Registered Nurse - HMP Haverigg

The Methodist Church in Britain; Haverigg; Vor Ort; GBP 32.000 - 42.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

NHS pension

Competitive salary

Enhanced weekend and night rates

Stable, long-term career opportunities

Clinical development strategy

Zusammenfassung

Spectrum Community Health CIC’s Health and Justice division is recruiting a primary care nurse for a six-month maternity cover at HMP Haverigg (Category D). The role involves medication rounds, wound care, immunisations, urgent triage, and early custody health assessments, with autonomous decision-making alongside prison staff and partner agencies.

Required: Registered Nurse Level 1 in adult, general or mental health.

Qualifikationen

• Registered Nurse Level 1 in adult, general or mental health.
• Experience in a complex environment managing deteriorating patients.
• Willingness to train in SystmOne and related health-tech as needed.

Aufgaben

• Deliver primary care, manage medication rounds and run clinics (wound care, immunisations, vaccines).
• Provide urgent triage and ensure access to urgent care pathways.
• Conduct early days in custody assessments for new arrivals and link to care.

Kenntnisse

Healthcare knowledge

Governance & risk

Phlebotomy/ECG

Confidentiality

Ausbildung

Nurse Level 1 (adult/general/mental health)

Tools

SystmOne

Jobbeschreibung

Spectrum Community Health CIC's Health and Justice division has a six-month maternity cover post for a primary care nurse at HMP Haverigg, a Category D prison. The work spans medication rounds, specialist clinics such as wound care and immunisations, urgent triage and early days in custody health assessments for new arrivals. What sets it apart is the autonomy: the nurse makes triage decisions directly, working alongside prison colleagues and partner agencies. Applicants need a Registered Nurse Level 1 in adult, general or mental health.

What the job involves

• Deliver primary care, managing medication rounds and running specialist clinics including tissue viability, wound care, immunisations, vaccinations and national screening programmes
• Provide urgent care by assessing and triaging acute presentations and ensuring timely access to urgent care pathways
• Conduct early days in custody assessments for new arrivals, identifying health needs and linking people to care from day one
• Make autonomous clinical judgments, including triage assessments, that shape patient outcomes
• Collaborate with prison colleagues and partnership agencies, attend key meetings and contribute to integrated care delivery

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse Level 1 in adult, general or mental health

Experience

• Experience of working in a complex environment managing deteriorating patients

Skills & knowledge

• Knowledge of current healthcare issues
• Knowledge of clinical governance, audit, risk management and the quality agenda
• Competence in clinical practice, such as phlebotomy and ECG monitoring
• Understanding and application of confidentiality

Nice to have

• Mentorship, supervision, teaching, assessing experience or training
• Experience of working in a Health and Justice environment
• Experience of health needs assessment or triage
• Experience of working in general practice
• Management and minor injuries experience
• Experience of using SystmOne, or willingness to train

What’s offered

• NHS pension
• Competitive salary
• Enhanced weekend and night rates
• Stable, long-term career opportunities
• Comprehensive development strategy for all clinical staff