Night Primary Care Practitioner

2 months ago

Market Harborough, United Kingdom Practice Plus Group Full time

Job summary

UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE + MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE We have an exciting opportunity for a Primary Care Practitioner to join our Primary Care team at HMP Gartree, a category B men's prison, located in Market Harborough, Leicestershire. The prison houses around 640 patients where we deliver the primary care, mental health and substance misuse services. The site currently offers shifts across Monday to Sunday including bank holidays. In this role you will work 7 nights on and 7 nights off, from 20:30 - 07:45. This position is full time, youll receive an annual salary up to £38,115 per annum - depending on experience. How will we support you? Bespoke induction, including our Introducing Health in Justice training course Competency framework Regional and national career development opportunities Our bespoke Learning Management System to address your learning needs Support from the wider team. Candidates are required to have a Legal right to work in the UK on a permanent basis and due to the nature of the role, offers of employment will be subject to additional vetting and security checks.

Main duties of the job

As a Primary Care Practitioner, your responsibilities will vary. You will:

Work within a multi-disciplinary team to deliver a nurse led service and prevent hospital admissions Undertake medication rounds, dispense controlled medication, attend emergency response situations, assess patients, and undertake reception screening Use your skills and knowledge to deliver nurse led clinics to your patient group whilst being supported by a multi-disciplinary team. If you are interested in career development, we have a wide range of opportunities for you to develop your skills and experience, which include both internal and external options for development and learning. It doesnt stop there we also offer: Discounts on shopping and leisure activities Support to grow in your role and continue your professional development 24/7 employee assistance helpline and financial assistance when you need it

About us

The Health in Justice team at Practice Plus Group makes a real difference across over 53 prisons, young offenders and immigration removal centres. Were the UKs leading independent provider of NHS services to over 40,000 patients in secure environments, always putting their needs first, regardless of their background.

Practice Plus Groups purpose is to Unlock your best work life and we stand by our core values:

we treat patients and each other as we would like to be treated we act with integrity we embrace diversity we strive to do things better together

We are looking for caring, compassionate but also driven professionals who can help us drive our vision for a fair and inclusive healthcare access to all.

Qualifications required

Registered nurse Adult / Paramedic Current professional qualification (NMC) Evidence of Continued Professional Development Understanding of the complexities of multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working A non-judgmental and compassionate approach Excellent communication skills Understanding of clinical governance, health and safety, QOF, EBP and national standards Knowledge of healthcare policies and best practice

Secure environments are one of the most challenging, yet rewarding places for healthcare professionals to work. If youre looking for a role where you can develop your existing healthcare skills and learn something new every day in an environment that never stands still, then this could be the right opportunity for you.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide healthcare to patientson site. This will include some emergency care such as suturing, providingemergency response to undertaking dressings and performing a primary carefunction. There is a focus on health promotion and keeping the patients withinthe prison, safe and well by providing effective safe care. You will lead ateam of healthcare practitioners some in specialist roles to deliver aneffective safe medical service within the prison. As the Primary Care Practitioner (Adult Nurse or Paramedic) yourresponsibilities will include ensuring patients have medical plans of care,assessing patients, carrying out relevant clinical investigations, and arrangefollow-up appointments whilst offering advice and giving information. Must beable to clinically evaluate and ensure the safe transfer of patients to acutehospitals, as well as ensuring that plans of care are understood by the patientand the prison as appropriate. You must be able to demonstrate criticalthinking skills in clinical decision making. As part of your role you willsupport in undertaking audits and governance.

You will contribute to our healthcare strategy and visionto;

Provide outstanding evidence based care to our patients, seekingout, listening to and acting on their feedback, so that care is personalisedand informed by what matters to them.

Deliver non-judgemental care that makes a real difference, asdefined throughout our bespoke Health in Justice Competency framework.

Inspire excellence by forging strong links with our partners andstakeholders and providing a service that people can trust, feel safe within,and feel proud of.

Promote best practice, clinical supervision, evidence based care andcontinuous quality improvement, embedding a culture of shared learning.

Share knowledge, skills and expertise to ensure safe care,building strong multi-disciplinary teams and supporting each other to do agreat job. Encourage a shared learning approach to teaching.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential