Job summary
Our event is to be held on Saturday 16th August 2025 registration is at 10.00am at (click link for map)Riverside Vineyard Church, Air Park Way, Feltham TW13 7LX
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 Primary Care - Senior Paramedic /Senior Registered General Nurse to join our forward thinking, friendly and expanding Health & Justice team at HMP Feltham B
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 motto is "Caring NOT Judging" so by working in partnership with the criminal justice system and other agencies, we provide responsive, dependable and high-quality primary care and mental health services to those who may have offended and those at risk of offending in the communities we serve, to improve their health status and to encourage social inclusion.
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.
Main duties of the job
To provide professional leadership and to facilitate a culture which engenders high standards and reflective learning
To lead and manage a team of allocated staff (including Paramedics and ECTs)
Undertake line management responsibility for a team of staff ensuring appropriate deployment and supervision of staff
To provide skilled general care and advice to patients within the prison
To work as part of a multi-disciplinary team assessing the health needs of patients; to provide and evaluate care given and implement changes as required
To be able to work autonomously, as well as part of the wider team delivering health care to the standard equitable to that found within the wider community
To provide holistic care in a unique environment based on a primary care model that encourages patient engagement to an often socially excluded group
About us
Along with the fully established benefits such as Monthly supervision; Annual personal development plans/appraisals; Support and guidance with Revalidation; Hidden Gem and annual award ceremonies. We are also able to offer access to a full range of internal and external training opportunities across our services.
Our Health and Justice healthcare services present unique and diverse learning, development, and leadership opportunities for nurses, where you will have the potential to make a significant difference to the lives of adults, children and young people who often experience a wide range of health inequalities.
We have a clinical leadership career pathway in place to ensure you feel supported and valued via our career pathway programme that facilitates lifelong learning and development enabling you to progress within you career within Health & Justice.
We will support you to ensure you develop your clinical and leadership skills this includes:
o Induction programme
o Career coaching
o Clinical supervision
o Reflective Practice
o Ongoing support from professional nurse advocates
o NHS Leadership Academy leadership course
o Bespoke health and justice clinical competencies
o External training courses in enhanced and advanced practice
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached JD&PS for full details of duties and responsibilities.
- Provide professional team leadership and support to all members of the Healthcare team.
- Maintain a professional manner and act as a role model
- To facilitate the healthcare teams compliance with CNWL and Prison policies, procedures and guideline ensuring adherence at all times
- Support the formulation of policies/protocols within sphere of work
- Participate in and provide clinical and management supervision and facilitate others to engage in the process
- Act as an excellent role model to junior nursing staff, nursing assistants and students setting, implementing and monitoring the highest professional standards
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached JD&PS for full details of duties and responsibilities.
- Provide professional team leadership and support to all members of the Healthcare team.
- Maintain a professional manner and act as a role model
- To facilitate the healthcare teams compliance with CNWL and Prison policies, procedures and guideline ensuring adherence at all times
- Support the formulation of policies/protocols within sphere of work
- Participate in and provide clinical and management supervision and facilitate others to engage in the process
- Act as an excellent role model to junior nursing staff, nursing assistants and students setting, implementing and monitoring the highest professional standards
Person Specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential
- Registered General Nurse or Registered Paramedic with previous post qualification experience
- Evidence of Continual Professional development.
Desirable
- Mentoring (e.g. ENB 998 or MSPP)
- Non medical prescribing
Previous Experience
Essential
- Proven post registration experience relevant to secure settings.
- Clinical skills in primary care nursing and/or pre hospital settings or ambulance service setting
- Previous experience of leading a team
- Experience of working with diverse communities.
Desirable
- Experience of working with families in a professional capacity
- Experience of conducting clinical audit activity.
- Experience in working as part of an integrated team, alongside non-health employed colleagues
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of clinical governance issues in primary care and secure settings
- Knowledge of PGDs and associated policies
- Knowledge of Infection Preventions and Control
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
- Excellent Interpersonal skills
- Ability to communicate in an effective way with people from a variety of backgrounds and different ages
- Ability to demonstrate an understanding of team working.
- Ability to demonstrate essential leadership skills.
- Ability to reflect on clinical practice and to understand own limitations when dealing with emotive issues
- Ability to act as a mentor / preceptor to students and newly recruited colleagues.
- Good computer literacy skills
Desirable
- Understanding of health promotion and its delivery
Attitudes, apitudes & personal characteristics
Essential
- Highly motivated
- Self directed practitioner
- Aware of own limitations and seek support from wider team.
- Ability to manage difficult situations and conflict resolution
Other
Essential
- The post holder must have the ability to understand and implement the equal opportunities policy at a level appropriate to the job.
- Ability to promote anti-discriminatory and anti-racist practices
- Ability to promote and work in line with the working model of a 7 day a week service
Person Specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential
- Registered General Nurse or Registered Paramedic with previous post qualification experience
- Evidence of Continual Professional development.
Desirable
- Mentoring (e.g. ENB 998 or MSPP)
- Non medical prescribing
Previous Experience
Essential
- Proven post registration experience relevant to secure settings.
- Clinical skills in primary care nursing and/or pre hospital settings or ambulance service setting
- Previous experience of leading a team
- Experience of working with diverse communities.
Desirable
- Experience of working with families in a professional capacity
- Experience of conducting clinical audit activity.
- Experience in working as part of an integrated team, alongside non-health employed colleagues
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of clinical governance issues in primary care and secure settings
- Knowledge of PGDs and associated policies
- Knowledge of Infection Preventions and Control
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
- Excellent Interpersonal skills
- Ability to communicate in an effective way with people from a variety of backgrounds and different ages
- Ability to demonstrate an understanding of team working.
- Ability to demonstrate essential leadership skills.
- Ability to reflect on clinical practice and to understand own limitations when dealing with emotive issues
- Ability to act as a mentor / preceptor to students and newly recruited colleagues.
- Good computer literacy skills
Desirable
- Understanding of health promotion and its delivery
Attitudes, apitudes & personal characteristics
Essential
- Highly motivated
- Self directed practitioner
- Aware of own limitations and seek support from wider team.
- Ability to manage difficult situations and conflict resolution
Other
Essential
- The post holder must have the ability to understand and implement the equal opportunities policy at a level appropriate to the job.
- Ability to promote anti-discriminatory and anti-racist practices
- Ability to promote and work in line with the working model of a 7 day a week service
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
