Practice Nurse (Bank)

Job summary

UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE

+ MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE

We have an exciting opportunity for a Practice Nurse (Bank) to join our team at Gatwick Immigration Removal Centre, located in Gatwick.

Parking on site, working within the Immigration estate, in a challenging and fast paced environment with good induction programme. Working with a wide range of healthcare professionals.

Hours

Bank shifts which will be ad-hoc. Days are 07:00 to 19:30hrs, Nights are 19:00 to 07:30hrs.

Salary

£23.83 per hour

How will we support you?

Bespoke induction, including our Introducing Health in Justice training course

Competency framework

Regional and national career development opportunities

Our bespoke Learning Management System to address your learning needs

Support from the wider team

Candidates are required to have a Legal right to work in the UK and due to the nature of the role, offers of employment will be subject to additional vetting and security checks.

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Main duties of the job

As a Practice Nurse, your responsibilities will vary:

• Teams will work together at each stage of the patient journey, supporting them as they arrive into prison (Early Days in Custody Team), delivering the care they need, promoting good health and supporting resettlement (Planned Care Team) and responding to urgent and emergency needs (Unscheduled Care Team).
• You need expert clinical skills and demonstrate judgement in assessing and managing wide ranging and complex patient problems.
• You will provide clinical leadership for the Primary care team and be a critical leader within the scheduled care Team.
• You will deliver face to face care and provide safe and effective health assessments and treatment of patients within the establishment.
• You will be accountable for your own practice, including the assessment, diagnosis, treatment and discharge or referral of patients, independent of medical intervention.
• To practice as a Practice Nurse within own scope of clinical competence and agreed acceptable limits of practice.
• This is to include senior leadership in complex wounds, long term conditions and QoF management.

If you are interested in career development, we have a wide range of opportunities for you to develop your skills and experience, which include both internal and external options for development and learning.

About us

The Health in Justice team at Practice Plus Group makes a real difference across over 53 prisons, young offenders and immigration removal centres. Were the UKs leading independent provider of NHS services to over 40,000 patients in secure environments, always putting their needs first, regardless of their background.

Practice Plus Groups purpose is to Unlock your best work life and we stand by our core values:

• we treat patients and each other as they would like to be treated
• we act with integrity
• we embrace diversity
• we strive to do things better together

We are looking for caring, compassionate but also driven professionals who can help us drive our vision for a fair and inclusive healthcare access to all.

Qualifications required

• Registered Nurse: Adult Nursing with current NMC registration
• Experience working autonomously as a clinical practitioner following best practice guidance and identifying risk to patients through sound use of clinical expertise
• Knowledge of clinical audit and its relationship to research
• Knowledge of the statutory requirements for the safeguarding of adults and children
• Willing to be innovative and embrace learning through continued professional development and the practical application of new skills in the workplace

Although not essential ideal applicants would have experience in a hospital, community or prison environment.