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Registered Nurse

Employer
Hanham Secure Health Ltd
Location
HMP Bristol, Cambridge Road, Bristol, BS7 8PS
Salary
£25,000.00 - £34,000.00 (depending on experience, qualifications and skills)
Closing date
18 Feb 2021

Working within a prison setting offers great variety; from health checks and screening to wound care, attending emergencies, administering medications and providing end of life care: no two days are the same. Few other settings offer the opportunity to learn, use and develop skills across such a wide scope of practice.

Many patients arrive with extremely complex healthcare needs that may have gone untreated for a long time, requiring more immediate and acute care, such as detoxing from substances, mental health assessment and treatment for poor physical condition. On the other hand, there are patients with more stable healthcare needs but who require regular health checks and screening, routine check ups and care for on-going health conditions.

Working with these individuals and seeing the impact you can have on their health and wellbeing offers a feeling of immense satisfaction, pride and reward.

The prison setting creates an incredible sense of camaraderie, teamwork and togetherness.

 

This is an exciting and unique opportunity for nurses looking to broaden their skills and experience, looking to learn, develop and progress or simply looking for something a little bit different.

The healthcare service at HMP Bristol is a 24/7 service. Unsocial hours are subject to generous pay enhancements. Working patterns are determined on a rota basis, with at least 6 weeks' notice.

The Community Care provision is a nursing and GP service that incorporates planned primary care, urgent/acute care and clinical substance misuse support services.

Previous experience of working within a prison is not required and the successful candidate will receive a robust induction and training, as well as on-going training, supervision and mentoring.

 

HMP Bristol is a male prison in Bristol city centre. It houses men aged 18+ who have either been convicted and sentenced or who are being held on remand.

HSH prides itself on being an employer of choice. Our ethos is: invest in, motivate and develop your workforce and your workforce will invest in and take care of your service. We offer competitive rates of pay and annual leave, as well as a range of employee benefits and services including: NHS pension, employee counselling service, bike scheme, tech scheme, apprenticeships and much more.

Although private healthcare companies often come with the stigma of being focused on profits and numbers, HSH is owned by a team of GP Partners and managed by a management team with a long standing history in public sector health services. For us, it's all about the people.

 

Find out more on our website, where you can also read what our employees think: https://www.hanhamsecurehealth.co.uk/work-with-us/ouremployees/ 

Read the full job description here: https://hsh.peoplehr.net/Pages/JobBoard/Opening.aspx?v=ae544b6d-4f85-4f9c-ae74-e03f64a5fcf2 

 

Key Duties and Responsibilities

The post holder will:

  • Support in the delivery of the nurse-led services including:
    • Attendance in the event of a medical emergency
    • Basic life support
    • Assessment of acute injury and/or illness
    • Wound management
    • Long-term condition management
    • NHS health checks
    • Release planning
    • Screening, vaccination and immunisation
  • Assess patients and determine the appropriate treatment and referral, where necessary
  • Undertake comprehensive nursing assessment of the individual’s needs including risk assessments
  • Administer medicine within NMC guidelines to ensure safe practice
  • Work with the Safer Custody team to provide extra support for patients assessed as being at risk from deliberate self-harm / suicide
  • Support in the delivery of a range of prescribed treatment programmes and/or interventions to support patients on the substance misuse caseload; appropriate training will be provided
  • Assist the senior staff in the development, implementation and review of policies, protocols and standard operating procedures
  • Initiate and contribute to strategies designed to promote and improve health and prevent disease, working proactively and collaborating with other agencies
  • Identify issues pertinent to the patient group and advocate on their behalf to promote health and well-being
  • Participate in patient feedback processes to support improvement in healthcare services
  • Initiate and participate in clinical audit to ensure compliance
  • Ensure that all patient care is delivered in a clinically effective and timely way, in line with the establishment’s health needs
  • Participate in clinical supervision and continual performance development reviews to ensure high quality nursing care
  • Participate in providing emotional support and debriefing colleagues following incidents and emergencies
  • Maintain professional registration in line with NMC requirements
  • Work under the direction of senior staff to deliver and constantly strive to improve healthcare services
  • Participate in the process of positively supporting and inspiring colleagues within the service to improve standards and quality and to develop professional practice
  • Participate in the recognising ethical and legal issues which have implications for nursing practice and take the appropriate action
  • Be aware and act upon, when necessary, procedures that are in place to protect vulnerable individuals
  • Inform senior staff of all incidents and report any incidents as per organisation’s policy  
  • Respond to any situation or circumstance that might indicate a threat to security of the establishment or to the safety of an individual, completing clinical incident, prison security IR
  • Promote effective links with health and related services in the community to ensure continuity of care as appropriate
  • Undertake such other duties as appropriate to the needs of the organisation, as agreed between the post holder and their line manager

 

The post holder will demonstrate:

  • A strong commitment to the delivery of quality and safe healthcare 
  • A warm, person-centred approach to care
  • Respect for the privacy and dignity of all patients and colleagues at all times
  • Honesty, decency and probity at all times
  • Competence and confidence in autonomous working, critical thinking and evidence based clinical decision making
  • An interest in working within a busy, challenging and changing environment
  • An ability to build and maintain good relationships with colleagues and to work effectively as part of a team
  • Diplomacy and an ability to avoid and manage conflict
  • An awareness of wider issues/factors affecting the patient group within the prison
  • An awareness of clinical governance and its application, with particular attention to clinically effective practice, clinical audit and risk management
  • An awareness of up-to-date Safeguarding policies and procedures for adults and children
  • A strong understanding of and adherence to the Care Quality Commission (CQC) key lines of enquiry
  • An awareness of and adherence to national and local key performance indicators, including the Health and Justice Indicators of Performance (HJIPs)
  • An awareness of the limitations of own competencies and a willingness to undertake further learning and development to enhance these
  • A strong understanding of and adherence to Data Protection, Information Governance and Confidentiality regulations, in accordance with national legislation, local policy and the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Code of Conduct
  • Promotion and support of multidisciplinary and interagency working throughout the delivery of healthcare, understanding the contribution of others in the wider prison system
  • Strong record keeping competencies and compliance with local record keeping policy
  • Understanding of and compliance with prison orders, procedure, instructions and security requirements

In light of the changing needs in secure healthcare, this job description could be subject to change in the future.

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