Unscheduled Care Nurse

Practice Plus Group Holdings Limited; Camden Town; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in London seeks a Primary Care Nurse to join the Unscheduled Care Team at a prison. Responsibilities include assessing patients, attending emergencies, and providing personalized care within a multidisciplinary team. This full-time role offers an annual salary up to £55,086, along with opportunities for professional development and various employee benefits.

Benefits

Discounts on shopping and leisure activities

Support for professional development

24/7 employee assistance helpline

Free onsite parking

Access to the staff gym

Qualifications

• Understanding of the complexities of multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working.
• A non-judgmental and compassionate approach.

Responsibilities

• Work within a multi-disciplinary team to deliver a nurse-led service.
• Attend emergency response situations and assess patients.
• Provide outstanding evidence-based care and seek patient feedback.

Skills

NMC Registered Nurse Adult

Evidence of Continued Professional Development

Excellent communication skills

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity for a Primary Care Nurse to join our Unscheduled Care Team at HMP Wormwood Scrubs, a category B Prison located in London. 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: The site currently offers a 24-hour service. Days: 07:30 - 19:45, Nights: 19:45 - 07:30. Predominately working days, night shifts will be required to cover sickness and annual leave. An expectation to work a maximum of 2 weekends per month is also required.

As an Unscheduled Care Nurse, you will attend emergency response situations across the prison, assess patients, and ensure that follow-up care is implemented. You will:

• Work within 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 personalized and informed by what matters to them.
• Deliver non-judgmental care that makes a real difference.
• Inspire excellence by forging strong links with our partners and stakeholders.
• Promote best practice, clinical supervision, evidence-based care, and continuous quality improvement, embedding a culture of shared learning.

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
• Free onsite parking
• Access to the staff gym

Requirements:

• NMC Registered nurse Adult
• Evidence of Continued Professional Development
• Understanding of the complexities of multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working
• A non-judgmental and compassionate approach
• Excellent communication skills

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. 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.

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 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. This position is full-time, and you’ll receive an annual salary up to £55,086 per annum - depending on experience.