Senior Primary Care Nurse

Practice Plus Group; Sutton; On-site; GBP 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare service provider is seeking a Senior Primary Care Nurse in Sutton to lead a multi-disciplinary team in delivering high-quality care at HMP Full Sutton. This role includes managing medication, patient assessments, and ensuring evidence-based practice. Candidates should be registered nurses with operational experience in healthcare settings. The position offers a competitive salary up to £49,175 per annum and various development opportunities. This position also involves a range of responsibilities including clinical supervision and continuous quality improvement initiatives.

Benefits

Employee assistance helpline

Discounts on shopping and leisure activities

Professional development support

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with a valid NMC registration.
• Experience in line management and audits.
• Continuous Professional Development evidence.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team to deliver a nurse-led service.
• Undertake medication rounds and assess patients.
• Provide personalized care based on patient feedback.
• Promote best practices and continuous quality improvement.

Skills

Lead a multi-disciplinary team

Medication management

Patient assessment

Evidence-based care

Clinical supervision

Patient feedback incorporation

Education

Registered nurse – Adult

Current professional qualification (NMC)

Mentoring assessor qualification

Job description

About The Role

UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE+ MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Primary Care Nurse to join our Primary Care team at HMP Full Sutton, a category A men’s Prison located in Full Sutton, York.

This site is located in a rural location with their own parking on site, an on-site gym, café, team building days and well-being events annually, regular 1-1's and good scope to develop.

Hours

37.5 hours a week, however may incorporate some night shifts. Working 7am-7.15pm / 7pm- 7.15am including 1 weekend in two every month. 3x 12 hour shifts for 3 weeks, 4x 12 hour shifts on 4th week.

Salary

This position is full time, you’ll receive an annual salary up to £49,175 per annum FTE - depending on experience.

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.

What you'll be doing

As a Senior Primary Care Nurse, your responsibilities will vary. You will

• Lead a multi-disciplinary team to deliver a nurse led service and prevent hospital admissions
• Undertake medication rounds, dispense controlled medication, attend emergency response situations, assess patients, and undertake reception screening
• Provide outstanding evidence based care to our patients, seeking out, listening to and acting on their feedback, so that care is personalised and informed by what matters to them
• Deliver non-judgemental care that makes a real difference
• Inspire excellence by forging strong links with our partners and stakeholders and providing a service that people can trust, feel safe within, and feel proud of
• Promote best practice, clinical supervision, evidence based care and continuous quality improvement, embedding a culture of shared learning
• Share knowledge, skills and expertise to ensure safe care, building strong multi-disciplinary teams and supporting each other to do a great job

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.

It doesn’t stop there … we also offer:

• Discounts on shopping and leisure activities
• Support to grow in your role and continue your professional development
• 24/7 employee assistance helpline and financial assistance when you need it

What we’ll look for in you

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

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

Qualifications required:

• Registered nurse – Adult
• Current professional qualification (NMC)
• Experience of line management, audits, governance
• Mentoring assessor qualification and Prescribing - Desirable
• Evidence of Continued Professional Development
• Understanding of the complexities of multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working
• Although not essential ideal applicants would have experience in a hospital, community or prison environment.

Secure environments are one of the most challenging, yet rewarding places for healthcare professionals to work. If you’re looking for a role where you can develop your existing healthcare skills and learn something new every day in an environment that never stands still, then this could be the right opportunity for you.