Unscheduled Care Nurse

Practice Plus Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 56,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider is seeking a Primary Care Nurse for their Unscheduled Care Team at HMP Wormwood Scrubs in London. This full-time position offers a salary up to £55,086 per annum and requires an NMC Registered nurse - Adult with strong communication skills. The role involves attending emergency response situations and delivering high-quality care based on patient needs. Opportunities for career development and training are available.

Benefits

24/7 employee assistance helpline

Discounts on shopping and leisure activities

Access to the staff gym

Free onsite parking

Support for professional development

Qualifications

• Candidates must have a legal right to work in the UK.
• Experience with emergency response situations required.
• Ability to deliver evidence-based individualized care.

Responsibilities

• Attend emergency response situations across the prison.
• Work with a multi-disciplinary team to deliver care.
• Provide personalized care based on patient feedback.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Compassionate approach

Understanding of multi-disciplinary working

Education

NMC Registered nurse - Adult

Evidence of Continued Professional Development

Job description

Hammersmith and Fulham, London, Greater London, England
W12

Pay Up to £55,086 per annum - Depending on Experience

Hours Full time

Contract Permanent

Role Other Qualified Professional

Posted 4 Oct 2025

Closes 2 Nov 2025

Job Description

About The Role
UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE
+ MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE

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
Apply - 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.

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.

What you'll be doing
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.

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.

It doesn't stop there ... 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

What we'll look for in 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 a 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