
Job requirements
Essential
16 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience
Experience of providing and receiving complex, sensitive information
- Experience
Working knowledge of current issues/agendas facing healthcare in chosen area of specialism
- Experience
Experience of setting, monitoring and evaluating standards of care.
- Effort and Enviroment
Daily use of physical health equipment, if required.
- Effort and Enviroment
Patient-facing role, which may expose the practitioner to distressing, emotional conditions
- Effort and Enviroment
Occasional exposure to highly distressing or highly emotional circumstances
- Effort and Enviroment
Ability to manage complex and challenging behaviour
- Effort and Enviroment
Ability to work in a challenging and changing environment
- Effort and Enviroment
Manual handling
- Education/Qualifcaitions
Professional NMC Qualification - Registered Nurse
- Education/Qualifcaitions
Professional, clinical knowledge acquired through training to degree level or equivalent.
- Skills/Abilities/Knowledge
Ability to communicate effectively (written, verbal and non- verbal communication) with patients/relatives and carers and all members of the multi-disciplinary team.
- Skills/Abilities/Knowledge
Ability to present ideas with clarity in a persuasive and influential style.
- Skills/Abilities/Knowledge
Ability to work effectively and autonomously
- Skills/Abilities/Knowledge
Ability to lead and empower people to make decisions and plan ahead.
Desirable
Not listed in the available specification.
Job overview
Our Staff Nurses have a very varied role where no two days are the same.
As a staff nurse, you will be required to exercise a high degree of personal and professional autonomy and have the ability to plan and reach complex and critical judgements. You will be delivering high quality clinical care within the Integrated Healthcare Service for the prison, which will include acute & primary care, long term conditions management, enhanced assessment and diagnostic intervention services and health promotion activities. You will be required to demonstrate and provide robust expert clinical skills with a sound understanding of evidence-based nursing practice to provide a pro-active approach to ensure quality & outcome driven practice on a day-to-day basis.
Our staff nurses operates in 3 areas:
- Primary Care
- Medication Administration
- Emergency Response
You will run daily clinics which include urgent care same day matters to triage and routine primary care such as long term condition management, imms & vacs, wound care, health screening and promotion & care planning. Alongside medication administration.
Our staff nurses also provide emergency response to any incidents on site at the prison, this includes on the wings, in healthcare & communal areas.
**Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post.**
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Main duties of the job
Key Task and Responsibilities
Exercise a high degree of personal and professional autonomy and have the ability to plan and reach complex and critical judgments, using decision-making skills, within the framework of established Trust policies, procedures, and the NMC Code of Conduct.
Deliver high-quality clinical care within the service. This will include acute and primary care, long-term conditions management, enhanced assessment and diagnostic intervention services, health promotion activities and be in line with the NHS Plan, public health indicators and National Service Frameworks.
Demonstrate and provide robust clinical skills with a sound understanding of evidence- based nursing practice to provide a pro-active approach to ensure quality and outcome-driven practice on a day-to-day basis.
Provide day-to-day supervision, mentorship, and support to junior colleagues, students, and unregistered staff, including the safe delegation of tasks in line with the NMC Code of Conduct.
Act as a role model by upholding and demonstrating the Trust values of We're Kind, We're Fair, We Listen, We Care in all interactions with service users, families, carers, and colleagues.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Job Purpose and Summary
The Staff Nurse will deliver high quality, personalised, compassionate care to service users, providing a range of specialist interventions.
Ensure consistently high standards of practice and clinical excellence, which comply with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) code of professional conduct.
Lead the delivery of comprehensive service user assessment, planning, implementing and evaluating programmes of patient-centred care in a range of settings.
Provide clinical supervision and support to junior colleagues, including students.
Assist and support the manager, as directed, to deliver a nurse-led integrated care service and develop a specialist practice-based clinical model of care.
Maintain a safe and therapeutic working environment, working collaboratively with the Multi-Disciplinary Team and maintaining accurate records.
Band 5 Nursing roles are only open to staff with a Nursing registration, obtained as a result of completing a qualification recognised by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
IMPORTANT INFORMATION, PLEASE READ:
All applicants must be willing to undertake National Security Vetting in order to work in a Prison Setting. This will be completed as part of the pre-employment checks through Oxleas and the prison vetting team.
You will need to provide:
Proof of right to work documentation
Proof of ID, needs to include 1 photographic ID
Proof of address documentation
Non-UK passport holders will need to have correct documentation (right to work in the UK) and a Home office Share code.
Address History:
5 years address history will be needed.
Applicants that are not UK Passport holders who provide less than 5 years UK address history will need to provide a Police Certificate which must be in English from where they resided previously.
Applicants who are UK Passport holders who have lived abroad for a period of more than six months during the last three years will need to provide a certificate of good conduct or an overseas police check in English from the countries resided in or visited.
In order to assist you in obtaining a Police Certificate, guidance can be sought from:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants
If the country you have resided in is not listed here, you can obtain the necessary information by contacting the relevant Embassy or High Commission for that Country. Their contact details can be found on the Foreign & Commonwealth Office website (http://www.fco.gov.uk/en).
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.
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This advert is for Staff Nurse - Registered General Nurse with Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust in Dartford, England. It is listed as a Band 5 Staff nurse role. The advertised salary is £34,073 - £41,043 PER ANNUM **RECRUITMENT & RETENTION INCENTIVE INCLUDED**. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 06 Oct 2026.
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