# Primary Care Nurse

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** HMP Peterborough
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children)
- **Salary:** £39959.00 to £48117.00
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-08-26T07:00:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-08-12T14:18:46.941Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8164399
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8164399?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.nhft.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

At HMP Peterborough, we are committed to delivering outstanding, compassionate healthcare to a diverse and often vulnerable population. As a Band 6 Primary Care Nurse, you will play a key role in providing high-quality, person-centred care within a secure custodial environment, helping to reduce health inequalities and improve health outcomes for those in our care.

This is a rewarding and varied role that offers the opportunity to work autonomously whilst being part of a supportive multidisciplinary healthcare team. You will assess, plan, deliver and evaluate evidence-based nursing care, manage long-term conditions, undertake health screening, promote wellbeing, and respond to a wide range of physical health needs.

As a Band 6 nurse, you will also provide clinical leadership and support to colleagues, acting as a role model who demonstrates professionalism, compassion and clinical excellence. You will contribute to service development, quality improvement initiatives and the ongoing delivery of safe, effective healthcare services.

We are looking for a motivated and compassionate registered nurse who shares NHFT's commitment to Putting People First, Respect, Inclusion, Dedication and Empowerment (PRIDE). You will be resilient, adaptable and passionate about making a positive difference to people's lives, working in partnership with patients, colleagues and external agencies to deliver the best possible care.

### Main duties of the job

- Clinical Assessment and treatment
- Long term condition management
- Reception screening and health promotion
- Medicines management
- Clinical leadership and mentorship
- Clinical governance and quality improvement
- Multi disciplinary team working

Please note this is not an exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities of the post. The post holder may be required to undertake other duties as may reasonably be required commensurate with the grade and/or hours of work at the post holders initial place of work or at any other of the Trust’s establishments.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please note this post is subject to security vetting. To be considered for this post you will need to have continuously resided in the UK without any breaks for a minimum of 3 years prior to this application and be able to evidence your years of residency. Please note without sufficient evidence your application may not progress.

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document.

### 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**

- Working at band 6 level

**Desirable**

- worked in a prison environment

### Registration

**Essential**

- NMC registered RGN

### Security Vetting

**Essential**

- The application includes evidence of the required years of UK residency to meet prison vetting standards

### Knowledge and Skills

**Essential**

- IT proficiency
- Experience in Long term conditions

**Desirable**

- Experience in prison environment
- Emergency care experience
- RCGP level 1 in drug misuse

## Documents

- [band 6 rgn (pdf, 280.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10465616)
- [your guide to nhft (pdf, 1.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3047)

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