Senior Primary Care Nurse/ Paramedic

NHS; Greater London; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK seeks a Senior Primary Care Nurse for HMP Belmarsh in London. The role involves leading a multi-disciplinary team, providing evidence-based care, and ensuring patients receive personalized treatment. Ideal candidates should be registered nurses with excellent communication skills and proactive problem-solving abilities. The position offers a salary up to £55,086 annually, with opportunities for professional development and employee support.

Benefits

Discounts on shopping and leisure activities

24/7 employee assistance helpline

Support for professional development

Qualifications

• Understanding of the complexities of multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working.
• Experience in a hospital, community, or prison environment preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead a multi-disciplinary team to deliver a nurse-led service and prevent hospital admissions.
• Undertake medication rounds and dispense controlled medication.
• Provide evidence-based care seeking and acting on patient feedback.
• Promote best practice and clinical supervision.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Proactive problem solving skills

Motivated as an individual and in a team

Education

Registered nurse Adult

Current professional qualification (NMC)

Evidence of Continued Professional Development

Job description

Senior Primary Care Nurse

Exciting opportunity to join the Primary Care team at HMP Belmarsh, a category A prison located in Thameside, London.

Job summary

Unleash your best work life. Make a difference to every life.

HMP Belmarsh is a male, maximum security prison that has a capacity for 910 inmates. Healthcare at HMP Belmarsh includes Dentists, Primary Care, Mental Health, Substance abuse and Pharmacy.

Hours

7 days a week: 0700 - 1900, 1900 - 0700.

Salary

Full time. Annual salary up to £55,086 per annum FTE, depending on experience.

Employee support

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 must 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 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.

Career development

If interested, 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.

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 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.

Qualifications required

• Registered nurse Adult.
• Current professional qualification (NMC).
• Evidence of Continued Professional Development.
• Understanding of the complexities of multi‑disciplinary and multi‑agency working.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Proactive problem solving 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.

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 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

HMP Belmarsh, Western Way, London, SE28 0EB

Employer's website: https://practiceplusgroup.com/our-jobs/join-our-team/

£46,478 to £55,086 a year – up to £55,086 depending on experience.