Bank Registered & Senior Nurses - HMP Guys Marsh
Are you ready to unlock your potential within a challenging, creative, and fast-paced work environment? Do you want to escape your current job role and work with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past? Now is the time to break into offender healthcare and develop your career.
Oxleas NHS trust was awarded the South West prison contract in 2022 and currently has a portfolio of 19 prisons across the South of England. We are expanding our pool of bank workers by recruiting Registered Nurses & Senior Nurses to work within the Prison service on a flexible basis.
Our healthcare team has a real impact on promoting health and well-being in prison, using skills and strategies that instill hope for patients' future resettlement into the community. We deliver Mental Health, Physical Health, Pharmacy, and Clinical Substance Misuse services in an integrated healthcare model to provide effective and responsive care, improving well-being and supporting better outcomes.
Please note: We are looking for registered nurses at band 5 or 6. Banding will be discussed at interview and is based on experience.
To work as a bank-only worker, you must have completed preceptorship training or have at least 6 months post-qualification experience.
Main duties of the job
As a Registered Nurse, you will exercise a high degree of personal and professional autonomy, planning and reaching complex and critical judgments. You will deliver high-quality clinical care within the Integrated Healthcare Service for the prison, including acute & primary care, long-term conditions management, enhanced assessment, diagnostic intervention, and health promotion activities. You must demonstrate robust expert clinical skills and a sound understanding of evidence-based nursing practice to ensure quality and outcome-driven care.
As a Senior Nurse, you will provide high-quality primary care services and specialist interventions for offenders. You will deliver a nurse-led integrated primary care service, including emergency response and first night in custody/new registration services. You will maintain effective case management to ensure continuity of care throughout the patient’s pathway in prison, delivering clinics and consultations effectively and promoting health and disease prevention.
About us
Oxleas - About Us
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services in community and secure settings, including community health, learning disabilities, mental health, and more. Our multidisciplinary teams work across various environments, including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, and homes. We operate over 125 sites across the South of England, including London boroughs and secure hospital sites. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services in several regions. Our purpose is to improve lives through excellent care, guided by our values:
* We're Kind
* We Listen
* We Care
Job responsibilities
Registered Nurse Duties:
* Support effective delivery of the integrated healthcare service model.
* Manage a complex clinical caseload.
* Implement and maintain the National Standards for Healthcare in Prisons.
* Ensure clinics and consultations are delivered effectively and timely.
Senior Nurse Duties:
* Exercise autonomy, plan, and reach critical judgments with decision-making skills.
* Deliver high-quality clinical care, including acute & primary care, long-term conditions, assessments, and health promotion, aligned with NHS standards.
* Demonstrate expert clinical skills and promote evidence-based practice and research.
* Participate in supervision, training, and appraisal of junior staff.
* Implement patient-centered care planning, long-term condition registers, and ensure continuity of treatment.
* Collaborate with clinical leads, GPs, and other clinicians to meet service needs.
* Deputize for the team manager when required.
* Work effectively in challenging environments, adhering to health and safety policies.
* Ensure familiarity with prison standards, policies, and regulations.
* Promote equality, dignity, and a harassment-free workplace environment.
(Full Job Descriptions are available in the supporting documents section.)
IMPORTANT INFORMATION, PLEASE READ:
All applicants must be willing to undertake National Security Vetting, which is part of the pre-employment checks.
Required documentation includes proof of right to work, ID (including photographic ID), proof of address, and, if applicable, overseas police checks or certificates of good conduct.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registered NMC Qualification (Band 5/6)
* Postgraduate Qualification or equivalent experience (Band 6)
Experience
* Experience in setting, monitoring, and evaluating standards of care (Band 5/6)
* Minimum two years' experience at Band 5 (Band 6)
* Experience working with multi-professional teams and in partnership with organizations (Band 6)
* Knowledge of current issues in prison/offender healthcare (Band 6)
Skills
* Strong written and verbal communication skills (Band 5/6)
* Ability to manage complex and challenging behavior (Band 6)
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This role is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. A disclosure check will be required.
Salary: £32,324 to £39,405 per annum (pro-rata)
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