Prison Nurse

Medacs Healthcare; Carisbrooke; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare staffing agency is seeking a Band 6 RMN Staff Nurse for a role within HMP Isle of White. The position includes providing mental health interventions, managing a caseload, and ensuring quality nursing standards in a prison environment. Candidates must have prison experience and be able to work full-time hours. This role offers a unique opportunity to make a significant impact on the mental health of service users in the corrections system.

Qualifications

• Experience working within a prison environment is essential.
• Ability to manage own caseload, including assessments and care planning.
• Understanding of mental illness and evidence-based interventions.

Responsibilities

• Provide mental health interventions within the prison establishment.
• Manage own caseload including assessments, care planning, and delivering interventions.
• Coordinate care and assessments under the care coordination approach.

Skills

Prison experience

Mental health interventions

Risk assessment

Care planning

Education

Band 6 RMN qualification

Job description

Overview

Medacs Healthcare are working closely with MPFT to provide support to HMP Isle of White.

Requirements

• Band 6 RMN, Staff Nurse (Prisons).
• Full Time: 08:30 - 16:00
• Weekends: 09:00 16:00
• Essential Prison Clearance
• Prison Experience
• Accommodation is not provided
• Start as soon as possible approx. 3 months placement
• Location: HMP Isle of White, Parkhurst Road, Newport IOW PO30 5RS.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Provision of mental health interventions to Service Users within the prison establishment across wellbeing, primary and secondary mental health.

• This will involve being responsible for managing their own caseload, including assessments, care planning, delivering interventions and reviewing care of patients located within the prison with a mental illness, within the framework of the multi-disciplinary team and Care Programme Approach.
• To be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of evidenced based interventions required including health promotion within a prison environment.
• To provide a nursing service to prisoners taking account of cultural and spiritual beliefs/needs.
• To be responsible for the appropriate risk assessment of service users, providing effective advice, guidance and decision making process.
• Responsible for coordinating the care and assessment under the care coordination approach.
• To ensure a high standard of nursing in the application of clinical nursing procedures and treatment including the custody storage and administration of drugs.

Responsible for participating in the setting of quality standards, including auditing, monitoring and reviewing of clinical practice in line with current clinical guidance practice and policy.