Bank Band 6 Primary Care Senior Staff Nurse - Health & Justice Services

Job overview

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust is a Top Employer Award Winner and works in partnership to provide responsive and dependable primary care, mental health, intellectual disability and substance misuse services to the diverse and culturally rich communities we serve.

In our quest to deliver patient-focused quality care we are looking to recruit a highly motivated, innovative, experienced and enthusiastic Bank Band 6 Primary Care Senior Staff Nurses to join our forward thinking, friendly and expanding Health & Justice team across all our locations, Surrey, Kent, Buckinghamshire & Milton Keynes.

** Essential Requirement, able to demonstrable experience working within a prison or secure custodial healthcare setting**

By joining our Prisons Health Care Team, you will not only look after the healthcare needs of our patients residing in secure environments, but who also can have a real impact on promoting health and well-being. Our healthcare services work to a 7-day week working model, to ensure our patient's healthcare is always managed and maintained to the highest of standards.

Our motto is “Caring NOT Judging” so by working in partnership with the criminal justice system and other agencies, we provide responsive, dependable and high-quality primary care and mental health services to those who may have offended and those at risk of offending in the communities we serve, to improve their health status and to encourage social inclusion.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will:

• Deliver an expert, high-quality primary care service within custodial settings
• Work autonomously to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care
• Manage complex and long-term conditions, urgent presentations and clinical prioritisation
• Provide clinical leadership within a multidisciplinary and integrated healthcare team
• Promote health equality and inclusion health approaches within the prison population
• Support the ongoing development of safe, effective and responsive healthcare services

Additional Bank Requirement:

• Work flexibly across sites with minimal supervision and adapt quickly to different teams and environments
• Maintain clinical competence to work safely with limited local induction

Essential Requirement:

• Demonstrable experience working within a prison or secure custodial healthcare setting

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical

• Undertake comprehensive and advanced patient assessments
• Manage patients with complex, multiple and long-term conditions
• Lead primary care clinics (e.g. LTC management, triage, urgent care)
• Deliver evidence-based interventions and evaluate outcomes
• Administer and manage medications safely in line with policy
• Identify deterioration and respond appropriately within a secure environment
• Make appropriate referrals and ensure continuity of care

Leadership and Coordination

• Act as shift lead / nurse in charge where required
• Supervise, support and develop Band 5 nurses and wider team members
• Provide clinical guidance and decision-making support
• Coordinate care delivery and prioritise workload across the service
• Contribute to maintaining safe staffing and patient flow

Administrative

• Maintain accurate, contemporaneous clinical records in line with CNWL policy, demonstrating high standards of record keeping and documentation
• Complete prison-specific documentation (e.g. incident reports, security intelligence where appropriate)
• Support data collection, audits and service reporting

Education and Development

• Complete all mandatory training.
• Support junior staff and peers, both formally and informally, in their development using encouragement, informal teaching and coaching activities.
• Work with your Senior Managers and wider multidisciplinary team to provide appropriate learning experiences for colleagues, students and others allocated to the team, facilitating new skills and knowledge required to meet changing needs.

Professional

• Work within CNWL policies, NMC Code and relevant legislation
• Maintain professional accountability across varying environments
• Participate in supervision, appraisal and continuing professional development

Responsibilities Specific To The Prison Environment

• Comply with all prison security procedures and local operating protocols
• Work within restrictive regimes and adapt to operational constraints
• Communicate risk information appropriately to relevant staff
• Manage potentially challenging, unpredictable or distressing situations professionally

Working Conditions

• Staff may be exposed to distressing or emotional circumstances such is information regarding patient’s criminal behaviour or occasionally exposed to distressing episodes of self harm.
• Staff will be required to concentrate for periods of time where the work is unpredictable.

GENERAL TRUST RESPONSIBILITIES

The post holder must comply with all CNWL policies including:

• Professional registration
• Safeguarding
• Infection prevention and control
• Data protection and confidentiality
• Equality and diversity
• Health and safety and risk management