Registered Nurse

Provide high-quality primary care andspecialist interventions for offenders in a nurse-led, integrated service.

Deliver robust clinical care, demonstrating expert skills and evidence- based nursing practice.

Key duties include

• Reception screening
• Emergency response
• Long-term conditions management
• Planned care (e.g., running clinics, administering medication)
• Enhanced assessment and diagnostic services
• Health promotion activities
• Act as first responder to medical emergencies until additional help arrives.
• Navigate the prison environment and security elements.

Role Specific Requirements

The role demands clinical expertise, autonomy, and a proactive approach to care.

There is a strong emphasis on integrated, multidisciplinary teamwork and evidence-based practice.

The position involves both direct patient care and broader responsibilities in service development, health promotion, and collaboration.

Custodial Responsibilities

• Assume personal responsibility for the security of issued keys.
• Carry and use correctly a prison issued radio and security keys.
• Understand and comply with prison orders, procedures, and instructions in your area of work.
• Comply with all security requirements.
• Respond to any situation or circumstance that might indicate a threat to the security of the establishment or to the safety of an individual, completing Incident, Security, Injury, or other reports as appropriate.
• Report breaches of order and discipline including reporting and recording untoward incidents according to local protocol.
• Contribute to effective risk assessment and management procedures

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 photographicID
• 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).