Primary Care Nurse

Primary Care Nurse Edinburgh, Scotland

NHS Scotland
Full Time Edinburgh, Scotland 28384 - 35365 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

The post holder is responsible for the development and delivery of programmes of care within the unique setting of a prison environment. The post holder is responsible for the initial assessment, planning, implementation and ongoing care needs of the prison population and adjusting the prisoner’s care according to need on a daily basis, including assessing their medication requirements and forwarding the medication request for to either the doctor on duty or the on-call doctor (in most cases there is no medical review undertaken). The post holder is also responsible for deciding when a prisoner should be discharged from their caseload and providing support, education and advice on how to manage the prisoner’s ongoing healthcare needs.

The post holder will lead and manage the Practise/Treatment Room nursing team in the delivery of nursing care within available resources and is responsible for raising awareness of health and social well being, enabling prisoners to improve their own health.

This post requires the post holder to have a PVG Scheme membership/ record. If the post holder is not a current PVG member for the required regulatory group (i.e. child and/or adult) then an application will need to be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before they can begin in post.

For further information on what is included in the role and what skills/experience are being looked for, click on the links at the bottom of the screen to the job description and person specification. If after reading this information you have any questions please contact Laura McConnel on 0131 444 3065 or [email protected]

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Primary Care Nurse
NHS Scotland

www.nhs.uk
London, United Kingdom
Amanda Pritchard
$5 to $25 million (USD)
10000+ Employees
Government
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