Bank Long Term Conditions Nurse

We have an exciting opportunity for a Bank Long Term Conditions Nurse to join our Primary Care at HMP Brixton, a category C Prison located in London Borough of Lambeth, in inner-South London. With numerous training and development pathways, free parking on site and easy links to central London, HMP Brixton offers a great and rewarding working environment!

Hours
This is a bank role working ad hoc shifts.

Salary
This position is bank; you’ll receive an hourly rate of £25.14.

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 on a permanent basis and due to the nature of the role, offers of employment will be subject to additional vetting and security checks.

Main duties of the job
As a Long Term Conditions Nurse, your responsibilities will vary. You will:

• Be responsible for ensuring a comprehensive handover of services when patients are transferring across wings or custodial care settings.
• Identify immediate health needs including any external services or prescribing requirements that prisoners may have received e.g. prior to remand or repatriation onto a wing.
• Facilitate arrangements between agencies involved in delivering a complex care package to ensure effective collaboration and stability for the patient in delivery of that care.
• Provide proactive intervention to urgently address improvement recommendations from CQC and HMPPS inspections.
• Deliver continuity of care across health and social care agencies from courts, to custody and community whilst improving the communication between the above.
• Inspire the continuous improvement of MDT working across HMP and healthcare teams.

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. We’re the UK’s 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 Group’s purpose is to unlock your best work life and we stand by our core values:

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

Qualifications
Registered Nurse- General with relevant NMC Registration
Advanced Nurse Prescriber/ Practitioner
Educated to degree level
Knowledge of health and social care models across the criminal justice system and of national and local initiatives relating to physical health
Knowledge of Evidence Based Practice and Clinical Governance
Experience of assessing the needs of and working with individuals with complex health and social care needs.

Desirable
Please click the apply button to see the Job Description and Person Specification.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: Practice Plus Group
Address: Jebb Ave, Brixton, London, Greater London, SW2 5XF