Job summary
- Main area
- Prison Nursing
- Grade
- NHS Afc: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent: AFC
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 847-RM-25-V799
- Employer
- Spectrum Community Health CIC
- Employer type
- Public (Non NHS)
- Site
- HMP Durham
- Town
- Durham
- Salary
- £31,049 - £37,796 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/02/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Paramedic - HMP Durham + £1500 welcome payment
NHS Afc: Band 5
Job overview
Are you a dedicated HCP looking for a new challenge within a diverse, community setting? Do you want to combine your primary care, acute and emergency nursing skills all in one place and keep your NHS Pension? Working in secure healthcare will bring new challenges. The days are varied and there is a wide range of training and development opportunities. You will be part of a wider multi-disciplinary team delivering primary care, mental health, and substance misuse services to our patients.
The welcome payment is payable to new candidates joining Spectrum Community Health CIC.
Main duties of the job
The role includes Nurse ands healthcare professional led clinics, administering medication and treatments, emergency response, triage, wound care, examinations, and referrals. No two days are the same working in our friendly and supportive team. You must have sound nursing knowledge, lots of valuable experience and demonstrate excellent communication skills. If you believe that this could be your next career move and are focused on delivering high quality patient care, then please apply today.
Working for our organisation
BE THE DIFFERENCE IN HEALTHCARE
Join our team
We’re looking for passionate individuals to join our diverse and innovative team.
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!
- Access to NHS Pension
- Annual leave on your Birthday
- Welcome payment for some posts
- Refer a friend scheme
- Training and Development opportunities
- Flexible Working
- Access to Employee Assistance and Health and Wellbeing programmes
- Up to 33 days annual leave
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 wellbeing 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
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information on the advertised role.
Person specification
Education and Training
Essential criteria
- Qualified Paramedic with current HCPC registration
- Evidence of Continuous Professional Development (CPD).
Desirable criteria
- Teaching and assessing qualification
- Post registration qualification in autonomous practice or equivalent
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Experience including evidence of working in any of these following clinical areas: Accident & Emergency Primary Care environments Minor Injuries / Illness Units
- Knowledge of current healthcare issues. Knowledge of clinical governance audit, risk management and quality agenda. Working within a multi-disciplinary healthcare team.
- Competent in clinical practice e.g., phlebotomy, ECG monitoring
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working within a Health & Justice environment
- Experience of health needs assessment/Triage
- Working to Patient Group Directives
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication skills
- Able to work autonomously and part of a team
- Ability to prioritise and organise own workload and that of other staff
- Ability to work in a challenging and diverse environment
- Keyboard skills - computer literate with a working knowledge of Microsoft Office Able to maintain contemporaneous clinical records following clinical activities
Desirable criteria
- Extended scope of practice e.g. wound closure/ cannulation/ managing minor illness and injury
- Experience of using SystmOne or willing to undertake training
- Evidence of knowledge in: - current professional issues - health promotion - clinical governance - national initiatives e.g., NICE guidelines, knowledge of National Health Service Framework issues - pharmacology - evidence based practice - Standard for Better Health Experience of working in criminal justice setting
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Charmayne Ankers
- Job title
- Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0191 3323648
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