Locum Prison Nurse (RGN) role available in Durham!

Sanctuary Personnel, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency with a TrustPilot score of 4.9/5 and over 400+ reviews is looking for an experienced and dedicated Prison Cleared Registered Nurse (RGN) to take on an exciting position based in Durham. 

Pay Rate: £32.83 per hour (assignment rate)

Contract: Locum & ongoing contract

Hours: Full time

Benefits of working with Sanctuary Personnel:

• Fully online and paperless registration service
• Free DBS and compliance service including paid for mandatory e-learning and practical training modules (if applicable)
• Exclusive access to roles that aren’t available with other agencies; NHSBT, The Home Office and Vaccination Centres (private and public) are just some of the projects we’ve recently recruited to.
• £250 refer a friend bonus once referral has worked 100 hours (uncapped – T&Cs apply)
• Registration body costs covered based on length of service (T&Cs apply)
• Find your own job bonus - Receive £250 for bringing your own position to us
• Clinical governance and revalidation support from an in-house qualified health professional with over 15 years’ experience
• Your own dedicated consultant with extensive experience within the healthcare sector
• Daily payroll and in-house payroll system

Benefits of working in a prison:

• Adding additional experience and variety to your nursing CV which will increase your application journey when applying for future roles
• Gaining prison clearance (if you don't already) which will make you more of an attractive proposition to future prison employers
• The ability to work shifts around hours that suit your lifestyle as shifts are readily available across sociable and unsociable hours
• Prison experience can often lead to rapid career progression especially within education, research and management
• Stringent training and regulations making it a safe place to work for healthcare professionals

Duties:

• 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, undertake reception screening, and offer clinics such as triage, long-term conditions, suturing, wound care, ear irrigation, and sexual health
• Run health promotion / harm-minimisation clinics in specific disease-related areas
• Ensure that clinics run smoothly and meet national and local priorities and guidelines
• Respond to medical emergencies as an emergency responder, co-ordinating care, and providing primary clinical care of a high standard to patients
• Deliver a high standard of clinical care in the primary care, emergency care, harm minimisation, health promotion and occupational health remits of prison healthcare; within the extent of your role, experience and level of expertise
• Undertake initial and follow-up individual health assessments at reception and health screening, referring to appropriate guidelines
• Assist the development of evidence-based nursing procedures / protocols in the prison setting
• Identify shortfalls in stock levels / failure of equipment and liaise with the senior supervisor on duty to arrange replenishment

Requirements of the Prison Nurse:

• Must be registered on the NMC and must have a relevant qualification in nursing
• Prison clearance and experience is essential

Contact:

This Prison Nurse job is advertised by Brandon Allen; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

We welcome applications from Registered Nurses who meet the above requirements.

Regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet these requirements for this Prison Nurse role as we need to meet our clients requirements, but please feel free to browse our open roles that may be more suitable for you.

Reasonable Adjustments:

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity.

With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into you work placement.