# Registered Nurse - HMP Northumberland

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Spectrum Community Health CIC.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Spectrum Community Health CIC
- **Location:** HMP Northumberland
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Registered nurse
- **Grade:** Band 5
- **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 per annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-08T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-08-25T12:40:49.406Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/West_Yorkshire/Morpeth/Spectrum_Community_Health_CIC/Primary_Care_Nurse/Primary_Care_Nurse-v8234783
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8234783?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://spectrum-cic.org.uk/

## Job Content

### Job overview

To provide a comprehensive physical health service as part of the Multi-Disciplinary Team to patients with physical health needs within Health & Justice. In conjunction with the management team contribute to and deliver a comprehensive Primary Health Service in partnership with mental health and key stakeholders as part of a multidisciplinary team within the prison setting.

This role involves undertaking health assessments, administering medication and treatments, performing diagnostic tests, as appropriate, and providing and evaluating a range of health interventions to meet prisoner health and social care needs.

### Main duties of the job

The post holder will be required to work flexibly across the service to provide responsive, evidence-based interventions working alongside physical and mental health clinical teams.

The postholder will be part of a team that provides primary care within a prison, preventing transfer to outside hospitals. They will demonstrate knowledge, skills and understanding of health issues and treatment options and have a keen interest in developing knowledge and skills across the integrated services.

The post holder will be expected to operate in line with our shared commitment to our values; Working Together, Integrity, Respect and Recognition, Compassion and Innovation.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information 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.

## Person Specification

### Knowledge

**Essential**

- Knowledge of current healthcare issues.
- Knowledge of clinical governance audit, risk management and quality agenda.
- Working within a multi-disciplinary healthcare team.
- Competent in clinical practice e.g., phlebotomy, ECG monitoring
- Worked in a complex environment managing deteriorating patients
- Understanding and application of confidentiality

**Desirable**

- Experience of working within a Health & Justice environment.
- Experience of health needs assessment/Triage
- Working to Patient Group Directives
- Experience in working in general practice
- Management / Minor Injuries Experience of using SystmOne or willing to undertake training

### NMC Registered

**Essential**

- Registered Nurse Level 1 – Adult / General/Mental Health

**Desirable**

- Mentorship / supervision/teaching / assessing experience/ training

### Personal Qualities

**Essential**

- Professional attitude
- Ability to work as team member through developing and maintaining positive working relationships
- Positive attitude to change
- Non-judgmental attitude treating others with courtesy and respect at all times

### Skills and Abilities

**Essential**

- Excellent communication skills
- Able to work autonomous and part of a team
- Ability to prioritise and organise own workload and that of other staff
- Ability to work in a challenging and diverse environment
- Keyboard skills - computer literate with a working knowledge of Microsoft Officee
- Able to maintain contemporaneous clinical records following clinical activities.

## Documents

- [band 5 nurse (pdf, 215.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10545081)
- [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)

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