Registered Nurse or Paramedic | Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust in Bristol

This is an excellent opportunity for a Primary Care Practitioner (Nurse or Paramedic) to join our team of diverse, talented healthcare professionals to deliver care that is not only efficient but deeply centred on the patient. Our healthcare team have a real impact on promoting health and well-being to those in prison and we pride ourselves on using skills and strategies that instil hope for patients’ future resettlement back into the community.

We directly deliver Mental Health, Physical Health, Pharmacy and Clinical Substance Misuse in an integrated healthcare delivery model to provide effective and responsive care to improve wellbeing and support better outcomes in the future. Our Band 5 Practitioners are all given the opportunity to undertake a development pathway, where a clear competency framework is set to aid your professional development. This pathway will focus on both clinical and personal skills to enable you to apply for more senior positions once your competencies have been met. We strongly encourage applications from both newly qualified professionals and experienced Band 5 practitioners looking for a career in offender healthcare, with a structured progression pathway to aid your development.

As a registered Nurse/Paramedic you will provide high quality primary care services and a range of specialist interventions for offenders. At HMP Bristol, we deliver a nurse-led integrated primary care service and operate a specialist practice-based clinical model of care. You will be delivering high quality clinical care within the Integrated Healthcare Service for the prison, demonstrating robust expert clinical skills and providing evidence-based nursing practice to those in prison.

Our primary care practitioners carry out a range of duties including:

• Reception screening
• Emergency response
• Long term conditions management
• Planned care (e.g. running clinics)
• Enhanced assessment and diagnostic intervention services
• Health promotion activities

This position isn't just a job; it’s a chance to blend your clinical knowledge, personal skills and a commitment to delivering the highest standards of care in an environment that is as rewarding as it is challenging.

Shift pattern: 3 x 12.5-hour shifts (7:00am–7:30pm) per week for 3 weeks and 4 x 12.5 hour shifts (7:00am–7:30pm) on the 4th week. Where possible, one shift will be protected for mandatory training, supervision, and administration on-site.

• 2 weekends in every 6-week roster including both Saturday and Sunday.
• 1 set of 3-night shifts every 12-week roster including 2 per annum on weekends (7:00pm–7:30am).

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. We welcome applications from both newly qualified and experienced registered healthcare professionals who are interested in developing a career in offender healthcare. Newly qualified practitioners will be supported through a structured prison healthcare preceptorship programme; however, applicants should be aware that this programme is specific to offender healthcare and does not replace or contribute towards profession-specific preceptorship or portfolio requirements, such as the Newly Qualified Paramedic (NQP) programme.

Applicants should also note that this role is a Registered Healthcare Professional position within a prison healthcare setting rather than a profession-specific clinical role, and practice exposure may differ from that experienced in traditional healthcare settings.

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. Address History: 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.

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.

This advert closes on Tuesday 16 Jun 2026.

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