Senior Primary Care Nurse

Practice Plus Group Holdings Limited; Henley-on-Thames; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a Senior Primary Care Nurse to join their team at HMP Huntercombe. This full-time position offers an annual salary up to £54,397, focusing on providing high standards of healthcare in a secure environment. Candidates should be Registered NMC nurses with leadership experience and the ability to work autonomously. Exceptional communication and problem-solving skills are required, along with a commitment to compassionate patient care.

Benefits

Discounts on shopping and leisure activities

Support for professional development

24/7 employee assistance helpline

Qualifications

• Experience of line management and leading a team.
• Understanding of multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working.
• Ability to work autonomously, prioritise and plan.

Responsibilities

• Lead a multi-disciplinary team to deliver a nurse led service.
• Undertake medication rounds and assess patients.
• Provide evidence-based care personalized to patient feedback.

Skills

Leadership skills

Excellent communication

Proactive problem solving

Education

Registered NMC nurse (Adult)

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Primary Care Nurse to join our Primary Care team at HMP Huntercombe, a category C men's prison, located near Nuffield in Oxfordshire. In this role you will have the opportunity to provide the highest standards of healthcare to our patients, without having to compromise on efficiency and quality.

Hours: Weekdays: 07:45 - 20:00, Weekends: 07:30 - 16:30. There is an expectation to work alternate weekends.

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

• 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 that 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.

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.

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

The ideal candidate will be a Registered NMC nurse (Adult) with experience of line management and leading a team. You will have an understanding of the complexities of multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working, excellent communication skills, proactive problem solving skills, and the ability to work autonomously, prioritise and plan.

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.

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.

Practice Plus Group's purpose is to Unlock your best work life and we stand by our core values:

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

This position is full time, you'll receive an annual salary up to £54,397 per annum - depending on experience.