Job summary
***This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested***
If you are looking for your next career challenge and have a real passion for Prison Nursing, we have an exciting opportunity for 2 positions available for a Band 6 nurse within Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Trust at HMP Birmingham.
An environmental allowance is paid for working in the prison, which is £1,542, pro rate .
Main duties of the job
We are looking to recruit experience, highly skilled and motivated nurses to join our Primary Care Team. Our aim is to deliver a wide range of healthcare interventions to improve our patient's overall health and well being. You will be a qualified Registered Adult Nurse (RGN) with experience in Prison Nursing along with a real passion for developing your clinical skills in an ever-changing environment. You will have a flexible approach to working within a team that encourages new ideas and innovations to improve the service. If you are self-motivated and able to work autonomously as well as showing plenty of initiative when it comes to handling a wide range of situations, then this could be the right role for you!
About us
IMPORTANT
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- Please ensure all sections of the application form are completed fully. Please particularly ensure that you provide full details of all referees including business email address, telephone contact details and postal address
Be Part of Our Team...
BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details on the main responsibilities, please see the attached job description and person specification
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details on the main responsibilities, please see the attached job description and person specification
Person Specification
Qualifications / training
Essential
- Registered nurse adults tor & Assessor award or equivalent
- Evidence of continuing Professional Development Caseload management experience
Experience
Essential
- Significant post registration experience
- Evidence of multi disciplinary team working
Skills/knowledge
Essential
- Sound knowledge of Palliative care and long term conditions management Leadership skills and ability to work in a supervisory capacity
- Evidence of time and resource management
- Evidence of assessment skills and individualized care planning
- Custodial experience Knowledge of current issues and legislative changes affecting NHS, Health & Social care, particularly those pertinent to the primary care setting
- Ability to teach patients and staff across all areas of care & practice
- Ability to undertake clinical audit and demonstrate sound knowledge of standard setting and audit process
Skills/knowledge
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate individual responsibility in respect of Health & Safety
- Ability to demonstrate written skills that are relevant ,accurate concise and legible
- To have basic I.T. knowledge and inputting skills
- Awareness of the needs of ethnic minority patients/carers, within the framework of valuing equality and diversity
- Ability to work in a supervisory capacity
- Demonstrate application of appropriate guidelines and protocols within clinical practice
- Knowledge of risk management procedures and how they relate to clinical practice
Personal qualities
Essential
- Ability to learn and apply knowledge appropriately
Other job requirements
Essential
- Demonstration of a commitment to team working
- Ability to work flexibly eg weekends/bank holidays/day shifts
Person Specification
Qualifications / training
Essential
- Registered nurse adults tor & Assessor award or equivalent
- Evidence of continuing Professional Development Caseload management experience
Experience
Essential
- Significant post registration experience
- Evidence of multi disciplinary team working
Skills/knowledge
Essential
- Sound knowledge of Palliative care and long term conditions management Leadership skills and ability to work in a supervisory capacity
- Evidence of time and resource management
- Evidence of assessment skills and individualized care planning
- Custodial experience Knowledge of current issues and legislative changes affecting NHS, Health & Social care, particularly those pertinent to the primary care setting
- Ability to teach patients and staff across all areas of care & practice
- Ability to undertake clinical audit and demonstrate sound knowledge of standard setting and audit process
Skills/knowledge
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate individual responsibility in respect of Health & Safety
- Ability to demonstrate written skills that are relevant ,accurate concise and legible
- To have basic I.T. knowledge and inputting skills
- Awareness of the needs of ethnic minority patients/carers, within the framework of valuing equality and diversity
- Ability to work in a supervisory capacity
- Demonstrate application of appropriate guidelines and protocols within clinical practice
- Knowledge of risk management procedures and how they relate to clinical practice
Personal qualities
Essential
- Ability to learn and apply knowledge appropriately
Other job requirements
Essential
- Demonstration of a commitment to team working
- Ability to work flexibly eg weekends/bank holidays/day shifts
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).
