Staff Nurse post at HMP East Sutton Park, a women's open prison run by the integrated healthcare service of Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust. The role centres on primary care clinics, daily medication administration and responding to emergencies across the prison's wings and communal areas. Staff nurses also supervise junior colleagues and students, serving around 100 women housed in a Grade II listed manor house. Candidates need NMC registration and national security vetting, and the Trust cannot offer a certificate of sponsorship.
What the job involves
- Run primary care clinics covering same-day urgent triage, long-term condition management, immunisations, wound care, health screening and care planning
- Administer medication
- Respond to emergencies on site, including on the wings, in healthcare and in communal areas
- Deliver high-quality clinical care across acute and primary care, long-term conditions, enhanced assessment, diagnostic intervention and health promotion
- Exercise autonomy and make complex clinical judgements within Trust policies and the NMC Code
- Apply evidence-based clinical skills to deliver proactive, outcome-driven practice
- Lead service user assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation of patient-centred care
- Supervise, mentor and support junior colleagues, students and unregistered staff, including safe delegation of tasks
- Assist the manager in delivering a nurse-led integrated care service and developing a specialist practice-based model of care
- Maintain a safe, therapeutic environment and work with the multidisciplinary team
- Keep accurate records
- Uphold the Trust values in all interactions with service users, families, carers and colleagues
Qualifications
- Degree-level or equivalent clinical training
Registration & licences
- NMC registration as a registered nurse
Experience
- Working in a multidisciplinary team and handling complex, sensitive information
- Working knowledge of current healthcare issues in chosen specialism
- Setting, monitoring and evaluating standards of care
Skills & knowledge
- Clear written, verbal and non-verbal communication with patients, carers and the multidisciplinary team
- Presenting ideas clearly and persuasively
- Working autonomously and leading and empowering people to decide and plan ahead
- Managing complex and challenging behaviour
- Working in a challenging and changing environment
Checks & eligibility
- National Security Vetting
- Right to work in the UK, photographic ID and proof of address
- Five years' address history, with a police certificate or overseas criminal record check where required
Other
- Daily use of physical health equipment and manual handling
- Exposure to distressing and highly emotional circumstances
What’s offered
- Recruitment and retention incentive included in pay
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
