Senior Nurse Developmental Role

4 weeks ago


Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust Full time

We are seeking a compassionate and knowledgeable Staff Nurse to join our team at HMP Bristol on a development programme to progress to a Band 6 Senior Nurse. Our healthcare team has 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.

As part of our primary care team, you will enjoy all the benefits of NHS AfC employment, including a pension, with the opportunity to work within a forward-thinking service that encourages career and personal development to all staff to increase their clinical and interpersonal skills.

Main duties of the job

As a staff nurse, you will provide high-quality primary care services and a range of specialist interventions for offenders. At HMP Bristol, we deliver a nurse-led integrated primary care service and operate a specialist practice-based clinical model of care.

You will be delivering high-quality clinical care within the Integrated Healthcare Service for the prison, demonstrating robust expert clinical skills and providing evidence-based nursing practice to those in prison.

A clear competency framework and time scale will be agreed with your line manager to ensure your personal and professional development can be met in order to uplift your role to a Band 6 once your development plan and goals have been met. You will work closely with the Practice Development Nurse for BSGW to guide and support you on your development journey.

About us

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community healthcare, care for people with learning disabilities, and mental health care, including psychiatry, nursing, and therapies.

Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages, and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils, and the voluntary sector through our new provider collaboratives.

Job responsibilities

We strongly encourage applications from newly qualified registered nurses or those close to obtaining qualified status, who will initially be offered a preceptorship position (Agenda for Change Band 5) and then supported to be eligible to move into the Senior Nurse position (Agenda for Change Band 6).

We also encourage experienced Band 5 nurses looking for a career in offender healthcare, with a structured progression pathway.

Job descriptions and person specifications for both Band 5 and Band 6 are attached. Further professional development and training are strongly encouraged and supported.

Personal Development Plan

There will be a clear plan to support you in developing the competencies within the framework that will be agreed by your line manager.

Oxleas use a Personal Development Review (PDR) and Plan (PDP) process on an annual basis with all staff. In a preceptorship role, this structure will be used to support the agreement of a Personal Development Plan within the 12 weeks of starting your role with us.

Your Personal Development Plan will be agreed with your manager and supervisor who will support you in identifying areas of development and the associated activities and support required to work towards the competencies set out in the framework.

Criteria for progression from Band 5 to Band 6

The developmental roles for newly qualified and experienced nurses have been introduced in Oxleas Forensic and Offender Healthcare to provide a framework that enables us to support colleagues to develop beyond their entry-level role with a progressive and satisfying job plan.

It is intended to support staff wellbeing, encourage the retention of quality staff, and support individuals within the custodial setting with greater consistency of care.

It is expected that you will have the relevant post-qualification experience before applying to progress to Band 6.

A competency framework will be agreed with your clinical supervisor or line manager who will support you to achieve the competencies required of a Senior Nurse in Offender Healthcare.

Proof of right to work documentation

Proof of ID, needs to include 1 photographic ID.

Proof of address documentation.

Non-UK passport holders will need to have correct documentation (right to work in the UK) and a Home office Share code.

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.

Requirements

Post Graduate Qualification or equivalent experience.

Experience

Essential

  • Minimum of two years' experience at Band 5.
  • Experience of working within secure & prison settings (desirable but not essential)
  • Working knowledge of current issues/agendas facing prison/offender healthcare

Skills/Abilities/Knowledge

Essential

  • Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing, presenting ideas with clarity in a persuasive and influential style.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills


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