We are holding a Surrey Prisons Recruitment Day - Saturday 30th November 2024 at Leonardo Hotel London Croydon, Wellesley Road, Croydon, CR0 9XY.
Registration is at 10am prompt and closes at 10.30am (please do not arrive after this time).
CNWL NHS Foundation Trust works in partnership to provide responsive & dependable primary care, mental health, intellectual disability & substance misuse services to the diverse & culturally rich communities we serve.
In our quest to deliver patient-focused quality care we are looking to recruit a highly motivated, innovative & enthusiastic Primary Care Staff Nurse to join our forward thinking, friendly & expanding Health & Justice team at HMP High Down. By joining our Prisons Health Care Team, you will not only look after the healthcare needs of our patients residing in secure environments, but who also have the opportunity to have a real impact on promoting health & well-being. Our healthcare services work to a 7 day week working model, to ensure our patient's healthcare is managed & maintained to the highest of standards at all times.
Our motto is Caring NOT Judging so by working in partnership with the criminal justice system & other agencies, we provide responsive, dependable & high-quality primary care & mental health services to those who may have offended & those at risk of offending in the communities we serve, to improve their health status & to encourage social inclusion.
We offer a great range of career pathways to support our nurses through their journey, see the list of endless opportunities under the working for your organisation.
Main duties of the job
Staff working within Primary Care will:
1. Provide an accessible individual patient assessment, treatment and referral service.
2. Monitor the ongoing health status of patients and address identified issues.
3. Work with patients to influence the impact on their health arising from current lifestyle patterns/choices.
4. Implement effective discharge plans for transfer or release locations.
5. Co-ordinate multi-disciplinary clinical practice to provide focused integrated care and treatment programmes/packages.
6. Work collaboratively with staff of other disciplines e.g. officers and governors to provide integrated and coordinated treatment plans.
About us
Our Health & Justice healthcare services present unique & diverse learning, development & leadership opportunities for nurses, where you will have the potential to make a significant difference to the lives of adults, children & young people who often experience a wide range of health inequalities.
Our standard benefits such as:
1. Monthly supervision
2. Annual personal development plans/appraisals
3. Preceptorship Programme
4. Support & guidance with Revalidation
5. Hidden Gem & annual award ceremonies
6. A full range of internal & external training opportunities for our Band 5 & newly qualified Band 5 roles across our services.
We have also developed a clinical leadership career pathway to ensure you feel supported, valued & developed via our career pathway programme that facilitates lifelong learning.
Supporting you in your transition from Student nurse to newly qualified nurse to ensure you develop your clinical and leadership skills this includes:
1. Induction programme
2. 12-month preceptorship programme
3. 12-month Band 5 development programme
4. Rotational programme - where you can spend 6 months in 2-3 different health and justice settings to develop your knowledge & skills
5. Career coaching
6. Newly qualified nurse forums
7. NHS Leadership Academy leadership course
8. Bespoke health & justice clinical competencies
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see full job description and personal specification for full list of responsibilities:
1. Triage patient needs in accordance with specific standard operating procedures and national policy e.g. NICE guidance.
2. Assess, plan and implement care for patients within each care/treatment pathway in order to promote wellbeing.
3. Facilitate the use of evidence-based practice to ensure that clinical care is both effective and appropriate.
4. Carry out general nursing duties.
5. Maintain contemporaneous records.
6. Support and make a professional contribution to the development of integrated healthcare.
7. Act as a preceptor/mentor in accordance with experience.
Person Specification
Previous experience
Essential
* Previous experience of working in Primary Care services either as a Band 5 Nurse or a Student Nurse.
Other
Essential
* The post holder must have the ability to understand and implement the equal opportunities policy at a level appropriate to the job.
* Ability to promote anti-discriminatory and anti-racist practices.
Attitudes, aptitudes, personal characteristics
Essential
* Caring for the patients who use our services, their families and carers, and other staff.
* Respectful of others and genuinely treating them how you would want to be treated.
* Able and willing to work with patients, family and carers, and staff in a way which empowers and supports others and makes them feel better about themselves.
* Able and willing to work in partnership with patients, their friends and family as well as other health care professionals.
Skills and knowledge
Essential
* Able to communicate with the multi-disciplinary team, present cases, take note of actions, update others in the team and use handover effectively.
* Maintaining accurate, timely, concise and legible clinical records both electronic and handwritten which adhere to the CNWL policies.
* Care planning: able to assess patients, develop, implement and evaluate a care plan.
* Empowering and working in partnership.
* Safeguarding and advocacy.
* Understanding how the Mental Health Act impacts on their work and the patients they are working with.
* Understanding their role in improving safety, clinical outcomes and the patient experience.
* Infection control.
* Medicines management and administration.
* Communicating effectively.
* Mentor, teach and support others in the team.
* Supervise others in the team.
* Contribute to a positive culture in the team, enabling it to be inclusive.
Desirable
* Wound care management, Clinical triage, Ear care, Venepuncture, Chronic Disease Management, Smoking cessation, Cervical screening.
Education & Qualifications
Essential
* Registered (NMC) Nurse Adult.
* Numeracy skills required for the safe administration of medicines.
Desirable
* Evidence of relevant Continuous Professional Development.
Employer details
Employer name
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
Address
HMP High Down
High Down Lane
Sutton, Surrey
SM2 5PJ
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