Bank Practice Nurse

Practice Plus Group; Nottingham, East Midlands, Whatton-in-the-Vale; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000

Job description

Whatton, Nottingham , Nottinghamshire , England
NG13

About The Role

UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE

+ MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE

We have an exciting opportunity for a BANK Practice Nurse to join our Primary Care team at HMP Whatton, a category C Prison located in Nottinghamshire. HMP Whatton is a male adult prison with a capacity of 855.

Bank Hours:

• Monday - Friday 7.30am - 6.30pm
• Weekends: 8.30am - 6.30pm

Bank Hourly rate:

• Weekdays - £24.66
• Weekends and Bank Holidays - £26.90

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 on a permanent basis 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 a Practice Nurse, your responsibilities will vary. You will:

• Work with teams at each stage of the patient journey, supporting them as they arrive into prison, delivering care, promoting good health, and supporting resettlement.
• Provide expert clinical skills and demonstrate judgment in assessing and managing wide-ranging and complex patient problems.
• Deliver face-to-face care and provide safe and effective health assessments and treatment of patients within the establishment.
• Be accountable for your own practice, including the assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and discharge or referral of patients, independent of medical intervention.
• Practice within your own scope of clinical competence and agreed acceptable limits of practice.

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.

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 fair and inclusive healthcare access to all.

Qualifications required

• Registered Nurse: Adult Nursing with current NMC registration
• Experience working autonomously as a clinical practitioner following best practice guidance and identifying risk to patients through sound use of clinical expertise
• Knowledge of clinical audit and its relationship to research

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.