Are you a motivated and compassionate Registered Nurse looking for a unique opportunity to develop your clinical skills within an exciting and challenging environment?
We are offering a Band 5–6 Development post within our Prison Healthcare Services at HMP Bronzefield . This permanent position provides a clear, supported pathway for a Band 5 Registered Nurse to progress to a Band 6 Senior Primary Care Nurse role upon successful completion of the required competencies.
Working as part of a dynamic multi-disciplinary team, you will deliver high-quality, patient-centred healthcare to individuals in custody. You’ll gain experience in a diverse range of clinical areas, including primary care, long-term condition management, mental health, substance misuse, and urgent/emergency response within the prison setting.
We are looking for nurses who are:
Registered with the NMC (Nursing and Midwifery Council) .
Compassionate, resilient, and able to work effectively in a secure environment.
Keen to develop clinical, leadership, and decision-making skills.
Able to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.
Committed to providing high-quality, person-centred care.
Previous experience in a primary care or secure environment is desirable but not essential — full training and support will be provided.
The post holder will:
Deliver an expert healthcare service to patients.
Be confident in offering advice to clinicians, allied healthcare professionals and patients.
Provide a comprehensive primary care health service as part of the integrated health service comprising Primary care, Substance misuse and Mental Health teams, supported by allied health professionals.
Undertake physical health assessments, run clinics, provide and evaluate a range of health treatments and interventions, to meet the patient’s healthcare needs and contribute to the wider continuous development of healthcare services.
Demonstrate knowledge, skills and understanding of health issues and treatment options in order to provide clinical guidance to staff on matters relating to physical health and wellbeing.
Ensure high standards of primary care services are delivered in a changing healthcare environment, ensuring that the needs of the patients are at the centre of practice.
Ensure that the Healthcare Team is integrated within the wider prison services and that there is excellent communication and working relationships with all stakeholders, both internal and external
Continually promote high standards of service within the nursing team and contribute to development of a culture of professionalism within the team.
Participate in a flexible working arrangement which will include weekends and unsocial hours when required.
As a Band 5 Registered Nurse , you will:
Work through a structured set of nursing, profession-specific, and service-specific Band 6 competencies .
Complete any associated training and development requirements.
Demonstrate safe and effective autonomous practice across the full scope of the role.
Receive regular supervision, mentorship, and support from your line manager and the wider team.
Once all competencies have been successfully completed and signed off, you will progress to a Band 6 Senior Primary Care Nurse position. It is expected that progression will be achieved within 12–18 months , depending on individual readiness and development progress.
If you are a newly qualified nurse , you will also complete the Trust’s 12-month Preceptorship Programme and Band 5 Development Programme alongside your service-specific competencies.
Please see the job description for further duties.
Main Responsibility
Plan, deliver and evaluate clinically appropriate interventions using evidenced based guidance and practice.
Set up processes/protocols for effective assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care for those patients with physical, mental health and substance misuse.
Safeguard vulnerable patients in line with CNWL Trust safeguarding policies.
Apply local risk assessment and management
Make appropriate referrals to other services for long term or complex care management.
Co-ordinate multi-disciplinary clinical practice to provide focused and integrated care treatment programs/packages.
Use highly skilled interventions to de-escalate aggressive patient behaviours and be aware of the appropriate processes for dealing with
Work collaboratively with staff of other disciplines e.g. prison, education staff to provide integrated and coordinated
Work within own sphere of competency and ensure that training needs are communicated to the team
Research and Audits:
Utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence-based practice in individual.
Assist in audits as per the annual planner or when requested to do so in order to develop and improve service provision.
Teaching, Training and Supervision:
Participate in regular clinical and managerial supervision in accordance with professional practice and CNWL guidelines.
