Senior Primary Care Nurse

NHS; City Of London; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Senior Primary Care Nurse to join their team in West Drayton. This full-time role offers a salary between £43,609 and £49,175 per year, depending on experience. Responsibilities include leading a multi-disciplinary team, undertaking medication rounds, and providing outstanding patient care. The ideal candidate will be a registered nurse with strong communication skills and an understanding of multi-disciplinary work. Opportunities for career development are also available.

Benefits

Discounts on shopping and leisure activities

Support for professional development

24/7 employee assistance helpline

Qualifications

• Candidates must have a legal right to work in the UK.
• Understanding of complexities of multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working is essential.
• Experience in a hospital, community or prison environment is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead a multi-disciplinary team to deliver a nurse-led service.
• Undertake medication rounds and dispense controlled medication.
• Provide evidence-based care, acting on patient feedback.
• Deliver non-judgemental care to our patients.

Skills

Registered nurse Adult - NMC

Excellent communication skills

Proactive problem solving skills

Motivation as an individual and in a team

Education

Evidence of Continued Professional Development

Job description

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Primary Care Nurse to join our Primary Care team at Heathrow IRC, an Immigration Removal Centre located in West Drayton. Heathrow IRC combines Colnbrook and Harmondsworth removal centres under one management structure, making it the largest immigration removal centre in Europe, with a capacity of 965 residents.

Hours

This is a permanent 37.5 hours per week. Shifts to be covered are:

• Monday - Sunday: 7am - 7.30pm – Long days
• Monday - Sunday: 7.30pm - 7am – Nights

Salary

This position is full time; you will receive an annual salary between £43,609 - £49,175 per annum, depending on experience.

How we support you

• Bespoke induction, including our Introducing Health in Justice training course
• Competency framework
• Regional and national career development opportunities
• Our bespoke Learning Management System to address your learning needs
• Support from the wider team

Candidate requirements

Candidates are required to have a legal right to work in the UK, and due to the nature of the role, offers of employment will be subject to additional vetting and security checks.

Main duties of the job

• Lead a multi-disciplinary team to deliver a nurse‑led service and prevent hospital admissions
• Undertake medication rounds, dispense controlled medication, attend emergency response situations, assess patients, and undertake reception screening
• Provide outstanding evidence‑based care to our patients, seeking out, listening to and acting on their feedback, so care is personalised and informed by what matters to them.
• Deliver non‑judgemental care that makes a real difference
• Inspire excellence by forging strong links with our partners and stakeholders and providing a service that people can trust, feel safe within, and feel proud of
• Promote best practice, clinical supervision, evidence based care and continuous quality improvement, embedding a culture of shared learning.
• Share knowledge, skills and expertise to ensure safe care, building strong multi-disciplinary teams and supporting each other to do a great job.

Career development

If you are interested in career development, we have a wide range of opportunities for you to develop your skills and experience, which include both internal and external options for development and learning.

Benefits

• Discounts on shopping and leisure activities
• Support to grow in your role and continue your professional development
• 24/7 employee assistance helpline and financial assistance when you need it

About us

The Health in Justice team at Practice Plus Group makes a real difference across over 53 prisons, young offenders and immigration removal centres. We’re the UK’s leading independent provider of NHS services to over 40,000 patients in secure environments, always putting their needs first, regardless of their background.

Our core values

• We treat patients and each other as we would like to be treated
• We act with integrity
• We embrace diversity
• We strive to do things better together

Qualifications required

• Registered nurse Adult - NMC
• Evidence of Continued Professional Development
• Understanding of the complexities of multi-disciplinary and multi‑agency working
• Excellent communication skills
• Proactive problem solving skills
• Motivation as an individual and when working in a team

Additional experience

Although not essential, ideal applicants would have experience in a hospital, community or prison environment. Secure environments are one of the most challenging, yet rewarding places for healthcare professionals to work.

Legal checks

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Practice Plus Group

Colnbrook By-Pass, Harmondsworth, West Drayton, UB7 0HB

Website: https://practiceplusgroup.com/our-jobs/join-our-team/

£43,609 to £49,175 a year