Registered General Nurse - Salaried

Allscreens Nationwide Ltd; Kidlington; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

DrPA is recruiting a registered nurse to join the healthcare team at Campsfield House Immigration Removal Centre. You will work within a multi-disciplinary team delivering evidence-based, person-centred care to residents, with duties including clinical rounds, triage, and contributing to quality improvement.

The post involves night shifts, ongoing professional development, and alignment with DrPA values. Applicants must hold current NMC registration, have CPD, and be able to work without direct

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with current NMC registration.
• Evidence of ongoing Continued Professional Development (CPD).
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
• Ability to work without direct supervision.
• Commitment to DrPA values.

Responsibilities

• Complete medication rounds and dispense medications.
• Attend emergency response situations.
• Triage and assess patients.
• Manage minor illness and injuries.
• Assess, evaluate and implement care for long-term conditions.
• Undertake reception screening.
• Promote health and wellbeing.
• Be the named lead nurse for a healthcare area.

Skills

NMC registered nurse

CPD evidence

Communication skills

Teamwork

Independent work

Values alignment

Education

NMC registration

Job description

About Us

DrPA has been operating in secure environments since 2014 providing General Practitioner services and we are now growing to provide a complete healthcare service at Campsfield House IRC by NHS England. This will be delivered directly or through a range of specialist partners who are experts in their field. We deliver our services based on our ethos of CARE: Compassionate care that is trauma informed and supportive Assurance that care is evidence-based & demonstrates high quality outcomes for our patients Respectful of peoples cultural and religious beliefs Equitable care that is in line with the community services

Campsfield House Immigration Removal Centre (IRC)

Campsfield House IRC is a secure facility currently designed to accommodate up to 160 male residents in both single and dual occupancy rooms. The centre houses a combination of time-served foreign national offenders and immigration offenders while the Home Office arranges their removal from the UK. Residents are not permitted to leave the centre or access the local area. Consequently, recreational, educational, healthcare, living, and faith-related facilities are provided entirely onsite. The healthcare department provides a range of services including primary care, mental health, substance misuse, pharmacy, dental, optometry, physiotherapy, podiatry, and audiology delivered either by us or our specialist partners.

Join us at the beginning

Where possible, this role will be starting before the centre opens. During this period, you will be undertaking your company and centre induction, supporting setting up the department, helping where required, and generally supporting the service to go live as prepared as we can be.

Job Summary

Join a new service at Campsfield House focused on providing a high-quality service to the residents. The duties will vary depending on the needs of the department with the days priorities agreed with the Head of Healthcare and Senior Clinical Lead. You will work with the multi-disciplinary team to deliver an excellent healthcare service which is evidenced based, person-centred, and non-judgement care. You will share knowledge, skills and expertise to ensure an open, learning environment and encourage others in the team to continue their professional development. You will work closely with our partners and stakeholders striving for continuous quality improvement and ensuring healthcare records are maintained in accordance with governance policies.

Duties

• Complete medication rounds and dispense controlled medication
• Attend emergency response situations
• Triage and assess patients
• Management and care of minor illness and injuries
• Assessment, evaluation and implementation of care for long term conditions
• Undertake reception screening
• Complete health promotion
• Be the named lead nurse for an area of healthcare

Please note the role will include night shifts as part of the rota.

Criteria

• Essential Registered nurse Adult
• Current professional qualification (NMC) with no restrictions to practice
• Evidence of Continued Professional Development
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to participate in multi professional teamwork.
• Ability to work without direct supervision
• Believe and work within Dr PA Secures values

Desirable

• Experience of supervising and mentoring junior staff
• Mentorship qualification
• Up to date clinical knowledge of wound management, including complex wounds
• Knowledge in substance misuse
• Previous experience within a secure setting or primary health care setting
• Experience of patient assessment and triage
• Competent in venepuncture
• Management of long-term conditions

General Information

The post holder may be required to perform other relevant and appropriate duties as reasonably needed. This list of duties and responsibilities is not exhaustive. This job description is subject to regular review and appropriate modification.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check & CTC Clearance

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. This post will require the holder to undertake and successfully complete the Counter Terrorism Clearance (CTC) process. Please note, in order to apply, all applicants need to have been living in the United Kingdom (with residency in the UK, such as UK/Irish/EU Passport, or an Indefinite Leave to Remain Visa) for the last 5 years with no more than a 28 day break being outside of the UK and no gaps in employment during this time.