Job Description

This is an excellent opportunity for a Primary Care Practitioner (Nurse or Paramedic) to join our team of diverse, talented healthcare professionals to deliver care that is not only efficient but deeply centred on the patient.



Our healthcare team have a real impact on promoting health and well-being to those in prison and we pride ourselves on using skills and strategies that instil hope for patient's future resettlement back into the community. We directly deliver Mental Health, Physical Health, Pharmacy and Clinical Substance Misuse in an integrated healthcare delivery model to provide effective and responsive care to improve wellbeing and support better outcomes in the future.



Our Band 5 Practitioners are all given the opportunity to undertake a development pathway, where a clear competency framework is set to aid your professional development. This pathway will focus on both clinical and personal skills to enable your to apply for more senior positions once your competencies have been met.



We strongly encourage applications from both newly qualified professionals (newly qualified nurses will be offered a preceptorship) and experienced Band 5 practitioners looking for a career in offender healthcare, with a structured progression pathway to aid your development.

Important Sponsorship Information for this post:

We are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post.



As a registered Nurse/Paramedic you will provide high quality primary care services and a range of specialist interventions for offenders. At HMP Bristol, we deliver a nurse-led integrated primary care service and operate a specialist practice-based clinical model of care.



You will be delivering high quality clinical care within the Integrated Healthcare Service for the prison, demonstrating robust expert clinical skills and providing evidence-based nursing practice to those in prison.



Our primary care practitioners carry out a range of duties including:



Reception screening Emergency response Long term conditions management Planned care (e.g. running clinics) Enhanced assessment and diagnostic intervention services Health promotion activities

This position isn't just a job; it's a chance to blend your clinical knowledge, personal skills and a commitment to delivering the highest standards of care in an environment that is as rewarding as it is challenging.



Please note, HMP Bristol operate a 24/7 service.

Shift pattern:

3 x 12.5-hour shifts (7:00am-7:30pm) per week for 3 weeks and 4 x 12.5 hour shifts (7:00am-7:30pm) on the 4th week. Where possible, one shift will be protected for mandatory training, supervision, and administration on-site.



2 weekends in every 6-week roster including both Saturday and Sunday.



1 set of 3-night shifts every 12-week roster including 2 per annum on weekends (7:00pm-7:30am)



Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.



We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.



Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:



We're Kind



We're Fair



We Listen



We Care



The post holder will exercise a high degree of personal and professional autonomy and have the ability to plan and reach complex and critical judgments and have decision making skills.



To deliver high quality clinical care within the Integrated Healthcare Service for the prison.



This will include acute & primary care, long term conditions management, enhanced assessment and diagnostic intervention services and health promotion activities and be in line with the NHS Plan, public health indicators and National Service Frameworks.



The post holder will need to carry a radio and be competent to lead in medical emergency responses.



To demonstrate and provide robust expert clinical skills with a sound understanding of evidence-based practice to provide a pro-active approach to ensure quality and outcome driven practice on a day-to-day basis.



To support the development of evidence-based practice in the specialist field and to promote research as appropriate.



To participate in managerial and professional clinical supervision programme, training, and annual appraisal and to ensure that it becomes an integral part of team practice.



To ensure the implementation of effective and appropriate patient centred care planning tools, long-term condition registers and consistent delivery throughout all the prisons within the service.



The post holder will work collaboratively with the Clinical Lead, GPs, and other clinicians to meet and review service needs as required.



The post holder will be part of skilled multidisciplinary teams comprising all healthcare staff, including strategic partners, and prison managing a single referral pathway.



The post holder will be required to undertake training to maximise uptake of screening, health promotion and prevention activity, including vaccinations.



The post holder will ensure a named care co-ordinator is allocated for every patient with complex needs who will ensure a proactive, evidence-based approach to clinical interventions, health promotion/prevention activity, and management of acute and long-term conditions using our stepped care approach.



The post holder will ensure that a single, integrated, care plans developed, and the individualised care is regularly reviewed.



The post holder will ensure that a comprehensive risk assessments and care plans are regularly reviewed in a needs-led review cycle.



The post holder will ensure a care coordination criteria and MDT meetings for patients with complex needs will be tailored to the needs of the establishment.



The post holder will ensure that they undertake all training in evidence-based CBT approaches, to enhance consistency and quality of care delivery.



The post holder will support patients to manage their health at every stage, from oral health to long term conditions.



The post holder will ensure that health promotion embedded into every aspect of the service.



To liaise with other senior Trust personnel to share expertise, promote ideas and to ensure the service is working collaboratively with the Trust's other Directorates as required.



To work positively and effectively in a difficult and often hostile environment.



Please see attached fact sheets in "supporting documents"

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 ).