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Job summary

Main area
Prison Nursing
Grade
NHS AFC: Band 5
Contract
Bank
Hours
Flexible working - 0 hours per week
Job ref
847-RM-25-VB91
Employer
Spectrum Community Health CIC
Employer type
Public (Non NHS)
Site
HMP Frankland
Town
Durham
Salary
£20.08 + enhancements for weekends, nights and bank holidays+WTD
Salary period
Hourly
Closing
12/10/2025 23:59

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Bank Registered Nurse - HMP Frankland

NHS AFC: Band 5

Job overview

Are you an enthusiastic, motivated and proactive registered nurse wanting to join our healthcare team at HMP Frankland and work Bank shifts.  

In conjunction with the management team contribute to and deliver a comprehensive primary health care service in partnership with mental health and key stakeholders as part of a multi-disciplinary team within the prison setting.  This role involves undertaking health assessments, administering medication and treatments, performing diagnostic tests, as appropriate, and providing and evaluating a range of health interventions to meet prisoner health and social care needs.  The post holder will be required to work flexibly across the service to provide responsive, evidence-based interventions working alongside physical and mental health clinical teams.  The post holder will be part of a team that provides primary care within a prison, preventing transfer to outside hospitals.  They will demonstrate knowledge, skills and understanding of health issues and treatment options and have a keen interest in developing knowledge and skills across the integrated services.  The post holder will be expected to operate in line with our shared commitment to our values: Working Together, Integrity, Respect and Recognition, Compassion and Innovation.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide a comprehensive primary care physical/mental health service as part of the Multidisciplinary Team to prisoners with health needs within the Offender Health Business Unit.  In conjunction and partnership with the management team and key stakeholders you will contribute to and deliver a comprehensive primary care health service.

As a registered clinician you will operate as part of a multi-disciplinary team, assisting and supporting others in undertaking physical and/or health assessments, providing a range of health treatments and interventions in order to meet prisoner healthcare needs and contribute to the wider continuous development of prison healthcare services.  This will include being able to demonstrate a vast range of knowledge, skills and understanding of health issues and treatment options to provide clinical guidance and support to colleagues on matters relating to physical health and wellbeing.  The post holder will exercise good clinical knowledge, levels of judgement, discretion and decision making in clinical care demonstrated through the advanced competency framework.  You will also support senior managers in ensuring a high level of performance within the team is maintained.

Working for our organisation

BE THE DIFFERENCE IN HEALTHCARE 

Join our team! 

We’re looking for passionate individuals to join our diverse and innovative staff bank. 

Whether you are starting out in your healthcare journey or are an experienced healthcare professional looking for a new challenge we’ve got a role for you! 

  • Free car parking at some sites 
  • Enhanced bank rates 
  • Flexibility 
  • Free DBS checks 
  • Holiday pay 
  • Access to NHS Pension Scheme (subject to hours worked) 
  • NHS and Blue Light discounts 
  • Regional work 
  • Onsite gym available at some sites 
  • Opportunity to join substantive employment. 

Spectrum Community Health CIC provides a range of award-winning healthcare services on behalf of the NHS, Local Authority Public Health services, and other partners across substance misuse, sexual health, and health and justice settings. As a not-for-profit social enterprise and Community Interest Company our focus is centred on people – our patients, service users, staff, and partners. 

We are building on our ambition to deliver the best in health and well-being on a values-driven ethos and to maintain the highest standards of patient care and service. We are an expanding organisation, but we aim to grow without compromising on quality and social value. 

Our Mission 

Holistic interventions delivered with compassion for the stigmatised and marginalised in our communities. 

Our Vision 

Quality healthcare that makes a difference to people’s lives, regardless of circumstances.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We have an ambition to become a truly lived experience inclusive employer, changing how we approach staff experience and value personal stories our colleagues bring with them.  

We welcome applications from everyone, including applicants with lived experience, those who belong to LGBTQIA+ Community and are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (or questioning), Intersex and Asexual, people with a disability, neurodivergent applicants, and people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds. 

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details of the advertised role. 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Registered Nurse Level 1 – Adult / General/Mental Health
Desirable criteria
  • Mentorship / teaching / assessing experience

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Awareness of current healthcare issues
  • Awareness of clinical governance, risk management and quality agenda
  • Working within a multi-disciplinary healthcare team
  • Experience of appraisal and clinical supervision
  • There is a requirement to undertake training to become proficient in the use of SystemOne
Desirable criteria
  • Understanding of local and national key documents and their impact on health care delivery in a prison setting
  • Awareness of the Health and Justice agenda in prisons
  • Experience of working within a secure environment
  • Experience of health needs assessment/Triage Working to Patient Group Directives Practice Nurse / Chronic Disease Management / Minor Injuries experience
  • Experience of relevant continuing professional development
  • Experience of using SystemOne

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Trust IDApprenticeships logoPositive about disabled peopleDisability confident leaderMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Maria Davis
Job title
Deputy Head of Healthcare
Email address
[email protected]
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