Unscheduled Care Nurse

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

Job summary

A healthcare service provider in London is seeking a Primary Care Nurse to join their Unscheduled Care Team at a prison. The role involves providing high standards of care, attending emergency situations, and working within a multi-disciplinary team. Ideal candidates should be NMC Registered Nurses with excellent communication skills and a compassionate approach. This full-time position offers a salary up to £55,086, with opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Bespoke induction training

Career development opportunities

Learning Management System support

Qualifications

• Evidence of Continued Professional Development.
• Understanding of multi-disciplinary working.
• Experience in hospital, community, or prison environment is ideal.

Responsibilities

• Attend emergency response situations across the prison.
• Work within a multi-disciplinary team to deliver nurse led service.
• Provide personalized evidence based care to patients.

Skills

NMC Registered Nurse Adult

Communication skills

Compassionate approach

Professional development

Job description

Overview

We have an exciting opportunity for 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
• Predominantly 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.

Salary

This position is full time, you\'ll receive an annual salary up to £55,086 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 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 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.
• Promote best practice, clinical supervision, evidence based care and continuous quality improvement, embedding a culture of shared learning.

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\'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.

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.

Job description & 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 that is personalised and informed by what matters to patients, deliver non-judgemental care, inspire excellence, promote best practice and share knowledge to build safe, high-performing teams.

Disclosure and UK Registration

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. Applicants must have current UK professional registration.

Employer details

Employer: Practice Plus Group

Address: 160 Du Cane Road, London, W12 0AN

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