Registered General Nurse (Band 5) - HMP Chelmsford

HCRG Care Group; Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Chelmsford seeks a compassionate Band 5 Registered General Nurse for a permanent position. You will provide primary nursing care and make impactful decisions in a secure environment. Ideal candidates must be registered nurses with active PIN and possess a commitment to delivering high-quality care. This opportunity offers competitive salary and numerous professional development benefits. Join our dedicated healthcare team today.

Benefits

Salary: £35,000 - £38,000 based on experience

Company Pension

Enhanced Maternity Package

Life Assurance

Access to discounts via My Reward Hub

Wage access as earned

Health and wellbeing support

Continuing professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with active PIN required.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience in multi-professional teams is essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide primary care services in a prison environment.
• Assess and plan patient care effectively.
• Maintain accurate clinical records and respond to emergencies.

Skills

Commitment to patient care

Compassion

Team collaboration

Clinical decision-making

Education

Registered General Nurse with active PIN

Job description

Registered General Nurse (Band 5) - HMP Chelmsford

We are looking for a committed and compassionate Band 5 Registered General Nurse to join our healthcare team at HMP Chelmsford. This is an exciting opportunity to provide essential nursing care in a secure setting, making a real impact on the health and wellbeing of people in our care.

Working within a supportive multidisciplinary team, you will deliver safe, effective, and person‑centred care to a diverse patient group, helping to improve health outcomes in a unique environment.

Hours: Full‑time, 40 hours per week

Days: 08:00 18:00

Contract: Permanent

Join us and use your nursing skills where they matter most. Apply now to be part of our dedicated healthcare team.

Main duties of the job

• To provide primary care services including the assessment of self‑harming and serious injury. Some of those patients will also be suffering with mental health and substance misuse issues
• This role works as part of a team delivering care to patients both within the Healthcare Centre and on the Wings / House blocks within the prison environment.
• The role requires autonomous function and within the scope of competency, whilst being a support and resource to less experienced members of staff.
• Assess patients, plan their care, administer treatment and discharge or refer them as appropriate to other healthcare professionals or external agencies.
• Assess prisoners fitness for detention, release or transfer.
• Assess and refer to the correct team for alcohol and drug intoxication and withdrawal.
• Carry out first reception screening which is a clinical assessment when a person enters the prison. You must have the confidence to make appropriate recommendations on prisoner care and ensure appropriate referrals are made to keep the men safe.
• Make and maintain complete and accurate clinical records.
• Be responsible for the Emergency response radios and when allocated, attend all emergency calls on shift and be able to make rapid clinical decisions
• To partake in clinical consultations within the enhanced care unit
• Undertake and support in clinical audits
• Remain professional and unbiased to all in your care.

About us

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care.

Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

While it doesn't happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date we've shown here. If you're keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2

Job responsibilities

As a Prison Nurse, you'll be part of our valued team:

• Salary depending on experience £35,000.00 to £38,000.00 with group pension
• Company Policy Sick pay
• Enhanced Maternity Package
• Life Assurance
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life's emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where you're encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year

The Ideal Candidate

Essential Experience / Qualifications

• Registered Nurse - Registered General Nurse or Registered Primary care Adult Nurse (RGN) with active PIN
• All candidates are subject to prison vetting checks
• Ability to work effectively as part of a multi professional team within a fast‑paced environment

Person Specification

General Requirements

• Click Apply for this job above to view the Job Description on our career site

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.