Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Primary Care Nurse
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Are you a compassionate, resilient and clinically confident nurse looking for a role where no two days are the same? Join our dedicated Healthcare Team and play a vital part in supporting the wellbeing of people in custody. As a Prison Nurse, you’ll deliver high-quality, person-centred care in a unique environment where your skills truly make an impact.
What We’re Looking For
We’d love to hear from you if you are:
- A Registered Nurse with current NMC registration
- Confident in autonomous decision-making and clinical assessment
- Calm under pressure and able to adapt to fast-changing situations
- Compassionate, non-judgemental and committed to equitable healthcare
- A strong communicator with excellent teamworking skills
Experience in prison nursing is helpful, but not essential—we provide full training and ongoing professional development.
Please note this post is subject to security vetting. To be considered for this post you will need to have continuously resided in the UK for a minimum of 3 years prior to this application and be able to evidence your years of residency.
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About The Role
As a Prison Nurse, you will work as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide a full range of primary care and urgent treatment services to people in custody. You’ll support individuals with complex needs and chronic conditions often being the first point of clinical contact.
Your Day May Include
- Conducting assessments and delivering evidence-based nursing interventions
- Managing long-term conditions and supporting treatment adherence
- Responding to emergencies and providing first-line urgent care
- Administering medication and supporting medication management
- Working closely with mental health, GP, pharmacy and substance misuse teams
- Promoting health education, harm reduction and rehabilitation
NHFT is an NHS Community and Mental Health Foundation Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in hospital settings and in the community. We provide over 200 services across the county - as well as some specialist services in bordering and nearby counties. We work together with our partners to ensure that everyone who comes through our doors receives compassionate, person-centred care, regardless of their background or circumstances.
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NHFT promotes a culture of learning, to improve the care and safety of our patients and colleagues. We have achieved our ‘outstanding’ rating by encouraging opportunity, innovation, development and growth across our workforce.
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Lynne Whytock
- Job title: Head of Healthcare
- Email address: Lynne.Whytock@nhft.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 01354 602656
Sophie Morris - Deputy Head of Healthcare - 01354 602827
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