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Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust

Prison Nurse

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Job summary

Recruitment Event

You are invited to join us for our HMP/YOI Stoke Heath recruitment event!

On the 18th November 2023 our team will be at Tern Hill Hall to discuss our current vacancies and give you an insight into working at the prison. We have a variety of roles available, please come along between 10am-4pm to meet the team!

For further details please see the attached poster.

To apply for this role, please complete the application form.

HMPYOI Stoke has several opportunities and exciting roles within the team for you to UNLOCK your potential.

As part of our primary care team, you will enjoy the benefits of NHS employment and NHS pension scheme with the opportunity to work in a fast paced, ever changing and challenging environment.

The team works from 07:30 till 19:30, so no regular night work.

We are 30 to 40 minutes away from Shrewsbury, Telford and Stoke-on-Trent.

On site free car parking, on site access to free gym facilities, blue light card retention and recruitment allowance on top of AFC pay.

New and exciting roles have been developed to enhance the current services, whilst we are also extending and increasing some roles that are already in place. These posts can be both physically and emotionally demanding. You must be able to demonstrate a positive non-judgemental approach to your work and a willingness to work hard in this environment to achieve the best outcomes for patients.

Main duties of the job

Our patient group often have complex needs and you will deliver compassionate care to patients from diverse backgrounds who are also vulnerable .

Your role often varies, allowing you to develop additional skills and knowledge. The services we provide include (but not limited to): minor injury and illness, long term conditions, primary mental health, substance misuse, emergency and unscheduled care, health assessments, screening and vaccinations, health promotion, nurse consultation clinics, safeguarding, medication administration.

If you have the right qualities, wish to join an exciting team with autonomous working, developing your clinical skills working in offender health, and feel that the offered posts could give you a challenge that you can rise to, please contact the person below for more details:

Joanne Shaw - General Nursing Lead - 01630636035. joanne.shaw40@nhs.net

Wendy Sweeney, Clinical Nurse manager - 01630636035. wendy.sweeney1@nhs.net

About us

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.

Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.

Details

Date posted

10 January 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£28,407 to £34,581 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

825-4789-OPS-E

Job locations

Stoke Heath Young Offenders Institute

Market Drayton

Stoke Heath

TF9 2JL


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the job description and person specification attached for further information on the role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the job description and person specification attached for further information on the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

  • Registered Nurse on general adult section of NMC register
  • Current NMC registration

Experience

Essential

  • Excellent clinical skills
  • Experience of or interest in working in a custodial environment
  • Experience of assessment, planning, implementing and evaluating programmes of care
  • Evidence of professional development
  • Experience of working with a multi-disciplinary team

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

  • Ability to work as part of a team
  • Ability to participate in clinical supervision
  • Ability to organise and assess junior staff and delegate appropriately
  • Ability to demonstrate good verbal and written communication skills
  • Demonstrate an understanding of Trust and prison policies
  • Effective interpersonal skills
  • Ability to prioritise workload
  • Ability to work autonomously on own initiative within the scope of professional practice
  • Demonstrate ability to work to deadlines in a complex environment
  • Demonstrate understanding of the assessment and management of risk
  • Conflict management and ability to support people who challenge services PERSONAL QUALITIES ? Enthusiastic an
Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

  • Registered Nurse on general adult section of NMC register
  • Current NMC registration

Experience

Essential

  • Excellent clinical skills
  • Experience of or interest in working in a custodial environment
  • Experience of assessment, planning, implementing and evaluating programmes of care
  • Evidence of professional development
  • Experience of working with a multi-disciplinary team

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

  • Ability to work as part of a team
  • Ability to participate in clinical supervision
  • Ability to organise and assess junior staff and delegate appropriately
  • Ability to demonstrate good verbal and written communication skills
  • Demonstrate an understanding of Trust and prison policies
  • Effective interpersonal skills
  • Ability to prioritise workload
  • Ability to work autonomously on own initiative within the scope of professional practice
  • Demonstrate ability to work to deadlines in a complex environment
  • Demonstrate understanding of the assessment and management of risk
  • Conflict management and ability to support people who challenge services PERSONAL QUALITIES ? Enthusiastic an

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust

Address

Stoke Heath Young Offenders Institute

Market Drayton

Stoke Heath

TF9 2JL


Employer's website

https://www.shropscommunityhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust

Address

Stoke Heath Young Offenders Institute

Market Drayton

Stoke Heath

TF9 2JL


Employer's website

https://www.shropscommunityhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Clinical Nurse manager

Wendy Sweeney

wendy.sweeney1@nhs.net

01630636035

Details

Date posted

10 January 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£28,407 to £34,581 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

825-4789-OPS-E

Job locations

Stoke Heath Young Offenders Institute

Market Drayton

Stoke Heath

TF9 2JL


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