Job Description

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust is a Top Employer Award Winner and works in partnership to provide responsive and dependable primary care, mental health, intellectual disability and substance misuse services to the diverse and culturally rich communities we serve.



In our quest to deliver patient-focused quality care we are looking to recruit a highly motivated, innovative and enthusiastic Band 5 Primary Care Staff Nurse to join our forward thinking, friendly and expanding Health & Justice team at HMP High Down.



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 can have a real impact on promoting health and well-being. Our healthcare services work to a 7-day week working model , to ensure our patient's healthcare is always managed and maintained to the highest of standards.



We offer a great range of career pathways to support our nurses through their journey, see the list of endless opportunities under the working for your organisation tab.



Why not see what our staff say about working within our award-winning teams: https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/health-and-justice/find-out-what-its-work-health-and-justice

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.

Key Tasks:

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.



Along with the fully established benefits such as Monthly supervision ; Annual personal development plans/appraisals ; Preceptorship Programme ; Support and guidance with Revalidation ; Hidden Gem & annual award ceremonies .



We are also able to offer a ccess to a full range of internal & external training opportunitie s for our Band 5 & newly qualified Band 5 roles across our services.



Our Health and Justice healthcare services present unique & diverse learning, development, & leadership opportunities for nurses, where you will have the potential to make a significant difference to the lives of adults, children & young people who often experience a wide range of health inequalities.



We have developed a clinical leadership career pathway to ensure you feel supported, valued & developed via our career pathway programme that facilitates lifelong learning.



We will support you in your transition from Student nurse to newly qualified nurse to ensure you develop your clinical and leadership skills this includes:



Induction programme



12-month preceptorship programme



12-month Band 5 Development programme



Rotational programme - where you can spend 6 months in 2-3 different health and justice settings to develop your knowledge and skills



Career coaching



Clinical supervision



Newly qualified nurse forums



NHS Leadership Academy leadership course



Bespoke health and justice clinical competencies



See attached for full details.



Clinical;



Assess, plan, implement and evaluate care for patients using agreed Patient Group Directives or care pathways where appropriate.



Plan and organise own workload without direct supervision in order to meet the requirements of the site regime.



Administer medication as prescribed, which may include oral, immunisations, intramuscular injections, insulin or nebulisers, and may be compounded by frequent unplanned interruptions such as other patients, staff requests.



Treat where possible (e.g. Hep B, Covid and Flu vaccines, minor ailments), referring on to other departments, clinical specialists or any other appropriate person as required.



Ensure that those identified as requiring specialist input such as mental health or substance misuse, are referred in a timely a manner and that relevant paperwork is completed and care communicated to relevant staff, taking due account of the sensitivity of any information shared with non healthcare professionals who have to manage the patient on the wing.



For those identified as being at risk of self-harm, complete an ACCT document following a thorough assessment and communicate concerns to the appropriate member of staff.



Provide appropriate and timely health promotion interventions to the patient and advise staff accordingly.



Participate in health promotion/harm minimisation clinics in specific disease related areas, ensuring that clinics run smoothly and meet national and local priorities and guidelines e.g.



Smoking cessation Hepatitis B Immunisations and vaccinations Sexual health Diabetes Asthma Coronary Heart Disease

Will be required to take, collect or transport specimens such as blood, wound swabs or urine.



Will be required to undertake wound dressings.



Ensure that patients being discharged back to the community have sufficient medication and a discharge letter summarising their care package for their GP.



Carry out CPR when required and make best use of the emergency equipment such as the defibrillator.



Attend case conferences as required for patients e.g. ACCT reviews, safety intervention meetings or complex case reviews.



Undertake such other duties as may be reasonably required from time to time, which are consistent with the responsibilities and grade of the post. This may include providing cover for other teams internally or at other sites.