Senior Primary Care Nurse
Location: South Gloucestershire
Salary: £43,609 - £49,175 per annum (pro rata, depending on experience)
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Part-time, 25 hours per week
Shift Pattern: Long days and catch-up shifts (07:00 – 19:30 / 07:00 – 10:30)
Setting: Prison Healthcare
Sanctuary Personnel are recruiting for an experienced Senior Primary Care Nurse to join a specialist healthcare team within a prison setting near Bristol. This is a rewarding opportunity for a Registered Nurse to provide high-quality, evidence-based care while leading and supporting a multidisciplinary team within a secure healthcare environment.
The successful candidate will play a key role in delivering nurse-led primary care services, improving patient outcomes, and ensuring individuals receive safe, compassionate, and personalised healthcare.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and support a multidisciplinary healthcare team to deliver effective nurse-led primary care services.
- Provide high-quality, evidence-based nursing care to individuals within a secure environment.
- Complete patient assessments, reception screening, and clinical reviews.
- Undertake medication rounds and administer controlled medications safely and appropriately.
- Respond to emergency situations and provide clinical support when required.
- Work proactively to reduce avoidable hospital admissions through effective care planning and intervention.
- Deliver compassionate, non-judgemental care that focuses on individual patient needs.
- Promote clinical excellence through supervision, mentoring, and sharing best practice.
- Support audits, governance processes, quality improvement initiatives, and evidence-based practice.
- Build strong working relationships with internal teams and external healthcare partners.
- Encourage a culture of learning, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
Requirements
- Registered Nurse (Adult) with a current NMC registration.
- Previous experience working as a Registered Nurse within primary care, community, hospital, or secure healthcare settings.
- Experience providing clinical leadership and supporting multidisciplinary teams.
- Experience with line management, clinical audits, and healthcare governance.
- Evidence of Continued Professional Development (CPD).
- Strong understanding of multidisciplinary and multi-agency working.
- Excellent communication, leadership, and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to provide safe, compassionate, and patient-centred care in a challenging environment.
- Mentorship/assessor qualification and non-medical prescribing qualification are desirable.
About Sanctuary Personnel:
Sanctuary Personnel is an award-winning recruitment agency committed to quality, care, and inclusion. Twice recognised for Best Candidate Care at the Recruiter Awards, we work with trusted public sector organisations to offer professionals access to meaningful opportunities that contribute to community wellbeing.
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Pay: £43,609.00-£49,175.00 per year
Experience:
- primary care RGN: 2 years (required)
Licence/Certification:
- NMC registration as a Registered Nurse (required)
- prison clearance (preferred)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person
