Registered Nurse - HMP Northumberland

This Registered Nurse post sits in the primary care physical health team at HMP Northumberland, run by Spectrum Community Health CIC. The work centres on health assessments, medication and treatments, diagnostic tests and health interventions for people in custody. It is based in a prison within a multidisciplinary team alongside physical and mental health clinicians, with flexible working across the service.

NMC registration at Level 1 in adult, general or mental health is required.

• Undertake health assessments for prisoners with physical health needs
• Administer medication and treatments
• Perform diagnostic tests as appropriate
• Provide and evaluate a range of health interventions to meet prisoner health and social care needs
• Work flexibly across the service, alongside physical and mental health clinical teams, to provide responsive, evidence-based interventions
• Contribute to and deliver a comprehensive primary health service with the management team and key partners
• Provide primary care within the prison to prevent transfers to outside hospitals
• Work in line with the organisation's values:
  Working Together, Integrity, Respect and Recognition, Compassion and Innovation

• NMC registration at Level 1, adult, general or mental health

• Managing deteriorating patients in a complex environment
• Working within a multidisciplinary healthcare team

• Excellent communication skills
• Working autonomously and as part of a team
• Prioritising and organising own workload and that of other staff
• Current healthcare knowledge, including clinical governance, audit, risk management and quality
• Competence in clinical practice, e.g. phlebotomy and ECG monitoring
• Maintaining contemporaneous clinical records; working knowledge of Microsoft Office

• Professional attitude
• Positive working relationships as a team member
• Positive attitude to change
• Non-judgmental, courteous and respectful to all
• Understanding and application of confidentiality
• Working in a challenging and diverse environment

• Mentorship, supervision, teaching or assessing experience, or related training
• Experience of working in a Health & Justice environment

• Access to NHS Pension
• Additional day off
• Welcome payment for some posts
• Refer a friend scheme
• Training and development opportunities
• Flexible working
• Access to Employee Assistance and health and wellbeing programmes
• Up to 33 days annual leave