• Job Description

  Req#: E9847-25-0161?language=en&page=362&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  Are you an enthusiastic, motivated and proactive registered nurse wanting to join our healthcare team at HMP Forest Bank and work Bank shifts.

  In conjunction with the management team contribute to and deliver a comprehensive primary health care service in partnership with mental health and key stakeholders as part of a multi-disciplinary team within the prison setting. This role involves undertaking health assessments, administering medication and treatments, performing diagnostic tests, as appropriate, and providing and evaluating a range of health interventions to meet prisoner health and social care needs. The post holder will be required to work flexibly across the service to provide responsive, evidence-based interventions working alongside physical and mental health clinical teams.

  The post holder will be part of a team that provides primary care within a prison, preventing transfer to outside hospitals. They will demonstrate knowledge, skills and understanding of health issues and treatment options and have a keen interest in developing knowledge and skills across the integrated services.

  The post holder will be expected to operate in line with our shared commitment to our values: Working Together, Integrity, Respect and Recognition, Compassion and Innovation.

  Main duties of the job

  The post holder will provide a comprehensive primary care physical/mental health service as part of the Multidisciplinary Team to prisoners with health needs within the Offender Health Business Unit. In conjunction and partnership with the management team and key stakeholders you will contribute to and deliver a comprehensive primary care health service.

  As a registered clinician you will operate as part of a multi-disciplinary team, assisting and supporting others in undertaking physical and/or health assessments, providing a range of health treatments and interventions in order to meet prisoner healthcare needs and contribute to the wider continuous development of prison healthcare services. This will include being able to demonstrate a vast range of knowledge, skills and understanding of health issues and treatment options to provide clinical guidance and support to colleagues on matters relating to physical health and wellbeing. The post holder will exercise good clinical knowledge, levels of judgement, discretion and decision making in clinical care demonstrated through the advanced competency framework. You will also support senior managers in ensuring a high level of performance within the team is maintained.

  About us

  BE THE DIFFERENCE IN HEALTHCARE

  Join our team!

  We're looking for passionate individuals to join our diverse and innovative staff bank.

  Whether you are starting out in your healthcare journey or are an experienced healthcare professional looking for a new challenge we've got a role for you!

  • Free car parking at some sites
  • Enhanced bank rates
  • Flexibility
  • Free DBS checks
  • Holiday pay
  • Access to NHS Pension Scheme (subject to hours worked)
  • NHS and Blue Light discounts
  • Regional work
  • Onsite gym available at some sites
  • Opportunity to join substantive employment.

  Spectrum Community Health CIC provides a range of award-winning healthcare services on behalf of the NHS, Local Authority Public Health services, and other partners across substance misuse, sexual health, and health and justice settings. As a not-for-profit social enterprise and Community Interest Company our focus is centred on people - our patients, service users, staff, and partners.

  We are building on our ambition to deliver the best in health and well-being on a values-driven ethos and to maintain the highest standards of patient care and service. We are an expanding organisation, but we aim to grow without compromising on quality and social value.

  Our Mission

  Holistic interventions delivered with compassion for the stigmatised and marginalised in our communities.

  Our Vision

  Quality healthcare that makes a difference to people's lives, regardless of circumstances.

  Details

  Date posted

  07 May 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 5

  Salary

  £20.08 an hour + enhancements for weekends, nights and bank holidays+WTD

  Contract

  Bank

  Working pattern

  Flexible working

  Reference number

  847-KS-25-VB42

  Job locations

  HMP Foreset Bank

  Manchester

  M27 8FB

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  We have an ambition to become a truly lived experience inclusive employer, changing how we approach staff experience and value personal stories our colleagues bring with them.

  We welcome applications from everyone, including applicants with lived experience, those who belong to LGBTQIA+ Community and are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (or questioning), Intersex and Asexual, people with a disability, neurodivergent applicants, and people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds.

  Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details of the advertised role.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  We have an ambition to become a truly lived experience inclusive employer, changing how we approach staff experience and value personal stories our colleagues bring with them.

  We welcome applications from everyone, including applicants with lived experience, those who belong to LGBTQIA+ Community and are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (or questioning), Intersex and Asexual, people with a disability, neurodivergent applicants, and people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds.

  Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details of the advertised role.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Registered Nurse Level 1 - Adult / General/Mental Health

  Desirable

  • Mentorship / teaching / assessing experience

  Experience

  Essential

  • Awareness of current healthcare issues
  • Awareness of clinical governance, risk management and quality agenda
  • Working within a multi-disciplinary healthcare team
  • Experience of appraisal and clinical supervision
  • There is a requirement to undertake training to become proficient in the use of SystemOne

  Desirable

  • Understanding of local and national key documents and their impact on health care delivery in a prison setting
  • Awareness of the Health and Justice agenda in prisons
  • Experience of working within a secure environment
  • Experience of health needs assessment/Triage Working to Patient Group Directives Practice Nurse / Chronic Disease Management / Minor Injuries experience
  • Experience of relevant continuing professional development
  • Experience of using SystemOne

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Registered Nurse Level 1 - Adult / General/Mental Health

  Desirable

  • Mentorship / teaching / assessing experience

  Experience

  Essential

  • Awareness of current healthcare issues
  • Awareness of clinical governance, risk management and quality agenda
  • Working within a multi-disciplinary healthcare team
  • Experience of appraisal and clinical supervision
  • There is a requirement to undertake training to become proficient in the use of SystemOne

  Desirable

  • Understanding of local and national key documents and their impact on health care delivery in a prison setting
  • Awareness of the Health and Justice agenda in prisons
  • Experience of working within a secure environment
  • Experience of health needs assessment/Triage Working to Patient Group Directives Practice Nurse / Chronic Disease Management / Minor Injuries experience
  • Experience of relevant continuing professional development
  • Experience of using SystemOne

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Additional information

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Spectrum Community Health CIC

  Address

  HMP Foreset Bank

  Manchester

  M27 8FB

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://spectrum-cic.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Spectrum Community Health CIC

  Address

  HMP Foreset Bank

  Manchester

  M27 8FB

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://spectrum-cic.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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