# Lead Nurse - HMP Liverpool > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Spectrum Community Health CIC. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/lead-nurse-hmp-liverpool/e3a59ff2-22f4-4a34-8950-3035c40b13d0 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/lead-nurse-hmp-liverpool/e3a59ff2-22f4-4a34-8950-3035c40b13d0.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Spectrum Community Health CIC - **Location:** HMP Liverpool - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children) - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent: Substance Misuse Practitioner - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Role is subject to shift work. Shifts at HMP Liverpool are either Main Shifts- 07:30 to 18:00, A Shifts- 07:30-21:00 or Night Shifts 20:45-07:45.) - **Closing date:** 2026-11-09T23:59:59.999Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-26T07:00:21.755Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/West_Yorkshire/Liverpool/Spectrum_Community_Health_CIC/Prison_Nursing/Prison_Nursing-v8361719 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8361719?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://spectrum-cic.org.uk/ ## Job Content ### Job overview Are you an experienced Registered Nurse seeking a role that truly makes a difference? We're looking for dedicated professionals to join our prison integrated healthcare service as a Senior Substance Misuse Practitioner, where every day brings new challenges and rewards in equal measure. Why work with us? ✓ Outstanding reputation – CQC-praised for innovative care and strong leadership ✓ Excellent benefits – NHS pension, competitive salary, enhanced weekend/night rates ✓ Job security – stable, long-term career opportunities ✓ Career development – comprehensive development strategy for all clinical staff ✓ Supportive environment – work alongside a committed, collaborative team This is more than nursing – it's an opportunity to deliver meaningful care in a dynamic setting where no two days are the same. If you're ready for a fulfilling career that challenges you professionally while offering exceptional rewards, we'd love to hear from you. See below for full details of the role and responsibilities. ### Main duties of the job Your Role: Senior Nurse -Step into a fast-paced, where you'll make a real impact every day. What you'll do: - Provide Leadership – oversee a designated clinical pathway (planned care, unplanned care, inpatient care, early days in custody.) Ensuring high quality care is being delivered. Reporting in to the manager you will provide assurance through audits of Health & Justice Indicators of Performance. - Provide Support -Support colleagues in other areas during periods of high acuity, promoting teamwork, collaborative working, and a joined-up approach to service delivery. - Provide Clinical Care – you will support the registered nurses and healthcare support workers to deliver care, taking on complex cases and leading by example through direct clinical care. - Shift Coordination– once a week you will be assigned as the shift coordinator, overseeing all the pathways as the first point of escalation. Planning service delivery and responding to emerging pressures and challenges, maintaining a solution focussed approach to ensure our patients receive the best care whilst supporting the staff. - Support Staff Development – you will provide clinical supervision to assigned staff to assist their professional development and support the wider leadership team by feeding back good practice and areas for development raised in supervision. - Collaborate across teams – work closely with prison colleagues and partnership agencies, attend key meetings, and contribute to integrated care delivery ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For more information on working here at HMP Liverpool, please see attached job description/person specification and recruitment pack. ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## 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 ## Documents - [recruitment faq's (pdf, 325.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3014) - [spectrum's benefits (jpg, 188.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2774) - [applicant information pack (pdf, 832.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10688451) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 227.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10688450) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.