Registered Nurse; Medications Management

This is an excellent opportunity for a Registered Nurse to join our team of diverse, talented healthcare professionals to deliver care that is not only efficient but deeply centred on the patient.

Our healthcare team have a real impact on promoting health and well-being to those in prison and we pride ourselves on using skills and strategies that instil hope for patient's future resettlement back into the community. We directly deliver Mental Health, Physical Health, Pharmacy and Clinical Substance Misuse in an integrated healthcare delivery model to provide effective and responsive care to improve wellbeing and support better outcomes in the future.

This role sits within our Pharmacy team and Medications Management is a core element of this role.

We strongly encourage applications from both newly qualified registered nurses (who will initially be offered a preceptorship position) and experienced Band 5 nurses looking for a career in offender healthcare, with a structured progression pathway to aid your development.

Important Sponsorship Information for this post:
We are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post.

As a registered nurse you will provide high quality primary care services and a range of specialist interventions for offenders. At HMP Ashfield, we deliver a nurse-led integrated primary care service and operate a specialist practice-based clinical model of care. This role has a core focus on Medications Management and you will be responsible for working on meds hatches on a daily basis.

You will also be delivering high quality clinical care within the Integrated Healthcare Service for the prison, demonstrating robust expert clinical skills and providing evidence-based nursing practice to those in prison.

Our registered nurses carry out a range of duties including:

• Reception screening
• Emergency response
• Long term conditions management
• Medications/Medications Management
• Planned care (e.g. running clinics)
• Enhanced assessment and diagnostic intervention services
• Health promotion activities

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives.

Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London.

We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We're Kind
• We Listen
• We Care

• Provide high-quality primary care and specialist interventions for offenders in a nurse-led, integrated service.
• Deliver robust clinical care, demonstrating expert skills and evidence- based nursing practice.
• Reception screening
• Emergency response
• Long-term conditions management
• Planned care (e.g., running clinics, administering medication)
• Enhanced assessment and diagnostic services
• Health promotion activities
• Medication Management
• Act as first responder to medical emergencies until additional help arrives.
• Navigate the prison environment and security elements.

Role Specific Requirements:

• The role demands clinical expertise, autonomy, and a proactive approach to care.
• There is a strong emphasis on integrated, multidisciplinary teamwork and evidence-based practice.
• The position involves both direct patient care and broader responsibilities in service development, health promotion, and collaboration.

Custodial Responsibilities

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