Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Primary Care Sister/ Charge Nurse

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Job summary

Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides the contract to provide integrated health and substance misuse services to the public sector prisons in Cambridgeshire. We are currently looking to recruit an innovative band 6 nurse to work within our existing team.

The primary focus of this post will be to deliver the highest standard of care required to meet the diverse and complex healthcare needs of an adult male population.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, friendly team player who is, passionate about all aspects of Nursing, and who has exceptional clinical skills. The post holder will lead by example, demonstrating consistent exemplary standards of care and professionalism, is innovative and keen to drive nursing forward.

Previous experience of working within the prison estate would be an advantage.

HMP Littlehey is a large Category C prison located near to Grafham Water near Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire with free parking, staff restaurant and an onsite gymnasium.

Healthcare services are delivered from two modern well equipped healthcare centres by a multi-disciplinary team who have, in the past, won the prestigious WHO European Best Practice in Prisons Award and NHFT Team of the Year in 2018.

If you are looking for a role that is as professionally challenging as it is rewarding then we would love to hear from you...

Main duties of the job

Registered Nurse Adult educated to degree level, or with equivalent experience, with at least 2 years post-registration practice.
Excellent wide ranging clinical skills. A proven record of higher level clinical decision making ability.
Evidence of wide ranging post-registration healthcare training.

About us

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

In addition to the benefits offered under the NHS terms and conditions of service, this post additionally attracts an incentive of £5000 pro rata for the successful applicant/s paid over the first 18 months of employment. Please note incentive payments are not applicable to existing NHFT substantive staff. Terms and conditions apply

Date posted

08 January 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year pa, pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

270-TE472-MH-B

Job locations

HMP Littlehey

Crow Spinney Lane

Perry Huntingdon

PE28 0SR

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

NMC registration

Essential

Valid NMC registration

Desirable

Previous prison experience

Previous applicants need not apply

Essential

Previous applicants need not apply

Person Specification

NMC registration

Essential

Valid NMC registration

Desirable

Previous prison experience

Previous applicants need not apply

Essential

Previous applicants need not apply

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.