Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Primary Care Nurse

The closing date is 10 September 2025

Job summary

Make a Real Difference in a Unique Setting

Are you a compassionate and motivated nurse looking for a rewarding challenge? JoinTeam NHFTas aPrimary Care NurseatHMP Lowdham Grange, where you'll play a vital role in delivering high-quality, evidence-based care to residents in a secure environment.

AtNorthamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHFT), we're proud to be ratedOutstandingby the CQC. We're committed to innovation, inclusivity, and making a real difference in the lives of our patients and staff.

Main duties of the job

About the Role

As a Band 5 Primary Care Nurse, you'll work both independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide holistic care to residents. You'll be involved in emergency response, screening, vaccination clinics, and nurse-led care delivery across the prison.

Your responsibilities will include:

Delivering safe, effective, and person-centred care
Conducting assessments, triage, and risk evaluations
Administering medications and maintaining accurate records
Participating in audits, clinical governance, and service improvement
Supporting junior staff and contributing to team development

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.

NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be 'outstanding' by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.

Date posted

27 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£31,049 to £37,796 a year pa pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

270-TG164-HMPLG

Job locations

HMP Lowdham Grange

Nottingham

NG14 7DA

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

Qualifications

Essential

oRegistered Nurse (RGN/RMN) or Paramedic (HCPC registered)

Skills

Essential

oExcellent communication and organisational skills
oAbility to work in a fast-paced, complex environment

Other

Essential

oCommitment to professional development and high standards of care

Desirable

oExperience in secure or prison healthcare settings
oExperience in report writing and multi-agency collaboration

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

oRegistered Nurse (RGN/RMN) or Paramedic (HCPC registered)

Skills

Essential

oExcellent communication and organisational skills
oAbility to work in a fast-paced, complex environment

Other

Essential

oCommitment to professional development and high standards of care

Desirable

oExperience in secure or prison healthcare settings
oExperience in report writing and multi-agency collaboration

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.