Main area Offender Healthcare
Grade Band 5
Contract Permanent
Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Shift Work)
Job ref 277-6921251-ROCH
Site HMP Rochester
Town Rochester
Salary £31,970 - £38,483 pa inc
Salary period Yearly
Closing 30/01/2025 23:59
Job overview
We currently have an exciting opportunity available for a Band 5 Staff Nurse to join our Primary Care team at HMP Rochester in Kent.
The successful applicant will be required to provide a quality primary care service and a range of specialist interventions for offenders. You will support junior colleagues and assist & support the Primary care manager as directed to deliver a nurse-led integrated service and develop a specialist practice-based clinical model of patient care.
Main duties of the job
1. To deliver high quality clinical care within the Integrated Healthcare Service for the prison.
2. This will include acute & primary care, long term conditions management, enhanced assessment and diagnostic intervention services and health promotion activities.
3. To demonstrate and provide robust expert clinical skills with a sound understanding of evidence-based nursing practice.
4. To support the development of evidence-based practice in the specialist field and to promote research as appropriate.
5. To participate in managerial and professional clinical supervision programme, training, and annual appraisal.
6. To ensure the implementation of effective and appropriate patient centred care planning tools.
7. The post holder will work collaboratively with the Clinical Lead, GPs, and other clinicians to meet and review service needs as required.
Working for our organisation
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. To support the delivery of an effective integrated healthcare service clinical model.
2. To manage a complex clinical caseload.
3. To support the development, implement and maintain the National Standards for Health Care in Prisons.
4. Ensure all clinics and consultations are delivered in a clinically effective and timely way.
5. To be able to give intravenous injections, immunisations, and syringe pumps as necessary.
6. Maintain systems for the collection of triage & allocation of referrals.
7. To maintain an effective case management service to ensure care and continuity of treatment.
8. To maintain close working partnerships with all services that may be involved with the care and management of offenders.
Person specification
Education/Qualifications
* Professional Qualification RGN
Experience
* Experience of multi-professional collaboration.
* Experience of setting, monitoring, and evaluating standards of care.
* Experience of working within secure environment or prison settings.
* Working knowledge of current issues/agendas facing prison/offender healthcare.
Skills and Abilities
* Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
* Ability to demonstrate an understanding of change management.
* Ability to work effectively and autonomously.
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
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