Senior Inpatient Nurse

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Inpatient Nurse to join our Primary Care team at HMP Preston, a category B Prison located in Preston.

HMP Preston is a remand male prison aged 18+ and has a capacity of 680.

You will have experience in working within an inpatient setting or ward based, end of life / palliative care experience.

Job summary

UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE

+ MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Inpatient Nurse to join our Primary Care team at HMP Preston, a category B Prison located in Preston.

HMP Preston is a remand male prison aged 18+ and has a capacity of 680.

You will have experience in working within an inpatient setting or ward based, end of life / palliative care experience.

Hours

• Monday - Friday
• 37.5 hours per week
• 8am - 4pm over 5 days or
• 7.30am - 5.30am over 4 days

Salary

This position is full time, you'll receive an annual salary between £43,609 - £49,175 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 due to the nature of the role, offers of employment will be subject to additional vetting and security checks.

Main duties of the job

• You will be innovative, bringing fresh ideas and solutions to the challenges of providing healthcare in a prison.
• See patients at beginning and end of their time in prisons, both are times of transition in the community and require a coordinated approach to continuity of care with other services.
• Closely with external stakeholders to develop pathways that prevent patients having to attend outside hospital including but not exclusively end of life care and acute care.
• Assist with the development of patients medical plans of care, line manage a team of healthcare practitioners ensuring that they are supported and appraised.
• Ability to function autonomously and within your sphere of competency, working within a team of healthcare practitioners you must be able to prioritise your own workload, caseload and be able to demonstrate the ability to problem solve.

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.

Benefits

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.

• Registered nurse NMC adult / mental health, or Paramedic
• Evidence of Continued Professional Development
• Excellent communication skills
• Good IT skills and IT literacy
• Ability to work within a busy environment
• Ability to work unsupervised whilst following policy and procedures
• Although not essential ideal applicants would have experience in a hospital, community or prison environment.

Job description Job responsibilities

UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE

+ MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Inpatient Nurse to join our Primary Care team at HMP Preston, a category B Prison located in Preston.

HMP Preston is a remand male prison aged 18+ and has a capacity of 680.

You will have experience in working within an inpatient setting or ward based, end of life / palliative care experience.

Hours

• Monday - Friday
• 37.5 hours per week
• 8am - 4pm over 5 days or
• 7.30am - 5.30am over 4 days

Salary

This position is full time, you'll receive an annual salary between £43,609 - £49,175 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 due to the nature of the role, offers of employment will be subject to additional vetting and security checks.

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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 (opens in a new window).

Employer details Employer name

Practice Plus Group

Address

HMP Preston

2 Ribbleton Lane

Preston

Lancashire

PR1 5AB

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£43,609 to £49,175 a yearBetween £43,609 - £49,175 depending on experience