Primary Care Staff Nurse - HMP Downview London, England
Job description
Looking for a new direction, have just or soon be qualifying this could be the right role for you to kick off 2023! Prison nursing is both challenging & rewarding, where no two days are the same!
CNWL NHS Foundation Trust is a Top Employer Award Winner & works in partnership to provide responsive & dependable primary care, mental health, intellectual disability & substance misuse services to the diverse & culturally rich communities.
In our quest to deliver patient-focused quality care we are looking to recruit highly motivated, innovative & enthusiastic Primary Care Staff Nurses to join our forward thinking, friendly and expanding Health & Justice team at HMP Downview. By joining our Prisons Health Care Team, you will not only look after the healthcare needs of our patients residing in secure environments, but who also have the opportunity to have a real impact on promoting health & well-being.
Our motto is “Caring NOT Judging” so by working in partnership with the criminal justice system & other agencies, we provide responsive, dependable & high-quality primary care & mental health services to those who may have offended & those at risk of offending in the communities we serve, to improve their health status & to encourage social inclusion.
PLEASE NOTE: OUR ROLES IN SURREY WILL BE SUBJECT TO VETTING CLEARANCE. WHICH REQUIRES YOU TO HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT IN THE UK FOR A MINIMUM OF 3 YEARS. CANDIDATES WHO DO NOT MEET THIS CRITERIA NEED NOT APPLY.
Staff working within Primary Care will:
- Provide an accessible individual patient assessment, treatment and referral service
- Monitor the ongoing health status of patients and address identified issues
- Work with patients to influence the impact on their health arising from current lifestyle patterns/choices
- Implement effective discharge plans for transfer or release locations
- Co-ordinate multi-disciplinary clinical practice to provide focused integrated care and treatment programmes/packages.
- Work collaboratively with staff of other disciplines e.g. officers and governors to provide integrated and coordinated treatment plans.
- Monthly supervision
- Annual personal development plans/appraisals
- Access to exciting internal and external training opportunities.
- Preceptorship Programme
- Support and guidance with Revalidation
- Hidden Gem and annual award ceremonies
- Childcare vouchers
- Health and wellbeing services
- Season ticket loans
- Cycle to work scheme
- Relocation package
All of our sites in Surrey offer free use of the onsite leisure facilities and free parking for staff.
As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
Please see full job description and personal specification for full list of responsibilities':
- Triage patient needs in accordance with specific standard operating procedures and national policy e.g. NICE guidance
- Assess, plan and implement care for patients within each care/treatment pathway in order to promote wellbeing
- Facilitate the use of evidence based practice to ensure that clinical care is both effective and appropriate
- Carry out general nursing duties
- Maintain contemporaneous records
- Support and make a professional contribution to the development of integrated healthcare
- Act as a preceptor/mentor in accordance with experience.
