Senior Primary Care Nurse

Job summary

UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE

+ MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Planned Care Nurse to join our Primary Care Team at HMP Altcourse, a Category B prison located in the Fazakerley area of Liverpool. This is a very busy remand prison with a high turnover of patients. Within this role, you will be an integral part of the healthcare team and work within a multi disciplinary team to deliver a nurse led service and prevent hospital admissions.

Hours

We operate a 7 days a week service. You will be expected to work approximately 1 in 3 weekends and some nights.

Shift times: 7 am 8 pm, 8 am 9 pm, 9 am 10 pm, 7:45 pm 7:15 am.

Salary

This position is full time; you'll receive an annual salary from £43,609 to £49,175 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

Main duties of the job

As a Senior Primary Care Nurse, your responsibilities will vary. You will

• 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 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 and 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, building strong multi disciplinary teams and supporting each other to do a great job

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

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.

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.

Qualifications required

• Registered nurse (Adult)
• Current professional qualification (NMC)
• Evidence of Continued Professional Development
• Understanding of the complexities of multi disciplinary and multi agency working
• Excellent communication skills
• Proactive problem solving skills
• Motivated as an individual and when working in a team

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

Experience and additional criteria

Experience and additional criteria can be found in the full Person Specification; we encourage candidates to review all requirements before applying.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Employer name: Practice Plus Group

Address: Brookfield Drive, Liverpool, Fazakerley, L9 7LH

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