Job summary
Do you want to be a part of a dynamic community here at HMP Forest Bank? Whether you are starting out in your healthcare journey or are an experienced healthcare professional looking for a new challenge, we've got a role for you!
Working in HMP Forest Bank presents unique challenges and opportunities for healthcare professionals due to the poor health of the patients who find themselves in custody.
If you're seeking a role that allows you to utilise your nursing, interpersonal and clinical skills to prevent patients returning to this environment whilst continuing to learn in a dynamic environment, please apply today!
Main duties of the job
As a Lead Nurse, your role encompasses a wide range of responsibilities and leadership such as:
Shift coordination - overseeing staffing levels and production of rotas.
Participating in audits
Management of junior members of staff
Supporting multi-disciplinary team's such as:
o Diabetic retinopathy screening
o AAA screening
o Ultrasounds and X-Rays
Medication rounds and dispensing
Emergency response situations
Patient assessments
Nurse-led clinics, such as:
o NHS Health Checks
o Immunisations and Vaccinations
o NHS Bowel Screening
o Phlebotomy clinics
o Wound and Tissue Viability assessments.
Assessing new patients who have just arrived at the establishment for the first time.
Complete clinical assessments
Triaging the acutely unwell patients
About us
The Health and Justice division of Spectrum Community Health plays a crucial role in positively impacting the lives of individuals within secure environments, sexual health services and short-term holding facilities.
We offer an array of opportunities to enhance your skills and broaden your experience.
We have an ambition to become a truly lived experience inclusive employer, changing how we approach staff experience and value personal stories our colleagues bring with them.
We welcome applications from everyone, including applicants with lived experience, those who belong to LGBTQIA+ Community and are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (or questioning), Intersex and Asexual, people with a disability, neurodivergent applicants and people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds.
Details
- Date posted: 25 June 2026
- Pay scheme: Agenda for change
- Band: Band 6
- Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year per annum pro rata
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Part-time
- Reference number: 847-RM-26-V886
- Job locations: HMP Forest Bank, Agecroft Road, Pendlebury, M27 8FA, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities
For more information on working here at HMP Forest Bank, please see attached job description/person specification and recruitment pack.
Person specification
Experience
Essential
- Post registration experience
- Significant experience of working in a complex environment with multidisciplinary professionals demonstrating effective communication and leadership skills
- Be able to demonstrate experience of clinical governance used to improve patient care
- Experience of working as an autonomous practitioner
- Change management experience
- Experience of leading a team and effectively using policy and procedures to improve clinical and professional standards
- Experience of multidisciplinary/multi agency working
- Understanding and application of confidentiality
Desirable
- Experience of working within Health & Justice
- Experience of working in primary care/substance misuse/acute care
- Understanding of local and national key documents and their impact on health care delivery in a prison setting
- Research experience
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered General Nurse Level 1
- Evidence of ongoing CPD and delivery of evidence based care
- Independent Nurse /Supplementary/ NonMedical Prescriber qualification or willingness to undertake
- Appropriate management qualification of equivalent experience
Desirable
- RCGP Cert 1/2 Primary Care/LTC qualification
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This advert is for Lead Nurse - HMP Forest Bank with Spectrum Community Health CIC in Everthorpe, North East and Yorkshire, United Kingdom. It is listed as a Band 6 Nurse (adult and children) role. The advertised salary is £39,959 to £48,117 a year. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 09 Jul 2026.
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