Prison Primary Care Nurse

Description:

You’ll work alongside multidisciplinary teams including GPs, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, support workers, dentists, podiatrists, physiotherapists, paramedics, psychological professionals, psychiatrists and a range of prison staff.



Requirements:
  • Degree in BSc (Hons) in General Nursing
  • Prison clearance (Civil Justice & Immigration Services)
  • Qualified Registered General Nurse
  • Qualified Registered Mental Health Nurse
  • Current valid NMC registration

Duties:
  • You’ll work alongside multidisciplinary teams including GPs, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, support workers, dentists, podiatrists, physiotherapists, paramedics, psychological professionals, psychiatrists and a range of prison staff.
  • Deliver compassionate care to patients from diverse cultural backgrounds who are vulnerable and have complex health needs.
  • Health assessments
  • Minor injury and illness
  • End of life/palliative care
  • Responding to emergency call outs in the prison
  • Managing long-term conditions 
  • Undertaking nurse consultation clinics
  • Planned Care – General LTC Clinics (Immigration Services)
  • Long-term condition care plans
  • Vaccination Clinics
  • General Nursing Clinics – bloods, dressing, wound management
  • Reception (EDIC)
  • Attend reception following handover
  • Medication reconciliation – previous day admission
  • EBIC checklist log-home office enquires
  • PERS (digital and paper copy – CAT A books documentation)
  • Planned charters / releases
  • Hospital Escorts
  • Discharges
  • New arrivals
  • BBV (blood borne viruses) testing
  • Unscheduled care – first response / NIC (Nurse in Charge)
  • Emergency bag checks (daily)
  • Emergency bag check compliance book audit
  • Staff management of the day
  • Bed watches update
  • Emergency response
  • Planned removals – (Immigration Services)
  • F213 and rule 40 of the detention centre rules 2001
  • Triage and urgent clinics (popilated by application)
  • Food refusal appointments and applivation forms
  • Applications SIT and appointment books