Overview
We are seeking a Registered Nurse to join our team of diverse, talented healthcare professionals to deliver care that is efficient, patient‑centred, and focused on the wellbeing and resettlement of offenders. The role is based at HMP Channings Wood and involves providing high‑quality primary and specialist care within a nurse‑led integrated primary care service.
Key Responsibilities
* Deliver high quality clinical care within the Integrated Healthcare Service for the prison, including 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.
* Demonstrate robust expert clinical skills and evidence‑based nursing practice to provide a pro‑active, outcome‑driven approach to care on a day‑to‑day basis.
* Support the development of evidence‑based practice in the specialist field and promote research as appropriate.
* Participate in managerial and professional clinical supervision programme, training, annual appraisal and integrate this into team practice.
* Implement effective patient‑centred care‑planning tools, maintain long‑term condition registers and ensure consistent delivery across all prisons within the service.
* Collaborate with the Clinical Lead, GPs and other clinicians to meet and review service needs as required.
* Work as part of skilled multidisciplinary teams comprising all healthcare staff, including strategic partners and prison staff, managing a single referral pathway.
* Undertake training to maximise uptake of screening, health promotion and prevention activity, including vaccinations.
* Ensure each patient with complex needs has a named care co‑ordinator and follows a stepped‑care approach to clinical interventions.
* Exercise a high degree of personal and professional autonomy, making complex and critical judgments and decision‑making on a day to day.
* Provide high‑quality primary care services and a range of specialist interventions for offenders, operating within a nurse‑led integrated primary care service.
Duties
* Reception screening
* Emergency response
* Long‑term conditions management
* Planned care (e.g. running clinics)
* Enhanced assessment and diagnostic intervention services
* Health promotion activities
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse with valid NMC registration.
* Experience as a Band 5 nurse or newly qualified registered nurse accepted for a preceptorship position.
* Structured progression pathway available to aid professional development.
* Willingness to undertake National Security Vetting to work in a prison setting.
Employment Details
30 hours per week – 1 year fixed‑term contract.
Application Deadline
The advert closes on Tuesday 7 Apr 2026.
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