Lead Nurse - HMP Liverpool + £1500 Welcome Payment

Spectrum Community Health CIC

The closing date is 23 January 2025

Job summary

Do you want to be a part of a dynamic community here at HMP Liverpool?Whether you are starting out in your healthcare journey or are an experienced healthcare professional looking for a new challenge, we've got a role for you!

Working in HMP Liverpool presents unique challenges and opportunities for healthcare professionals due to the poor health of the patients who find themselves in custody.

If you're seeking a role that allows you to utilise your nursing, interpersonal and clinical skills to prevent patients returning to this environment whilst continuing to learn in a dynamic environment, please apply today!

You will work collaboratively with Merseycare Mental Health Team, Change Grow Live (recovery staff), and HMPPS staff to ensure the best possible care is provided to the patients.

Please note, the £1500 Welcome Payment is payable to new staff joining Spectrum only.

Main duties of the job

As a Lead Nurse, your role encompasses a wide range of responsibilities and leadership such as:

Shift coordination - overseeing staffing levels and production of rotas.

Participating in audits

Management of junior members of staff

Supporting multi-disciplinary team's such as:

o Diabetic retinopathy screening

o AAA screening

o Ultrasounds and X-Rays

Medication rounds and dispensing

Emergency response situations

Patient assessments

Nurse-led clinics, such as:

o NHS Health Checks

o Immunisations and Vaccinations

o NHS Bowel Screening

o Phlebotomy clinics

o Wound and Tissue Viability assessments.

Assessing new patients who have just arrived at the establishment for the first time.

Complete clinical assessments

Triaging the acutely unwell patients

About us

The Health and Justice division of Spectrum Community Health plays a crucial role in positively impacting the lives of individuals within secure environments, sexual health services and short-term holding facilities.

We offer an array of opportunities to enhance your skills and broaden your experience.

We have an ambition to become a truly lived experience inclusive employer, changing how we approach staff experience and value personal stories our colleagues bring with them.

We welcome applications from everyone, including applicants with lived experience, those who belong to LGBTQIA+ Community and are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (or questioning), Intersex and Asexual, people with a disability, neurodivergent applicants and people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds.

Date posted

03 January 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

847-CM-24-V466-A

Job locations

HMP Liverpool

Liverpool

L9 3DD


Job description

Job responsibilities

For more information on working here at HMP Liverpool, please see attached job description/person specification and recruitment pack.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For more information on working here at HMP Liverpool, please see attached job description/person specification and recruitment pack.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered General Nurse Level 1
  • Evidence of ongoing CPD and delivery of evidence based care
  • Independent Nurse /Supplementary/ NonMedical Prescriber qualification or willingness to undertake
  • Appropriate management qualification of equivalent experience

Desirable

  • RCGP Cert 1/2 Primary Care/LTC qualification

Experience

Essential

  • Post registration experience
  • Significant experience of working in a complex environment with multidisciplinary professionals demonstrating effective communication and leadership skills
  • Be able to demonstrate experience of clinical governance used to improve patient care
  • Experience of working as an autonomous practitioner
  • Change management experience
  • Experience of leading a team and effectively using policy and procedures to improve clinical and professional standards
  • Experience of multidisciplinary/multi agency working
  • Understanding and application of confidentiality

Desirable

  • Experience of working within Health & Justice
  • Experience of working in primary care/substance misuse/acute care
  • Understanding of local and national key documents and their impact on health care delivery in a prison setting
  • Research experience
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered General Nurse Level 1
  • Evidence of ongoing CPD and delivery of evidence based care
  • Independent Nurse /Supplementary/ NonMedical Prescriber qualification or willingness to undertake
  • Appropriate management qualification of equivalent experience

Desirable

  • RCGP Cert 1/2 Primary Care/LTC qualification

Experience

Essential

  • Post registration experience
  • Significant experience of working in a complex environment with multidisciplinary professionals demonstrating effective communication and leadership skills
  • Be able to demonstrate experience of clinical governance used to improve patient care
  • Experience of working as an autonomous practitioner
  • Change management experience
  • Experience of leading a team and effectively using policy and procedures to improve clinical and professional standards
  • Experience of multidisciplinary/multi agency working
  • Understanding and application of confidentiality

Desirable

  • Experience of working within Health & Justice
  • Experience of working in primary care/substance misuse/acute care
  • Understanding of local and national key documents and their impact on health care delivery in a prison setting
  • Research experience

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.

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.

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

Spectrum Community Health CIC

Address

HMP Liverpool

Liverpool

L9 3DD


Employer's website

https://spectrum-cic.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Spectrum Community Health CIC

Address

HMP Liverpool

Liverpool

L9 3DD


Employer's website

https://spectrum-cic.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

Primary Care Manager

Katherine Pickard

Katherine.Pickard@Spectrum-cic.nhs.uk

01515304030

Date posted

03 January 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

847-CM-24-V466-A

Job locations

HMP Liverpool

Liverpool

L9 3DD


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