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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Registered Nurse Duties:
* To support the delivery of an effective integrated healthcare service clinical model.
* To manage a complex clinical caseload.
* To support the development, implementation, and maintenance of the National Standards for Health Care in Prisons for the service.
* Ensure all clinics and consultations are delivered in a clinically effective and timely way, in line with service needs.
Senior Nurse Duties:
* The post holder will exercise a high degree of personal and professional autonomy and have the ability to plan and reach complex and critical judgments and have decision-making skills.
* To deliver high quality clinical care within the Integrated Healthcare Service for the prison. This will include 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.
* To demonstrate and provide robust expert clinical skills with a sound understanding of evidence-based nursing practice to provide a pro-active approach to ensure quality and outcome-driven practice on a day-to-day basis.
* To support the development of evidence-based practice in the specialist field and to promote research as appropriate.
* To participate in managerial and professional clinical supervision programmes, to ensure junior staff receive appropriate supervision, training, and annual appraisal, making it an integral part of team practice.
* To ensure the implementation of effective and appropriate patient-centred care planning tools, long-term condition registers, and consistent delivery throughout all the prisons within the service.
* The post holder will work collaboratively with the Clinical Lead, GPs, and other clinicians to meet and review service needs as required.
* To deputise for the Team manager as required.
* To work positively and effectively in a difficult and often hostile environment.
* 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.
* To work in accordance with Trust policies and guidelines.
* To 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.
* Promote equality of opportunity and provide an environment in which the dignity of individuals is respected and free from workplace harassment and bullying.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION, PLEASE READ:
All applicants must be willing to undertake National Security Vetting in order to work in a Prison Setting. This will be completed as part of the pre-employment checks through Oxleas and the prison vetting team.
You will need to provide:
* Proof of right to work documentation
* Proof of ID, needs to include 1 photographic ID
* Proof of address documentation
* Non-UK passport holders will need to have correct documentation (right to work in the UK) and a Home office Share code.
* 5 years address history will be needed.
* Applicants that are not UK Passport holders who provide less than 5 years UK address history will need to provide a Police Certificate which must be in English from where they resided previously.
* Applicants who are UK Passport holders who have lived abroad for a period of more than six months during the last three years will need to provide a certificate of good conduct or an overseas police check in English from the countries resided in or visited.
In order to assist you in obtaining a Police Certificate, guidance can be sought from:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-o...
If the country you have resided in is not listed here, you can obtain the necessary information by contacting the relevant Embassy or High Commission for that Country. Their contact details can be found on the Foreign & Commonwealth Office website (http://www.fco.gov.uk/en).
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
* Registered NMC Qualification (B5/B6)
* Post Graduate Qualification or equivalent experience (B6)
Experience
Essential criteria
* Experience of setting, monitoring, and evaluating standards of care (B5/B6)
* Minimum of two years' experience at Band 5 (B6)
* Experience of multi-professional collaboration including working in partnership with other statutory and voluntary organisations (B6)
* Working knowledge of current issues/agendas facing prison/offender healthcare (B6)
Desirable criteria
* Previous prison/secure experience (B5/B6)
Skills
Essential criteria
* Good written and verbal communication skills (B5/B6)
* Ability to manage complex & challenging behaviour (B6)
We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that welcomes and supports individuals of all abilities. Remember, if you meet the minimum criteria for this role and you have a disability, you can be guaranteed an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme - Please ensure you select this on your application form. We would encourage you to be open about your needs so we can work with you to design a comfortable and accessible interview experience. Any information you provide regarding a disability or a need for adjustments will be treated in confidence and will only be shared with colleagues who are supporting this request.
If you require any adjustments to participate fully in the interview process, please let us know by adding the relevant details when scheduling your preferred interview date and time. Please feel free to contact the appointing manager to discuss your needs.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
* JD & PS band 5 Nurse - HMP Portland (PDF, 288.4KB)
* JD & PS band 6 Nurse - HMP Portland (PDF, 304.4KB)
* Important Additional Information For Candidates (please read carefully) (PDF, 160.6KB)
* Privacy Notice for Staff (PDF, 268.6KB)
* Staff Benefits (PDF, 2.5MB)
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