Job summary
- Main area
- Offender Healthcare
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (7:00am–7:30pm (3x per week for 3 weeks, 4x per week for 1 week), 2 in 6 weekends, 1 week of night shifts (3x 7pm-7.30am) every 12 weeks)
- Job ref
- 277-8032576-BRIS
- Employer
- Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- HMP Bristol
- Town
- Bristol
- Salary
- £32,073 - £39,043 pa
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/06/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Registered Nurse or Paramedic
Band 5
Job overview
This is an excellent opportunity for a Primary Care Practitioner (Nurse or Paramedic) to join our team of diverse, talented healthcare professionals to deliver care that is not only efficient but deeply centred on the patient.
Our healthcare team have 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 patient’s future resettlement back into the community. We directly deliver Mental Health, Physical Health, Pharmacy and Clinical Substance Misuse in an integrated healthcare delivery model to provide effective and responsive care to improve wellbeing and support better outcomes in the future.
Our Band 5 Practitioners are all given the opportunity to undertake a development pathway, where a clear competency framework is set to aid your professional development. This pathway will focus on both clinical and personal skills to enable your to apply for more senior positions once your competencies have been met.
We strongly encourage applications from both newly qualified professionals (newly qualified nurses will be offered a preceptorship) and experienced Band 5 practitioners looking for a career in offender healthcare, with a structured progression pathway to aid your development.
Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post.
Main duties of the job
As a registered Nurse/Paramedic 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.
Our primary care practitioners carry out a range of duties including:
- Reception screening
- Emergency response
- Long term conditions management
- Planned care (e.g. running clinics)
- Enhanced assessment and diagnostic intervention services
- Health promotion activities
This position isn't just a job; it's a chance to blend your clinical knowledge, personal skills and a commitment to delivering the highest standards of care in an environment that is as rewarding as it is challenging.
Please note, HMP Bristol operate a 24/7 service.
Shift pattern: 3 x 12.5-hour shifts (7:00am–7:30pm) per week for 3 weeks and 4 x 12.5 hour shifts (7:00am–7:30pm) on the 4th week. Where possible, one shift will be protected for mandatory training, supervision, and administration on-site.
- 2 weekends in every 6-week roster including both Saturday and Sunday.
- 1 set of 3-night shifts every 12-week roster including 2 per annum on weekends (7:00pm–7:30am)
Working for our organisation
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as 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 and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes.
We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
- We’re Kind
- We’re Fair
- We Listen
- We Care
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Our newly qualified Band 5 Practitioners are offered a structured offender healthcare development pathway, supported by a clear competency framework designed to promote both clinical and professional development within the prison healthcare environment. The pathway focuses on developing the specialist knowledge, skills and competencies required to work effectively in offender healthcare and to support progression into more senior roles as competencies are achieved.
We welcome applications from both newly qualified and experienced registered healthcare professionals who are interested in developing a career in offender healthcare. Newly qualified practitioners will be supported through a structured prison healthcare preceptorship programme; however, applicants should be aware that this programme is specific to offender healthcare and does not replace or contribute towards profession-specific preceptorship or portfolio requirements, such as the Newly Qualified Paramedic (NQP) programme.
Applicants should also note that this role is a Registered Healthcare Professional position within a prison healthcare setting rather than a profession-specific clinical role, and practice exposure may differ from that experienced in traditional healthcare settings.
Please see attached fact sheets in "supporting documents"
IMPORTANT INFORMATION, PLEASE READ:
All applicants must be willing to undertake National Security Vetting in order to work in a Prison Setting. This will be completed as part of the pre-employment checks through Oxleas and the prison vetting team.
You will need to provide:
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.
Address History:
5 years address history will be needed.
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.
In order to assist you in obtaining a Police Certificate, guidance can be sought from:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants
If the country you have resided in is not listed here, you can obtain the necessary information by contacting the relevant Embassy or High Commission for that Country. Their contact details can be found on the Foreign & Commonwealth Office website (http://www.fco.gov.uk/en).
Person specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Professional Qualification (Registered General Nurse or Paramedic)
- NMC Registration or HCPC Registration (or pending pin)
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of setting, monitoring, and evaluating standards of care.
- Working knowledge or a clear interest in prison/offender healthcare
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working within secure & prison settings
- Experience as a registered nurse
Skills/Abilities/Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing, presenting ideas with clarity in a persuasive and influential style.
- Ability to demonstrate an understanding of change management and new ways of working.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Ailish Shallcross
- Job title
- Primary Care Clinical Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
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