Long Term Conditions Nurse

Job Summary

UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE
+ MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE

We have an exciting opportunity for a Practice Nurse to join our Primary Care at HMP Brixton, a category B Prison located in London Borough of Lambeth, in inner South London.

With numerous training and development pathways, free parking on site and easy links to central London, HMP Brixton offers a great and rewarding working environment!

Hours

Monday to Friday - 09:00 - 17:00

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 a Long Term Conditions Nurse, your responsibilities will vary. You will:

• be responsible for ensuring a comprehensive handover of services when patients are transferring across wings or custodial care settings.
• identify immediate health needs including any external services or prescribing requirements that prisoners may have received e.g. prior to remand or repatriation onto a wing.
• facilitate arrangements between agencies involved in delivering a complex care package to ensure effective collaboration and stability for the patient during delivery of that care - this requires close joint working with other in house healthcare services and departments within the prison such as Pharmacy, Education, Offender Management, Substance Misuse and Physical Education, etc.
• provide proactive intervention to urgently address improvement recommendations from CQC and HMP inspections.
• deliver continuity of care across health and social care agencies from courts, to custody and community whilst improving the communication between the above.

Career development and benefits

We 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.

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.

Our 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 - General with relevant NMC Registration.
• Advanced Nurse Prescriber/Practitioner.
• Educated to degree level.
• Knowledge of health and social care models across the criminal justice system and of national and local initiatives relating to physical health.
• Knowledge of Evidence Based Practice and Clinical Governance.

Legal and registration requirements

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. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Practice Plus Group

Jebb Ave, Brixton, London, Greater London, SW2 5XF

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