Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
Job summary
Central andNorth WestLondon NHS Foundation Trust is a Top Employer Award Winner and works in partnership to provide responsive and dependable primary care, mental health,intellectualdisabilityand substance misuse services to the diverse and culturally rich communities we serve.
In our quest to deliver patient-focused quality care we are looking to recruit a highly motivated, innovative and enthusiastic a Band 5 Primary Care Staff Nurseto join our forward thinking, friendly and expandingHealth & JusticeteamatHMP/YOI Bronzefield.
Byjoiningour Prisons Health Care Team,you willnot only look after the healthcare needs ofour patientsresidingin secure environments, but who alsocanhave a real impact on promoting health and well-being.Our healthcare services work to a7-dayweek working model, to ensure our patient’s healthcare isalways managedandmaintainedto the highest of standards.
Our motto is”Caring NOT Judging”so by working in partnership with the criminal justice system and other agencies, we provide responsive, dependable and high-quality primary care and mental health services tothose who may have offendedand those at risk of offending in the communities we serve, to improve their health status and to encourage social inclusion.
We offera great rangeof career pathways to support our nurses through their journey, see the list of endless opportunities under the working for your organisation tab.
Main duties of the job
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Provide an accessible individual patient assessment,treatmentand referral service
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Monitor the ongoing health status of patients and addressidentifiedissues
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Work with patients to influence the impact on their health arising from current lifestyle patterns/choices
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Implement effective discharge plans for transfer or release locations
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Co-ordinate multi-disciplinary clinical practice to provide focused integrated care and treatment programmes/packages.
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Work collaboratively with staff of other disciplines e.g. officers and governors to provide integrated and coordinated treatment plans.
Person Specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse Adult
- Numeracy skills required for the safe administration of medicines
Desirable
- Evidence of relevant Continuous Professional Development
Attitudes, aptitudes, personal characteristics
Essential
- Caring for the patients who use our services, their families and carers, and other staff
- Respectful of others and genuinely treating them how you would want to be treated
- Able and willing to work with patients, family and carers, and staff in a way which empowers and supports others and makes them feel better about themselves
- Able and willing to work in partnership with patients, their friends and family as well as other health care professionals
Other
Essential
- The post holder must have the ability to understand and implement the equal opportunities policy at a level appropriate to the job.
- Ability to promote anti-discriminatory and anti-racist practices.
Skills and knowledge
Essential
- Able to communicate with the multi-disciplinary team, present cases, take note of actions, update others in the team and use handover effectively.
- Maintaining accurate, timely, concise and legible clinical records both electronic and handwritten
- Able to maintain patient records
- Care planning: able to assess patients, develop, implement and evaluate a care plan
- Empowering and working in partnership
- Safeguarding and advocacy
- Understanding how the Mental Health Act impacts on their work and the patients they are working with
- Understanding their role in improving safety, clinical outcomes and the patient experience
- Infection control
- Medicines management and administration
- Communicating effectively
- Mentor, teach and support others in the team
- Supervise others in the team
- Contribute to a positive culture in the team, enabling it to be inclusive
Desirable
- oWound care management oClinical triage oEar care oVenepuncture oChronic Disease Management oSmoking cessation oCervical screening
Previous experience
Essential
- Previous experience of working in Primary Care services either as a Band 5 Nurse or a Student Nurse
Closing Date: 13 September 2026
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