Senior Nurse | Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust; England; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in England seeks a Senior Registered Nurse to join their team delivering integrated care services for offenders. This role includes providing high-quality primary care, managing a complex caseload, and overseeing junior staff within a challenging environment. Candidates must have the right to work in the UK and undergo National Security Vetting. This position offers a chance to make a significant impact on health outcomes in a secure setting.

Qualifications

• Must be willing to undertake National Security Vetting as part of pre‑employment checks.
• Provide proof of right to work documentation, photographic ID, and address documentation.
• Must provide a Police Certificate if not holding a UK passport with less than five years UK address history.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality clinical care within the Integrated Healthcare Service for the prison.
• Conduct reception screening, emergency response, and long‑term conditions management.
• Hold a complex caseload and support more junior colleagues.

Job description

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 has a real impact on promoting health and well‑being for those in prison and we pride ourselves on using skills and strategies that instil hope for patients’ future resettlement back into the community. We directly deliver Mental Health, Physical Health, Pharmacy and Clinical Substance Misuse in an integrated model to improve wellbeing and support better outcomes.

Key Information

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

Role Overview

In this role you will provide high quality primary care services and a range of specialist interventions for offenders. At HMP Erlestoke we deliver a nurse‑led integrated primary care service and operate a specialist practice‑based clinical model of care.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Conduct reception screening, emergency response, long‑term conditions management, planned care (e.g. running clinics), enhanced assessment, diagnostic intervention services and health promotion activities.
• Hold a complex caseload and support more junior colleagues, including band 5 nurses, health‑care assistants and students.
• Co‑ordinate the day‑to‑day operations of the healthcare team and provide clinical supervision to junior staff.
• Promote and support evidence‑based practice, research and continuous improvement within the specialist field.
• Implement patient‑centred care planning tools, long‑term condition registers and consistent delivery across all prisons within the service.
• Work collaboratively with the Clinical Lead, GPs and other clinicians to review service needs and outcomes.
• Deputise for the Team Manager when required and work positively in a challenging and sometimes hostile environment.
• Ensure awareness of environmental hazards, health & safety policies, trust guidelines, prison standards, standing orders and all relevant material.
• Promote equality of opportunity, dignity and a free‑from‑harassment workplace.

Our Values

• We're Kind
• We're Fair
• We Listen
• We Care

Eligibility & Requirements

• Must be willing to undertake National Security Vetting as part of pre‑employment checks.
• Provide proof of right to work documentation, photographic ID, address documentation and, if non‑UK passport holder, a home office share code.
• Applicants not holding a UK passport with less than five years UK address history must provide a Police Certificate (in English) from the country previously resided in.
• Applicants who are UK passport holders, who have lived abroad for more than six months in the last three years, must provide a certificate of good conduct or an overseas police check (in English) from that country.
• Disability Confident status will be considered; employers may offer interview to any applicant who declares a disability and meets minimum criteria.

Oxleas and Service Overview

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS health services to people in both community and secure settings, including district nursing, speech and language therapy, learning disabilities services, and mental health care. With over 4,300 staff across 125 sites in South England, our teams deliver integrated care for all ages in partnership with local councils, the voluntary sector and other NHS bodies.