Senior Nurse

NHS; Sheerness; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 49,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider is seeking a Senior Registered Nurse to deliver primary care services at HMP Elmley, ensuring high-quality care for offenders in a challenging environment. The ideal candidate has at least two years’ experience at Band 5 and expertise in prison healthcare. This permanent, full-time role is crucial to supporting the health and wellbeing of the prison population.

Qualifications

• Minimum of two years' experience at Band 5.
• Working knowledge of current issues in prison healthcare.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality primary care services for offenders.
• Deliver a nurse-led integrated primary care service.
• Provide clinical care for the Integrated Healthcare Service.

Skills

Effective verbal and written communication

Ability to lead and manage change

Knowledge of National Prison Health Quality Indicators

Strong analytical and judgment skills

Ability to manage complex behavior

Education

Registered Nurse RGN

Post Graduate Qualification

Job description

Overview

Job summary

Are you ready to unlock your potential within a challenging, creative and fast paced work environment? Do you want to work with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past?

This is an excellent opportunity for a Senior 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.

This position isn\'t just a job; it\'s a chance to blend your clinical knowledge, personal skills and a commitment to delivering the highest standards of care in an environment that is as rewarding as it is challenging.

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

Details

Date posted: 08 September 2025

Band: Band 6

Salary: £40,682 to £48,580 a year pa inc, RRP inc

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time

Location: HMP Elmley, Church Road, Eastchurch, Sheerness, ME12 4DZ

Reference: 277-7462396-ELM

Main duties of the job

• As a senior registered nurse you will provide high quality primary care services and a range of specialist interventions for offenders.
• Deliver a nurse-led integrated primary care service and operate a specialist practice-based clinical model of care at HMP Elmley.
• Provide high quality clinical care within the Integrated Healthcare Service for the prison, including acute & primary care, long term conditions management, enhanced assessment and diagnostic intervention services and health promotion activities.
• Demonstrate robust expert clinical skills with evidence-based nursing practice to support quality and outcome-driven care.
• Promote research and development of evidence-based practice in the specialist field where appropriate.
• Participate in managerial and professional clinical supervision to ensure junior staff receive supervision, training and annual appraisal.
• Ensure patient-centred care planning tools, long-term condition registers and consistent delivery across all prisons within the service.
• Collaborate with the Clinical Lead, GPs and other clinicians to meet and review service needs; deputise for the Team Manager as required.
• Work in a challenging environment and adhere to health, safety and prison standards and policies.

About us

Oxleas offers NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure settings. Our services include community health care, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care. We work with NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and have 4,300 staff across multiple sites including prisons and secure units.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care, guided by our values: We\'re Kind, We\'re Fair, We Listen, We Care.

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

• Essential: Registered Nurse RGN; Post Graduate Qualification or equivalent experience.
• Desirable: Registered General Nurse.

Experience

• Essential: Minimum of two years\' experience at Band 5; working knowledge of current issues in prison/offender healthcare; experience of multi-professional collaboration; experience of setting, monitoring and evaluating standards of care.
• Desirable: Experience of working within secure and prison settings.

Skills/Abilities/Knowledge

• Essential: Effective verbal and written communication; ability to lead, plan ahead and manage change; knowledge of National Prison Health Quality & Performance Indicators; strong analytical and judgment skills.
• Essential: Ability to manage complex and challenging behaviour.

Important information

All applicants must be willing to undertake National Security Vetting in order to work in a Prison Setting as part of pre-employment checks.

Proof of right to work, identity (including one photographic ID), address history (5 years), and relevant documentation are required. Non-UK applicants may require a Police Certificate or equivalent from prior residencies. UK registrations and guidance are in place.

Disclosures

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such a Disclosure to the DBS is required.

Employer details

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

HMP Elmley, Church Road, Eastchurch, Sheerness, ME12 4DZ

Website: oxleas.nhs.uk