Nurse Associate

Job title:

Nurse Associate

Company

NHS

Job description

Are you ready to unlock your potential within a challenging, creative and fast paced work environment? Do you want to escape your current job role and work with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past? Now is the time to break into offender healthcare and develop your career.As part of the South West Prison Healthcare contract awarded to Oxleas NHS trust in 2022, we are able to expand recruitment and are looking for a compassionate, knowledgeable and motivated Nurse Associateto join our friendly team at HMP Guys Marsh.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 patients 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.As part of our primary care team, you will enjoy all the benefits of NHS AfC employment (inc pension) with the opportunity to work within a forward-thinking service, who encourage career and personal development to all staff to increase their clinical and interpersonal skills.Main duties of the jobAn exciting opportunity has arisen for a Nursing Associate working within HMP Guys MarshThis is a full time post, 37.5 hours per week, based in Shaftsbury.You must have a Nursing Associate qualification.You will be part of a multi-disciplinary team involved in the delivery of care and therapy for our service users in many unique ways. You should be a committed, highly-motivated and forward-thinking individual who should be able to work autonomously, and as part of a team. You must possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills, a flexible approach and be able to demonstrate your ability to prioritise and organise your workA shift rota system operates which includes weekends. Staff induction, in-house training, regular supervision and personal development reviews are mandatory.You will receive support and frequent supervision to help develop within this team. Oxleas staff are locally and nationally recognised for the excellent work they do. We are an equal opportunities employer. We have a commitment to training and development and we encourage staff to meet their potential.There will be opportunities to develop clinically in line with service demand.About usOxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. 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.Our healthcare departments operate across three prisons in the Dorset cluster each of which require a bespoke service responding to the prisoner and prison needs:

• HMP Guys Marsh – Cat C – Population = 550
• HMP Portland – Cat C – Population = 530
• HMP The Verne – Cat C – Population = 600

Oxleas are the lead provider across 10 South West prisons and operate in Bristol, South Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Devon in addition to the above.Our wider 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 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.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’re Fair
• We Listen
• We Care

Date posted06 November 2024Pay schemeAgenda for changeBandBand 4Salary£26,530 to £29,114 a year paContractPermanentWorking patternFull-timeReference number277-6761483-GUYSJob locationsHMP Guys MarshShaftesburySP7 0AHJob descriptionJob responsibilitiesCommunicate effectively with patients and the multi-disciplinary team.Participate in planning and liaison activities for patients.Inform a registered nurse as soon as possible when any change in a patients condition is noticed.Support patients in change due to admission, discharge, death or personal loss and in adapting to their new environment.Report any complaints or requests for information from patients immediately to the senior nurse on duty to enable prompt response.Report all risks to the senior nursing staff.Assist in the general running of the department by undertaking housekeeping and clerical duties as appropriate.Participate in appraisal and training of self to develop a personal development plan and strive to achieve the set objectives,Undertake any other duties commensurate to the grade and as requested by the line manager.Attend staff meetings, updates and attend mandatory training as required.Work closely with Management to ensure that the Prison Health Agenda is supported at all levels in the Practice.Develop and maintain effective communications with all interested parties.Actively engaging with offenders in the provision of holistic, needs-led care which takes into account the physical, psychological, emotional, social and spiritual needs of individuals and groups.Demonstrates a commitment to equal opportunities for all people. Responding to the needs of people sensitively with regard for age, culture, race, gender, ethnicity, religion and disability, especially regarding privacy and dignityIMPORTANT INFORMATION, PLEASE READ:All applicants must be willing to undertake National Security Vetting in order to work in a Prison Setting. This will be completed as part of the pre-employment checks through Oxleas and the prison vetting team.You will need to provide:Proof of right to work documentationProof of ID, needs to include 1 photographicIDProof of address documentationNon-UK passport holders will need to have correct documentation (right to work in the UK) and a Home office Share code.Address History:5 years address history will be needed.Applicants that are not UK Passport holders who provide less than 5 years UK address history will need to provide a Police Certificate which must be in English from where they resided previously.Applicants who are UK Passport holders who have lived abroad for a period of more than six months during the last three years will need to provide a certificate of good conduct or an overseas police check in English from the countries resided in or visited.In order to assist you in obtaining a Police Certificate, guidance can be sought from:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicantsIf the country you have resided in is not listed here, you can obtain the necessary information by contacting the relevant Embassy or High Commission for that Country. Their contact details can be found on the Foreign & Commonwealth Office website (http://www.fco.gov.uk/en). Job descriptionJob responsibilitiesCommunicate effectively with patients and the multi-disciplinary team.Participate in planning and liaison activities for patients.Inform a registered nurse as soon as possible when any change in a patients condition is noticed.Support patients in change due to admission, discharge, death or personal loss and in adapting to their new environment.Report any complaints or requests for information from patients immediately to the senior nurse on duty to enable prompt response.Report all risks to the senior nursing staff.Assist in the general running of the department by undertaking housekeeping and clerical duties as appropriate.Participate in appraisal and training of self to develop a personal development plan and strive to achieve the set objectives,Undertake any other duties commensurate to the grade and as requested by the line manager.Attend staff meetings, updates and attend mandatory training as required.Work closely with Management to ensure that the Prison Health Agenda is supported at all levels in the Practice.Develop and maintain effective communications with all interested parties.Actively engaging with offenders in the provision of holistic, needs-led care which takes into account the physical, psychological, emotional, social and spiritual needs of individuals and groups.Demonstrates a commitment to equal opportunities for all people. Responding to the needs of people sensitively with regard for age, culture, race, gender, ethnicity, religion and disability, especially regarding privacy and dignityIMPORTANT INFORMATION, PLEASE READ:All applicants must be willing to undertake National Security Vetting in order to work in a Prison Setting. This will be completed as part of the pre-employment checks through Oxleas and the prison vetting team.You will need to provide:Proof of right to work documentationProof of ID, needs to include 1 photographicIDProof of address documentationNon-UK passport holders will need to have correct documentation (right to work in the UK) and a Home office Share code.Address History:5 years address history will be needed.Applicants that are not UK Passport holders who provide less than 5 years UK address history will need to provide a Police Certificate which must be in English from where they resided previously.Applicants who are UK Passport holders who have lived abroad for a period of more than six months during the last three years will need to provide a certificate of good conduct or an overseas police check in English from the countries resided in or visited.In order to assist you in obtaining a Police Certificate, guidance can be sought from:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicantsIf the country you have resided in is not listed here, you can obtain the necessary information by contacting the relevant Embassy or High Commission for that Country. Their contact details can be found on the Foreign & Commonwealth Office website (http://www.fco.gov.uk/en).Person SpecificationQualifications, Experience & SkillsEssential

• Nurse Associate or Assistant Practitioner Qualification

ExperienceEssential

• Previous care experience
• Experience of providing patient care, carrying out tests/observations
• Experience of facilitating /planning /supporting groups in a healthcare setting i.e., health improvement/ smoking cessation/ activities.

SkillsEssential

• Able to communicate effectively

Person SpecificationQualifications, Experience & SkillsEssential

• Nurse Associate or Assistant Practitioner Qualification

ExperienceEssential

• Previous care experience
• Experience of providing patient care, carrying out tests/observations
• Experience of facilitating /planning /supporting groups in a healthcare setting i.e., health improvement/ smoking cessation/ activities.

SkillsEssential

• Able to communicate effectively

Expected salary

£26530 – 29114 per year

Location

Shaftesbury, Dorset

Job date

Sat, 09 Nov 2024 01:37:20 GMT

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