Registered Nurse - HMP Low Newton + £1500 welcome payment

Spectrum Community Health CIC; Framwellgate Moor; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension

Additional day off

Refer a friend scheme

Training & Development

Flexible working

Health & Wellbeing programs

33 days annual leave

Job summary

Spectrum Community Health CIC is recruiting a Registered Nurse (Band 5) to join the Health and Justice team at HMP Low Newton. The role covers on-site primary care, health assessments, and monitoring complex health needs within a prison setting.

We offer a welcome payment of £1,500 for new candidates, access to NHS Pension, development opportunities, flexible working, and up to 33 days of annual leave. You will join a multidisciplinary team and be supported to enhance your clinical practice.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with valid PIN in the UK.
• Experience in addressing health needs in a multidisciplinary setting.
• Ability to deliver health assessments and administer medications in a prison environment.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to and deliver a comprehensive health service with mental health and justice partners.
• Undertake health assessments and diagnostic tests as appropriate.
• Provide primary care within the prison and safeguard patients.

Skills

Phlebotomy

ECG monitoring

Clinical governance

Infection control

Team collaboration

Education

Registered Nurse Level 1 - Adult /General/Mental Health

Mentorship / supervision/teaching / assessing experience

Offender healthcare experience

Job description

Registered Nurse - HMP Low Newton + £1500 welcome payment

If you yearn for a job where every day is different, join our nursing team in Health and Justice!

Whether you're completely new to offender healthcare or looking for your next challenge, joining Spectrum will give you an excellent opportunity to expand your nursing skills and develop your clinical practice.

As a Registered Nurse (Band 5), you'll be an integral part of our Primary Care team, supporting some of our most vulnerable patients and planning care for people with complex and challenging health needs. You'll be confident in all aspects of primary care delivery - including undertaking health assessments and performing diagnostic tests - and able to work flexibly to meet the needs of our service.

We're looking for a candidate with lots of energy and an enthusiastic, "can do" attitude. As part of a multidisciplinary team, you'll be working closely with Mental Health and Substance Misuse services to optimise on-site care and you'll need to form working relationships with a wide range of partners.

In Spectrum, we don't believe in 'standing still'; we want our nurses to challenge existing practice and have the courage to innovate for the good of our patients, so that we can keep on improving. In return, we'll encourage you towards further training and help you to achieve your goals.

The welcome payment is payable to new candidates joining Spectrum Community Health CIC.

Main duties of the job

In conjunction with the management team contribute to and deliver a comprehensive Health Service in partnership with mental health and key stakeholders as part of a multi-disciplinary team within the prison setting. The role of the Registered Nurse is to undertake health assessments, administer medication and treatments, perform diagnostic tests as appropriate and to provide and evaluate a range of health interventions to meet prisoner health and social care needs. The post holder will be required to work flexibly across the service to provide responsive, evidence based interventions working alongside physical, substance misuse and mental health clinical teams. Demonstrate knowledge, skills and understanding of health issues and treatment options to provide primary care within the prison preventing transfer to outside hospital where possible The post holder will be expected to undertake safeguarding training appropriate to their role and adhere to policies and procedures relevant to the area they work in.

About us

BE THE DIFFERENCE IN HEALTHCARE

Join our team

We're looking for passionate individuals to join our diverse and innovative team.

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!

• Access to NHS Pension
• Time for you (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

Spectrum Community Health CIC provides a range of award-winning healthcare services on behalf of the NHS, Local Authority Public Health services, and other partners across substance misuse, sexual health, and health and justice settings. As a not-for-profit social enterprise and Community Interest Company our focus is centred on people - our patients, service users, staff and partners.

We are building on our ambition to deliver the best in health and wellbeing on a values-driven ethos and to maintain the highest standards of patient care and service. We are an expanding organisation, but we aim to grow without compromising on quality and social value.

Our Mission

Holistic interventions delivered with compassion for the stigmatised and marginalised in our communities

Our Vision

Quality healthcare that makes a difference to people's lives, regardless of circumstances.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information on the advertised role.

Person Specification

Education and Training

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

Qualifications

• Knowledge of current healthcare issues.
• Knowledge of clinical governance audit, risk management and quality agenda
• Working within a multi-disciplinary healthcare team
• Competent in clinical practice e.g., phlebotomy, ECG monitoring
• Worked in a complex environment managing deteriorating patients
• Experience of working within a Health & Justice environment.
• Experience of health needs assessment/Triage
• Working to Patient Group Directives
• 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.