Primary Care Nurse

Practice Plus Group; West Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000

Job description

About The Role

UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE

+ MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE

We have an exciting opportunity for a Primary Care Nurse to join our Primary Care team at HMP Leeds, a category B Prison located in Gloucester Terrace in the Armley area of Leeds in West Yorkshire.

Free on site parking, free gym, lots of opportunity for additional training and development.

Hours

37.5 hours a week - 0700hr until 2030hrs day shifts, 1.5 weekends every month, and bank holidays. 3 nights every 6 weeks and these shifts are 8pm - 7.30am.

Salary

This position is full time, you'll receive an annual salary up to £40,211 per annum FTE - 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 a Primary Care Nurse, your responsibilities will vary. 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.
• Use your skills and knowledge to deliver nurse led clinics to your patient group whilst being supported by a multi-disciplinary team.
• Contribute to our nursing strategy and vision to 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, as defined throughout our bespoke Health in Justice competency framework.
• 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.

What we'll look for in you

The Health in Justice team at Practice Plus Group makes a real difference across over 60 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 mission is Unlock Access to Excellence.

Our core values are:

• We treat patients and each other as they would like to be treated.
• We act with integrity.
• We embrace diversity.
• We strive to do things better together.

Qualifications required

• Registered Adult Nurse with current registration with NMC.
• Experience in Acute settings.
• Evidence of Continued Professional Development.
• Understanding of the complexities of multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working.
• Understanding of clinical governance, health and safety, QOF, EBP and national standards.
• Knowledge of healthcare policies and best practice.

Although not essential, ideal applicants would have experience in a hospital, community or prison environment.