prison setting.

We are looking for nurses who are:

• Registered with the NMC (Nursing and Midwifery Council).
• Compassionate, resilient, and able to work effectively in a secure environment.
• Keen to develop clinical, leadership, and decision-making skills.
• Able to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.
• Committed to providing high-quality, person-centred care.

Previous experience in a primary care or secure environment is desirable but not essential -- full training and support will be provided.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will:

• Deliver an expert healthcare service to patients.
• Be confident in offering advice to clinicians, allied healthcare professionals and patients.
• Provide a comprehensive primary care health service as part of the integrated health service comprising Primary care, Substance misuse and Mental Health teams, supported by allied health professionals.
• Undertake physical health assessments, run clinics, provide and evaluate a range of health treatments and interventions, to meet the patient's healthcare needs and contribute to the wider continuous development of healthcare services.
• Demonstrate knowledge, skills and understanding of health issues and treatment options in order to provide clinical guidance to staff on matters relating to physical health and wellbeing.
• Ensure high standards of primary care services are delivered in a changing healthcare environment, ensuring that the needs of the patients are at the centre of practice.
• Ensure that the Healthcare Team is integrated within the wider prison services and that there is excellent communication and working relationships with all stakeholders, both internal and external.
• Continually promote high standards of service within the nursing team and contribute to development of a culture of professionalism within the team.
• Participate in a flexible working arrangement which will include weekends and unsocial hours when required.

About us

As a Band 5 Registered Nurse, you will:

• Work through a structured set of nursing, profession-specific, and service-specific Band 6 competencies.
• Complete any associated training and development requirements.
• Demonstrate safe and effective autonomous practice across the full scope of the role.
• Receive regular supervision, mentorship, and support from your line manager and the wider team.

Once all competencies have been successfully completed and signed off, you will progress to a Band 6 Senior Primary Care Nurse position. It is expected that progression will be achieved within 12-18 months, depending on individual readiness and development progress.

If you are a newly qualified nurse, you will also complete the Trust's 12-month Preceptorship Programme and Band 5 Development Programme alongside your service-specific competencies.

Job responsibilities

Please see the job description for further duties.

Main Responsibility

• Plan, deliver and evaluate clinically appropriate interventions using evidence-based guidance and practice.
• Set up processes/protocols for effective assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care for those patients with physical, mental health and substance misuse.
• Safeguard vulnerable patients in line with CNWL Trust safeguarding policies.
• Apply local risk assessment and management
• Make appropriate referrals to other services for long-term or complex care management.
• Co-ordinate multi-disciplinary clinical practice to provide focused and integrated care treatment programs/packages.
• Use highly skilled interventions to de-escalate aggressive patient behaviours and be aware of the appropriate processes for dealing with
• Work collaboratively with staff of other disciplines e.g. prison, education staff to provide integrated and coordinated
• Work within own sphere of competency and ensure that training needs are communicated to the team

Research and Audits:

• Utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence-based practice in individual.
• Assist in audits as per the annual planner or when requested to do so in order to develop and improve service provision.

Teaching, Training and Supervision:

• Participate in regular clinical and managerial supervision in accordance with professional practice and CNWL guidelines.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Adult Nurse
• Evidence of personal and professional development in Nursing since Registration
• Mentorship or practice assessor certification
• Chronic disease management or long term condition qualification

Previous Experience

• Practical experience of providing high quality care and exceeding expectations.
• Experience of providing and receiving supervision
• Experience of running clinics
• Experience of systmone IT system
• Experience of working within a secure environment / prison

Skills, Knowledge, Abilites

• Knowledge of medication rounds and the safe storage and administration of drugs.
• Knowledge of clinical audit process and an ability to use audit tools.
• Ability to assess plans, implement and evaluate patient care & act accordingly if untoward changes occurred
• Knowledge of risk assessment and management and its implementation.
• Able to use computer software packages such as MS Word and Excel.
• Demonstrates the ability to manage work under pressure
• Knowledge of patient confidentiality
• Understand the different roles of the multi-disciplinary team and own role within it
• Ability to demonstrate evidence-based practice & understanding of clinical governance in maintaining quality of care
• Ability to provide and accept feedback, support, clinical/managerial supervision
• Knowledge of current developments in specialist clinical area.
• Committed to personal/professional development
• Flexible approach to work including both day and night shifts where night shifts occur

Other

• Motivated to maintain the highest standards in a changing service.
• Willingness to undertake further training relevant to clinical area.
• Able to recognise signs of stress in self & others.
• Ability to understand and implement the Equal Opportunities Policy at a level appropriate to the job
• Ability to understand and implement the Equal Opportunities Policy at a level appropriate to the job.
• The post holder must have the ability to understand and implement the equal opportunities policy at a level appropriate to the job.
• Ability to promote anti-discriminatory and anti-racist practices.

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.

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

£32,602 to £48,778 a yearper annum inc. Fringe HCAS (pro rata if P/T)