Primary Care Staff Nurse - HMP Downview | Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust - CNWL NHS - ref. y90466423

Central & North West London NHS Foundation Trust is a Top Employer Award Winner & works in partnership to provide responsive & dependable primary care, mental health, intellectual disability & substance misuse services to the diverse & culturally rich communities we serve.

In our quest to deliver patient-focused quality care we are looking to recruit a highly motivated, innovative & enthusiastic Primary Care Staff Nurseto join our forward thinking, friendly & expandingHealth & Justiceteam atHMP Downview.

By joining our Prisons Health Care Team, you will not only look after the healthcare needs of our patients residing in secure environments, but who also have the opportunity to have a real impact on promoting health & well-being. Our healthcare services work to a7 day week working model, to ensure our patient's healthcare is managed & maintained to the highest of standards at all times.

Our motto is“Caring NOT Judging”so by working in partnership with the criminal justice system & other agencies, we provide responsive, dependable & high-quality primary care & mental health services to those who may have offended & those at risk of offending in the communities we serve, to improve their health status & to encourage social inclusion.

We offer a great range of career pathways to support our nurses through their journey, see the list of endless opportunities under the working for your organisation tab.

• Provide an accessible individual patient assessment, treatment and referral service
• Monitor the ongoing health status of patients and address identified issues
• Work with patients to influence the impact on their health arising from current lifestyle patterns/choices
• Implement effective discharge plans for transfer or release locations
• Co-ordinate multi-disciplinary clinical practice to provide focused integrated care and treatment programmes/packages.
• Work collaboratively with staff of other disciplines e.g. officers and governors to provide integrated and coordinated treatment plans.

We are also able to offer access to a full range of internal and external training opportunities for our Band 5 and newly qualified Band 5 roles across our services.

Our Health and Justice healthcare services present unique and diverse learning, development, and leadership opportunities for nurses, where you will have the potential to make a significant difference to the lives of adults, children and young people who often experience a wide range of health inequalities.

We have developed a clinical leadership career pathway to ensure you feel supported, valued, and developed via our career pathway programme that facilitates lifelong learning.

• Induction programme
• 12-month preceptorship programme
• 12-month Band 5 Development programme
• Rotational programme – where you can spend 6 months in 2-3 different health and justice settings to develop your knowledge and skills
• Career coaching
• Clinical supervision
• Newly qualified nurse forums
• NHS Leadership Academy leadership course
• Bespoke health and justice clinical competencies

All of our sites in Surrey offer free use of the onsite leisure facilities and free parking for staff.

• Triage patient needs in accordance with specific standard operating procedures and national policy e.g. NICE guidance
• Assess, plan and implement care for patients within each care/treatment pathway in order to promote wellbeing
• Facilitate the use of evidence based practice to ensure that clinical care is both effective and appropriate
• Carry out general nursing duties
• Maintain contemporaneous records
• Support and make a professional contribution to the development of integrated healthcare
• Act as a preceptor/mentor in accordance with experience.

This advert closes on Sunday 2 Feb 2025