Registered Nurse

HCRG Care Group; Norwich; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension

On-site parking at HMP Norwich

My Reward Hub discounts

Wellbeing support

Job summary

HCRG Care Group is seeking a compassionate Band 5 Registered Nurse to join our prison health team at Norwich. You will deliver holistic care, assess needs, and work with a multidisciplinary team to address physical and mental health needs in a secure setting.

You’ll be part of NHS AfC terms with enhancements for nights and weekends, and the role offers opportunities for development as the prison expands in 2026. This is a full-time post at 37.5 hours.

Qualifications

• You will be a registered nurse with an NMC registration.
• Previous experience in hospital or custodial setting is preferred.
• Interest in providing healthcare for prison inpatients.

Responsibilities

• Assess individual care needs, implement, and evaluate holistic programmes of care.
• Treat all patients with privacy and dignity, listening to concerns.
• Adhere to medicines management to ensure safe and appropriate use of medicines.
• Work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Attend appropriate training and maintain competencies.

Skills

Compassionate care

Resilient

Team collaboration

Education

NMC registration

Job description

Responsibilities

• Assess individual care needs, implement, and evaluate holistic programmes of care
• Treat all patients as individuals, listening to their concerns, and always respecting their privacy and dignity
• Adhere to medicines management related activities in accordance with HCRG Care Group's medicines policy to ensure the safe, legal, and appropriate use of medicines
• Work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary and collaborate team
• Attend appropriate training and maintain competencies in all relevant areas

Requirements

You will be a registered nurse with an NMC registration and previous experience of working in a hospital or custodial setting.

You will also have a keen interest in providing healthcare for our prison inpatients.

About the Employer

We change lives by transforming health and care. Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's 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.

We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re 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 we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here.

Benefits

• Band 5 AfC Salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
• Free on-site parking at HMP Norwich
• 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 pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding "good" or "outstanding" ratings from the Care Quality Commission.

Job Introduction

We are looking for a compassionate, resilient, and dedicated Band 5 Registered Nurse to join our dynamic healthcare team within a secure prison setting. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a challenging but rewarding role where no two days are the same. You'll be delivering care to a diverse population, managing a wide range of physical and mental health needs alongside a multi-disciplinary team.

This is an exciting time to join us as the prison is preparing for a significant expansion in 2026, although we cannot guarantee, this role does open the door to potential permanent roles and career progression in the future.

It is full time at 37.5 hours with NHS AFC terms, it also includes enhancements for nights and weekends.