Job overview
PLEASE NOTE THAT WE WILL ONLY ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FROM STAFF CURRENTLY EMPLOYED BY SWANSEA BAY HEALTH BOARD
Join our Team as a Band 5 Prison Nurse at HMP Swansea
Step into a role that’s as rewarding as it is unique. As a Band 5 Prison Nurse, you’ll deliver high-quality healthcare in a challenging yet supportive environment, making a real difference to the lives of people in custody. Every day brings variety—from managing chronic conditions and running nurse-led clinics to responding to emergencies and supporting mental health and substance misuse recovery. You’ll work closely with a multidisciplinary team, ensuring care that meets NHS standards while promoting wellbeing and rehabilitation. This role demands resilience, adaptability, and compassion, offering opportunities to develop specialist skills and progress your career. If you’re ready for a nursing role that combines clinical expertise with social impact, this is your chance to make a difference where it counts.
Main duties of the job
To assist and support the Band 6 Primary Healthcare lead in ensuring that services are delivered in accordance to HMP Swansea’s Health Delivery Plan
To partake in the areas of primary health care nurse triage and medication administration.
Prioritises own work load within agreed objectives deciding when to refer to others as appropriate.
Be an effective member of the Prison Healthcare service.
To make a professional contribution to the development of prison healthcare services, in accordance with Prison Service and NHS/HB directives.
To develop run and assess evaluate nurse led clinics, Blood Borne Virus vaccination clinics (depending on experience and skill set) reporting to Band 6 primary care lead.
Work, facilitate and report to visiting specialists to assess and review patient care.
Carry out relevant care according to the individualised multidisciplinary care plan contribute to clinical reviews and other meetings reporting on patients condition to other professionals.
To practice algorithm nurse triage in accordance to own competency using evidence based practice and reporting/ referring on to senior colleges or doctors as needed.
Provide emergency response must work weekends and night duty as part of rota.
Working for our organisation
We believe staff are our best asset and we want you to be happy and confident about starting your career here in Swansea Bay University Health Board.
As one of the biggest healthcare groups in the UK we can offer a wealth of professional training and development opportunities in an innovative, forward-thinking organisation.
You might be a nurse or doctor, maybe you specialise in a health science/therapy or can offer skills in one of our support services - we have a job for you.
There are also apprenticeships, work placements and volunteering roles available.
We are an inclusive employer and welcome applications from everyone whatever their sex; religion or belief; race; age; sexual orientation; gender identity or, whether they are pregnant or have recently been on maternity leave, married or are in a civil partnership; or, whether they are disabled.
Our values - Caring For Each Other, Working Together and Always Improving, show that our commitment to equality is at the heart of everything we do.
If you want excellent career and training opportunities while living on the doorstep of some of Europe's most spectacular scenery, with all the benefits of a thriving and cosmopolitan city - look no further.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Prioritises own work load within agreed objectives deciding when to refer to others as appropriate.
Be an effective member of the Prison Healthcare service.
To make a professional contribution to the development of prison healthcare services, in accordance with Prison Service and NHS/HB directives.
To develop run and assess evaluate nurse led clinics, Blood Borne Virus vaccination clinics (depending on experience and skill set) reporting to Band 6 primary care lead.
Work, facilitate and report to visiting specialists to assess and review patient care.
Carry out relevant care according to the individualised multidisciplinary care plan contribute to clinical reviews and other meetings reporting on patients condition to other professionals.
To practice algorithm nurse triage in accordance to own competency using evidence based practice and reporting/ referring on to senior colleges or doctors as needed.
Provide emergency response must work weekends and night duty as part of rota.
Person specification
Qualifications and/or Knowledge
Essential criteria
1. NMC registered
2. Clear understanding of consent process
Desirable criteria
3. Evidence of post registration study and training, e.g. Intermediate Life Support
4. POVA
5. Child/Adult Protection
6. Intermediate Life Support if required in clinical setting
Experience
Essential criteria
7. Experience of providing holistic nursing care
8. Pre-registration evidence in direct nursing care
9. Interest in developing nursing skills
Desirable criteria
10. Implement evidence based practice
11. Clear understanding of clinical governance framework
Swansea Bay University Health Board is committed to supporting its staff and processes to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing service users experience. In our commitment to increase the number of staff able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we would particularly welcome applications from Welsh speakers.
Equality remains at the centre of the Health Boards policy-making, service delivery and employment practices. We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race, religion, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.
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.
Welsh language skills are desirable