Senior Primary Care Nurse

About the role

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Primary Care Nurse to join our team at HMP Leeds, a Category B male prison located in Leeds. HMP Leeds is a busy remand prison with high inmate turnover, creating a fast paced, challenging, and exciting environment.

Hours & Salary

This is a full time role working 37.5 hours per week. You'll receive an annual salary of £43,609 - £49,175 per annum, depending on experience.

How 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 must have a legal right to work in the UK on a permanent basis. Due to the nature of the role, offers of employment will be subject to additional vetting and security checks.

Main Duties

• Lead 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, listening to and acting on patient feedback to personalise care
• Deliver non judgemental care that makes a real difference
• Inspire excellence by forging strong links with partners and stakeholders, providing a service that people can trust, feel safe within, and feel proud of
• Promote best practice, clinical supervision, evidence based care, and continuous quality improvement, embedding a culture of shared learning
• Share knowledge, skills, and expertise to ensure safe care, build strong multi disciplinary teams, and support each other to do a great job

Career Development

If you are interested in career development, we offer a wide range of opportunities, both internal and external, to help you develop your skills and experience.

Benefits

• 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 are the UK's leading independent provider of NHS services to over 40,000 patients in secure environments, always putting their needs first, regardless of 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 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

• Evidence of continued professional development
• Understanding of the complexities of multi disciplinary and multi agency working
• Motivated as an individual and when working in a team

Ideal applicants would have experience in a hospital, community or prison environment. Secure environments are challenging yet rewarding places for healthcare professionals to work. If you're looking for a role where you can develop existing healthcare skills and learn something new every day, this could be the right opportunity for you.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and will require a submission to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.