Registered Nurse - HMP Liverpool + £1500 welcome payment
NHS AfC: Band 5
Job overview
Do you want to be a part of a dynamic community here at HMP Liverpool? Whether you are starting out in your healthcare journey or are an experienced healthcare professional looking for a new challenge, we’ve got a role for you!
Working in HMP Liverpool presents unique challenges and opportunities for healthcare professionals due to the poor health of the patients who find themselves in custody.
We are recruiting to positions for both Registered Nurses and also those with a keen interest in Substance Misuse.
If you’re seeking a role that allows you to utilise your nursing, interpersonal and clinical skills to prevent patients returning to this environment whilst continuing to learn in a dynamic environment, please apply today!
You will work collaboratively with Merseycare Mental Health Team, Change Grow Live (recovery staff), and HMPPS staff to ensure the best possible care is provided to the patients.
Main duties of the job
As a Registered Nurse, your role encompasses a wide range of responsibilities such as:
1. Supporting multi-disciplinary teams such as:
* Diabetic retinopathy screening
* AAA screening
* Ultrasounds and X-Rays
1. Medication rounds and dispensing
2. Emergency response situations
3. Nurse-led clinics, such as:
* NHS Health Checks
* Immunisations and Vaccinations
* NHS Bowel Screening
* Wound and Tissue Viability assessments
4. Assessing new patients who have just arrived at the establishment for the first time
5. Completing clinical assessments
6. Triaging the acutely unwell patients
Working for our organisation
The Health and Justice division of Spectrum Community Health plays a crucial role in positively impacting the lives of individuals within secure environments, sexual health services and short term holding facilities.
We offer an array of opportunities to enhance your skills and broaden your experience.
We have an ambition to become a truly lived experience inclusive employer, changing how we approach staff experience and value personal stories our colleagues bring with them.
We welcome applications from everyone, including applicants with lived experience, those who belong to the LGBTQIA+ Community, and people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more information on working here at HMP Liverpool, please see the attached job description/person specification and recruitment pack.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse Level 1 – Adult / General/Mental Health
* Mentorship / supervision/teaching / assessing experience/ training
Knowledge and Experience
* Knowledge of current healthcare issues
* Knowledge of clinical governance audit, risk management and quality agenda
* Competent in clinical practice e.g., phlebotomy, ECG monitoring
* Worked in a complex environment managing deteriorating patients
* Understanding and application of confidentiality
* Experience of working within a Health & Justice environment
* Experience of health needs assessment/Triage
* Management / Minor Injuries
* Experience of using SystmOne or willing to undertake training
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
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