Registered Nurse - HMP Hull

Job overview

Whether you’re completely new to offender healthcare or looking for your next challenge, joining Spectrum will give you an excellent opportunity to expand your nursing skills and develop your clinical practice.

As a Registered Nurse (Band 5), you’ll be an integral part of our Primary Care and clinical DART team, supporting some of our most vulnerable patients and planning care for people with complex and challenging health needs. You’ll be confident in all aspects of primary care delivery - including undertaking health assessments and performing diagnostic tests – and able to work flexibly to meet the needs of our service.

We’re looking for a candidate with lots of energy and an enthusiastic, “can do” attitude. As part of a multidisciplinary team, you’ll be working closely with Mental Health and Substance Misuse services to optimise on-site care and you’ll need to form working relationships with a wide range of partners.

In addition to the key benefits of working for Spectrum Healthcare HMP Hull offer free ‘on-site’ car parking, access to a gym and subsidised canteen.

We aim to be flexible in matching your availability with our work patterns and the needs of the service and therefore we are also able to offer part time and flexible working options.

Main duties of the job

• Working closely with our management team and key stakeholders, you will contribute to the delivery of a comprehensive primary care health service.
• You will be part of a multi-disciplinary team, undertaking physical health assessments of patients, planning care and providing a range of health treatments/interventions.
• You will support patients to address issues that affect their own health, behaviour and social welfare
• Manage competing priorities and react to unforeseen circumstances, incidents and emergency situations.
• This role does include rotation to weekends and night

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details on the advertised role.

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.