Registered Nurse - HMP Forest Bank

The Methodist Church in Britain; Pendlebury; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Access to NHS Pension

Training and development opportunities

Flexible working

Up to 33 days annual leave

Refer a friend scheme

Job summary

Spectrum Community Health CIC delivers a Registered Nurse post at HMP Forest Bank, joining a multidisciplinary primary care team inside the prison to support health assessments, medication administration, and diagnostic testing. The role focuses on providing high‑quality care within the prison setting.

The post offers flexible working alongside physical and mental health teams, with autonomous practice and opportunities to contribute to patient care within a challenging justice environment.

Qualifications

• NMC registration as a Registered Nurse, Level 1 in adult, general or mental health.
• Experience in a complex environment managing deteriorating patients.
• Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Undertake health assessments
• Administer medication and treatments
• Perform diagnostic tests
• Provide and evaluate a range of health interventions
• Work flexibly across the service with physical and mental health teams
• Contribute to and deliver a comprehensive primary health service with management, mental health and key stakeholders
• Provide primary care within the prison to prevent transfers to outside hospitals

Skills

Communication

Phlebotomy

ECG monitoring

Clinical governance

Audit

Confidentiality

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Tools

SystmOne

Job description

This Registered Nurse post at HMP Forest Bank is delivered by Spectrum Community Health CIC as part of a multidisciplinary team. The work centres on health assessments, giving medication and treatments, running diagnostic tests and delivering health interventions for prisoners' physical health needs. It is primary care inside a prison, aimed at keeping patients out of outside hospitals, with flexible working alongside the physical and mental health clinical teams. Applicants need NMC registration at Level 1 in adult, general or mental health.

What the job involves

• Undertake health assessments
• Administer medication and treatments
• Perform diagnostic tests, as appropriate
• Provide and evaluate a range of health interventions to meet prisoner health and social care needs
• Work flexibly across the service, providing responsive, evidence-based interventions alongside physical and mental health teams
• Contribute to and deliver a comprehensive primary health service with management, mental health and key stakeholders
• Provide primary care within the prison to prevent transfers to outside hospitals
• Work in line with the organisation's values

What’s required

Registration & licences

• NMC registration as a Registered Nurse, Level 1 in adult, general or mental health

Experience

• Experience of working in a complex environment managing deteriorating patients

Skills & knowledge

• Excellent communication skills
• Competent in clinical practice, such as phlebotomy and ECG monitoring
• Knowledge of current healthcare issues
• Knowledge of clinical governance, audit, risk management and the quality agenda
• Experience of working within a multidisciplinary healthcare team
• Understanding and application of confidentiality

Other

• Able to work autonomously and as part of a team, with positive working relationships
• Ability to prioritise and organise own workload and that of other staff
• Ability to work in a challenging and diverse environment
• Keyboard skills with a working knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Able to maintain contemporaneous clinical records after clinical activities
• Professional attitude, positive attitude to change, and non-judgmental, respectful treatment of others

Nice to have

• Mentorship, supervision, teaching, assessing experience or training
• Experience of working within a Health & Justice environment
• Experience of health needs assessment or triage
• Experience of working to Patient Group Directives
• Experience of working in general practice
• Management or minor injuries experience
• Experience of using SystmOne, or willingness to train on it

What’s offered

• Access to NHS Pension
• Additional day off
• Refer a friend scheme
• Training and development opportunities
• Flexible working
• Access to employee assistance and health and wellbeing programmes
• Up to 33 days annual leave