Senior Primary Care Nurse

Practice Plus Group Holdings Limited; Wotton-under-Edge; 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 Primary Care team at HMP Eastwood Park near Bristol. The role requires a current NMC qualification and excellent communication skills. Responsibilities include medication rounds, providing personalized patient care, and promoting best practices. Ideal candidates may come from various healthcare backgrounds. This full-time position offers an annual salary between £43,609 – £49,172, depending on experience, along with career development support.

Benefits

Discounts on shopping and leisure activities

24/7 employee assistance helpline

Financial assistance when needed

Support for professional development

Qualifications

• Current professional qualification (NMC).
• Evidence of continued professional development.
• Understanding of the complexities of multi‑disciplinary and multi‑agency working.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Motivated as an individual and when working in a team.

Responsibilities

• Undertake medication rounds and dispense controlled medication.
• Provide evidence-based patient care based on feedback.
• Deliver non-judgemental care.
• Inspire excellence with partners and stakeholders.
• Promote best practice and continuous quality improvement.

Job description

Responsibilities

• 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.

Career Development & 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.
• Registered nurse Adult.

Qualifications

• Current professional qualification (NMC).
• Evidence of continued professional development.
• Understanding of the complexities of multi‑disciplinary and multi‑agency working.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Motivated as an individual and when working in a team.

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

Job Overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Primary Care Nurse to join our Primary Care team at HMP Eastwood Park, located near Bristol. A female prison with a 400‑capacity, the Health in Justice team at Practice Plus Group makes a real difference across more than 50 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:

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.

Shift Pattern

The site currently offers a 24‑hour service and shift patterns:
Days – 07:00 to 19:30
Nights – 19:00 to 07:30
Week 1‑3: 3 days
Week 4: 4 days (including 1 night shift). There is an expectation to work 1 weekend in 3.

Salary and Hours

This position is full time, however part‑time hours can be considered. You’ll receive an annual salary between £43,609 – £49,172 per annum (FTE), depending on experience.

Support

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, and support from the wider team.

Legal 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.