Registered Nurse - HMP Liverpool + £1500 welcome payment

NHS; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join NHS as a Registered Nurse at HMP Liverpool, where you will play a vital role in delivering healthcare services to patients in a unique environment. This role offers opportunities to use your nursing and clinical skills, working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams. With a welcome payment of £1,500, we encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds, including those with lived experiences in the healthcare field.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse Level 1 in Adult / General/Mental Health.
• Experience in mentorship and supervision.
• Knowledge of current healthcare issues and clinical governance.

Responsibilities

• Conduct patient assessments and triaging.
• Administer medication and respond to emergencies.
• Collaborate with healthcare teams for patient care.

Skills

Clinical governance

Patient assessments

Interpersonal skills

Triage

Education

Registered Nurse Level 1 - Adult / General/Mental Health

Tools

SystmOne

Job description

Registered Nurse - HMP Liverpool + £1500 welcome payment

Do you want to be a part of a dynamic community here at HMP Liverpool?Whether you are starting out in your healthcare journey or are an experienced healthcare professional looking for a new challenge, we've got a role for you!

Working in HMP Liverpool presents unique challenges and opportunities for healthcare professionals due to the poor health of the patients who find themselves in custody.

We are recruiting to positions for both Registered Nurses and also those with a keen interest in Substance Misuse.

If you're seeking a role that allows you to utilise your nursing, interpersonal and clinical skills to prevent patients returning to this environment whilst continuing to learn in a dynamic environment, please apply today!

You will work collaboratively with Merseycare Mental Health Team, Change Grow Live (recovery staff), and HMPPS staff to ensure the best possible care is provided to the patients.

Main duties of the job

As a Registered Nurse, your role encompasses a wide range of responsibilities such as:

Supporting multi-disciplinary team's such as:

o Diabetic retinopathy screening

o AAA screening

o Ultrasounds and X-Rays

Medication rounds and dispensing

Emergency response situations

Patient assessments

Nurse-led clinics, such as:

o NHS Health Checks

o Immunisations and Vaccinations

o NHS Bowel Screening

o Wound and Tissue Viability assessments.

Assessing new patients who have just arrived at the establishment for the first time.

Complete clinical assessments

Triaging the acutely unwell patients

About us

The Health and Justice division of Spectrum Community Health plays a crucial role in positively impacting the lives of individuals within secure environments, sexual health services and short term holding facilities.

We offer an array of opportunities to enhance your skills and broaden your experience.

We have an ambition to become a truly lived experience inclusive employer, changing how we approach staff experience and value personal stories our colleagues bring with them.

We welcome applications from everyone, including applicants with lived experience, those who belong to LGBTQIA+ Community and are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (or questioning), Intersex and Asexual, people with a disability, neurodivergent applicants and people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds.

Job responsibilities

For more information on working here at HMP Liverpool, please see attached job description/person specification and recruitment pack.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse Level 1 - Adult / General/Mental Health
• Mentorship / supervision/teaching / assessing experience/ training

Knowledge and Experience

• Knowledge of current healthcare issues
• Knowledge of clinical governance audit, risk management and quality agenda
• Competent in clinical practice e.g., phlebotomy, ECG monitoring
• Worked in a complex environment managing deteriorating patients
• Understanding and application of confidentiality
• Experience of working within a Health & Justice environment.
• Experience of health needs assessment/Triage
• Management / Minor Injuries
• Experience of using SystmOne or willing to undertake training

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.