Senior Primary Care Nurse

Practice Plus Group; Hemel Hempstead; On-site; GBP 53,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider is seeking a Senior Primary Care Nurse to join their team at HMP The Mount. The role involves leading a multi-disciplinary team and providing nursing care to patients in a prison environment. Candidates should be NMC Registered Nurses with experience in healthcare settings. The position offers a salary of up to £52,507 per annum and opportunities for career development.

Benefits

Discounts on shopping and leisure

24/7 employee assistance helpline

Financial assistance

Qualifications

• Candidates must have a legal right to work in the UK.
• Experience in a hospital, community, or prison environment preferred.
• Evidence of Continued Professional Development.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support a multi-disciplinary healthcare team.
• Undertake medication rounds and emergency response situations.
• Deliver evidence-based care tailored to patient needs.

Skills

Clinical skills

Ability to work unsupervised

Understanding of multi-disciplinary working

Education

NMC Registered Nurse (Adult)

Job description

Overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Primary Care Nurse to join our Primary Care team at HMP The Mount, a category C training prison built on the site of a former RAF station on the outskirts of Bovingdon village, Hertfordshire. In this role you'll be working with a multi-disciplinary team that will support you and help you succeed.

Job summary

UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE

MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE

Hours
Weekdays: 07:45 - 16:45 and 07:45 - 18:30; Weekends: 08:30 - 18:00. There is an expectation to work 1 weekend in 4.

Salary

This position is full time; you will receive an annual salary up to £52,507 per annum - depending on experience.

How will 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

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

As a Senior Primary Care Nurse, your responsibilities will vary. You will:

• Be an integral part of the multi-disciplinary healthcare team by bringing your clinical skills and passion for care.
• Undertake a wide variety of tasks including screening, assessments, examinations, and tests, as well as answering emergency bells and potentially attending emergencies.
• Develop and apply new skills to maintain and enhance clinical service delivery.
• Share knowledge, skills and expertise to ensure safe care, building strong multi-disciplinary teams and supporting each other to do a great job.

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

It doesn’t stop there we also offer:

• 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 are 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.

Practice Plus Group’s purpose is to unlock your best work life, and we stand by 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

We are looking for caring, compassionate but also driven professionals who can help us drive our vision for fair and inclusive healthcare access to all.

Requirements

• NMC Registered Nurse (Adult)
• Evidence of Continued Professional Development
• Understanding of the complexities of multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working
• Ability to work within a busy environment
• Ability to work unsupervised whilst following policy and procedures

Although not essential, ideal applicants would have experience in a hospital, community or prison environment.

Secure environments are challenging yet rewarding places for healthcare professionals to work. If you’re looking for a role where you can develop your existing healthcare skills and learn something new every day in an environment that never stands still, then this could be the right opportunity for you.

Job description

Job responsibilities

As a Senior Nurse you will lead a multi-disciplinary team to deliver a nurse-led service and prevent hospital admissions. You will undertake medication rounds, dispense controlled medication, attend emergency response situations, assess patients, and undertake reception screening.

You will contribute to our nursing strategy and vision to:

Provide outstanding evidence-based care to our patients, seeking out, listening to and acting on their feedback, so that care is personalised and informed by what matters to them.

Deliver non-judgemental care that makes a real difference, as defined throughout our Health in Justice competency framework.

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.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

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Desirable

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Experience

Essential

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Desirable

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Additional Criteria

Essential

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Desirable

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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 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

Employer name

Practice Plus Group

Address

Bovingdon
Hemel Hempstead
Hertfordshire
HP3 0NZ

Employer's website

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

Up to £52,507 per annum depending on experience