Registered Nurse

Oxleas; West of England; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust in London is seeking a Registered Nurse to join an offender healthcare team delivering nurse-led primary care and specialist interventions within a prison setting.

The role focuses on long-term conditions management, clinics, health promotion and integrated care with multidisciplinary teams, with a clear progression pathway for development and senior roles.

Qualifications

• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Understanding of change management and new ways of working.

Responsibilities

• Provide high‑quality primary care and specialist interventions for offenders in a nurse‑led, integrated service.
• Deliver robust clinical care, demonstrating expert skills and evidence‑based nursing practice.
• Reception screening
• Emergency response
• Long‑term conditions management
• Planned care (e.g., running clinics, administering medication)
• Enhanced assessment and diagnostic services
• Act as first responder to medical emergencies until additional help arrives.
• Navigate the prison environment and security elements.

Skills

Communication skills

Change management

Education

Registered General Nurse

Job description

This is an excellent opportunity for a Registered Nurse to join our team of diverse, talented healthcare professionals to deliver care that is not only efficient but deeply centred on the patient.

Our healthcare team have a real impact on promoting health and well-being to those in prison and we pride ourselves on using skills and strategies that instil hope for patient’s future resettlement back into the community. We directly deliver Mental Health, Physical Health, Pharmacy and Clinical Substance Misuse in an integrated healthcare delivery model to provide effective and responsive care to improve wellbeing and support better outcomes in the future.

Our Band 5 nurses are all given the opportunity to undertake a development pathway, where a clear competency framework is set to aid your professional development. This pathway will focus on both clinical and personal skills to enable your to apply for more senior positions once your competencies have been met.

We strongly encourage applications from both newly qualified registered nurses (who will initially be offered a preceptorship position) and experienced Band 5 nurses looking for a career in offender healthcare, with a structured progression pathway to aid your development.

Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post.

Main duties of the job

As a registered nurse you will provide high quality primary care services and a range of specialist interventions for offenders. At HMP Ashfield, we deliver a nurse‑led integrated primary care service and operate a specialist practice‑based clinical model of care.

You will be delivering high quality clinical care within the Integrated Healthcare Service for the prison, demonstrating robust expert clinical skills and providing evidence‑based nursing practice to those in prison.

Our registered nurses carry out a range of duties including:

• Long term conditions management
• Planned care (e.g. running clinics)
• Enhanced assessment and diagnostic intervention services
• Health promotion activities

Working for our organisation

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes.

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We Listen
• We Care

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Provide high-quality primary care and specialist interventions for offenders in a nurse-led, integratedservice.
• Deliver robust clinical care, demonstrating expert skills and evidence‑-based nursingpractice.
• Reception screening
• Emergencyresponse
• Long-term conditionsmanagement
• Planned care (e.g., running clinics, administering medication)
• Enhanced assessment and diagnosticservices
• Act as first responder to medical emergencies until additional help arrives.
• Navigate the prison environment and securityelements.

Role Specific Requirements:

• The role demands clinical expertise, autonomy, and a proactive approach tocare.
• There is a strong emphasis on integrated, multidisciplinary teamwork and evidence-basedpractice.
• The position involves both direct patient care and broader responsibilities in service development, health promotion, and collaboration.

Custodial Responsibilities

• Assume personal responsibility for the security of issuedkeys.
• Carry and use correctly a prison issued radio and securitykeys.
• Understandandcomplywithprisonorders,procedures,andinstructions in your area ofwork.
• Comply with all securityrequirements.
• Respond to any situation or circumstance that might indicate a threat to the security of the establishment or to the safety of an individual, completing Incident, Security, Injury, or other reports asappropriate.
• Report breaches of order and discipline including reporting and recording untoward incidents according to localprotocol.
• Contribute to effective risk assessment and managementprocedures

IMPORTANT INFORMATION, PLEASE READ:

All applicants must be willing to undertake National Security Vetting in order to work in a Prison Setting. This will be completed as part of the pre‑employment checks through Oxleas and the prison vetting team.

You will need to provide:

Proof of right to work documentation

Proof of ID, needs to include 1 photographicID

Proof of address documentation

Non‑UK passport holders will need to have correct documentation (right to work in the UK) and a Home office Share code.

Address History:

5 years address history will be needed.

Applicants that are not UK Passport holders who provide less than 5 years UK address history will need to provide a Police Certificate which must be in English from where they resided previously.

Applicants who are UK Passport holders who have lived abroad for a period of more than six months during the last three years will need to provide a certificate of good conduct or an overseas police check in English from the countries resided in or visited.

If the country you have resided in is not listed here, you can obtain the necessary information by contacting the relevant Embassy or High Commission for that Country. Their contact details can be found on the Foreign & Commonwealth Office website ( http://www.fco.gov.uk/en ).

Person specification

Education/ Qualifications

• Professional Qualification (Registered General Nurse)

Experience

• Experience of setting, monitoring, and evaluating standards of care
• Working knowledge or a clear interest in prison/offender healthcare
• Experience of working within secure & prison settings
• Experience as a registered nurse

Skills/Abilities/Knowledge

• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing, presenting ideas with clarity in a persuasive and influential style
• Ability to demonstrate an understanding of change management and new ways of working

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that welcomes and supports individuals of all abilities. Remember, if you meet the minimum criteria for this role and you have a disability, you can be guaranteed an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme - Please ensure you select this on your application form. We would encourage you to be open about your needs so we can work with you to design a comfortable and accessible interview experience. Any information you provide regarding a disability or a need for adjustments will be treated in confidence and will only be shared with colleagues who are supporting this request.

If you have declared you are part of the armed forces community, you may be asked to provide evidence during the recruitment process. If you misrepresent this information, your offer may be withdrawn. For Armed Forces specific support, see our webpage: https://oxleas.nhs.uk/armed-forces-community/

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

If you choose to use AI or other tools to assist in writing your application, it's essential to personalise this information, particularly your supporting information section. While AI can help streamline the writing process, these tools cannot fully grasp the context or requirements of the job you’re applying for. There is also a risk that it can generate false or misleading information. AI-generated job applications can often be generic, impersonal and may not accurately reflect your qualifications, skills, and experiences. It is crucial that you personalise your supporting statement by articulating these in your unique voice. Relying solely on AI to write your application or supporting information section is not advocated by Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust and could negatively impact your chances of success in the application process.

We monitor applications for any behaviour that could create an unfair advantage, and we check all references carefully. You are likely to be tested on your experience at interview, so be honest and make sure all the information in your application is correct.Please note that the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is prohibited during the interview process.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.