Looking to take your nursing career to new heights? Look no further than Sanctuary Personnel, an esteemed and award-winning recruitment agency. With a TrustPilot score of 4.9/5 and nearly 1000 reviews, we are dedicated to connecting with talented healthcare professionals like you. We have an exciting locum opportunity for a Band 5 Prison Staff Nurse with UK experience to join our team.
Location: Shaftesbury
Banding/Grade: Band 5
Pay rate (Assignment rate): £25 per hour
Contract Length: 3-Months
Shift Pattern: 37.5 hours per week
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* Professional Development: Working as a locum Nurse provides opportunities for continuous professional development. You may encounter new challenges, technologies, and best practices in different settings, which can enhance your clinical skills and knowledge.
Duties:
* Deliver high quality clinical care within the Integrated Healthcare Service for the prison.
* Acute & primary care, long term conditions management, enhanced assessment and diagnostic intervention services and health promotion activities in line with the NHS Plan, public health indicators and National Service Frameworks.
* Support the development of evidence-based practice in the specialist field and promote research as appropriate.
* Participate in managerial and professional clinical supervision programmes, training, and annual appraisal to ensure that it becomes an integral part of team practice.
* Ensure the implementation of effective patient-centred care planning tools, long-term condition registers and consistent delivery throughout all the prisons within the service.
* Work collaboratively with the Clinical Lead, GPs, and other clinicians to meet and review service needs as required.
* Be part of skilled multidisciplinary teams comprising all healthcare staff, including strategic partners, managing a single referral pathway.
* Undertake training to maximise uptake of screening, health promotion and prevention activity, including vaccinations.
* Ensure a named care co-ordinator is allocated for every patient with complex needs to ensure a proactive, evidence-based approach to clinical interventions, health promotion/prevention activity, and management of acute and long-term conditions using our stepped care approach.
* Ensure that a single, integrated care plan is developed, and the individualised care is regularly reviewed.
* Ensure that comprehensive risk assessments and care plans are regularly reviewed in a needs-led review cycle.
* Ensure care coordination criteria and MDT meetings for patients with complex needs are tailored to the needs of the establishment.
* Ensure that training in evidence-based CBT approaches is undertaken to enhance consistency and quality of care delivery.
* Support patients to manage their health at every stage, from oral health to long-term conditions.
* Ensure that health promotion is embedded into every aspect of the service.
* Liaise with other senior personnel to share expertise, promote ideas and ensure the service is working collaboratively with other Directorates as required.
* Work positively and effectively in a difficult and often hostile environment.
* Work in accordance with policies and guidelines.
* Promote equality of opportunity and provide an environment in which the dignity of individuals is respected and free from workplace harassment and bullying.
Requirements for the Primary Care Staff Nurse role:
* Degree or equivalent in Nursing with active NMC Registration.
* Prison clearance.
* Exercise a high degree of personal and professional autonomy and have the ability to plan and reach complex and critical judgments and decision-making skills.
* Demonstrate and provide robust expert clinical skills with a sound understanding of evidence-based nursing practice to provide a proactive approach to ensure quality and outcome-driven practice on a day-to-day basis.
* Be aware of environmental hazards in the working area; ensure staff are aware of relevant health & safety policies deriving from the Health & Safety at Work Act.
* Be familiar with Prison Standards, Standing Orders, Circular instructions, Notices to Staff, Health and Safety and all other relevant material to function as an informed practitioner within a prison setting.
* Experience of working within secure & prison settings.
* Working knowledge of current issues/agendas facing prison/offender healthcare.
* Experience of multi-professional collaboration including working in partnership with other statutory and voluntary organisations.
* Experience of setting, monitoring, and evaluating standards of care.
* Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing, presenting ideas with clarity in a persuasive and influential style.
* Ability to demonstrate an understanding of change management and new ways of working.
* Ability to work effectively and autonomously.
* Ability to lead and empower people to make decisions and to plan ahead.
* Knowledge of current National Prison Health Quality & Performance Indicators.
* Good analytical and judgement skills.
* Excellent interpersonal skills.
* Ability to manage complex & challenging behaviour.
* Use approved breakaway techniques.
* Standard IT skills.
Join us in making a difference in the healthcare sector. This Primary Care Staff Nurse position is advertised by Jack Dobrucki. If you're ready to take the next step in your career, click above to apply now.
We welcome applications from Registered General Nurses who meet the specified requirements. While we regretfully can only respond to candidates who fulfill these criteria, we encourage you to explore our open roles that may be better suited to your skills and aspirations.
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