Long Term Conditions Nurse

As a Long Term Conditions Nurse, you will:

• Ensure a comprehensive handover of services when patients are transferring across wings or custodial care settings.
• Identify immediate health needs including, any external services or prescribing requirements that prisoners
  may have received e.g. prior to remand or repatriation onto a wing
• A key part of this role will include the facilitation of arrangements between agencies involved in delivering a complex care package to ensure effective collaboration and stability for the patient in delivery of that care. This requires joint working with in-house healthcare services and departments within the prison such as Pharmacy, Education, Offender Management, Substance Misuse and Physical Education, etc. 
• Provide proactive intervention to urgently address improvement recommendations from CQC and HMPP inspections
• Deliver continuity of care across health and social care agencies from courts, to custody and community
• Inspire the continuous improvement of MDT working across HMP and healthcare teams.
  

If you are interested in career development, we have a wide range of opportunities for you to develop your skills and experience, which include both internal and external options for development and learning.

It doesn’t stop there… we also offer:

• Discounts on shopping and leisure activities
• Support to grow in your role and continue your professional development
• 24/7 employee assistance helpline and financial assistance when you need it

The Health in Justice team at Practice Plus Group makes a real difference across over 53 prisons, young offenders and immigration removal centres. We’re the UK’s leading independent provider of NHS services to over 40,000 patients in secure environments, always putting their needs first, regardless of their background.

Practice Plus Group’s purpose is to Unlock your best work life and we stand by our core values:

• we treat patients and each other as we would like to be treated
• we act with integrity
• we embrace diversity
• we strive to do things better together

We are looking for caring, compassionate but also driven professionals who can help us drive our vision for a fair and inclusive healthcare access to all.

Qualifications required 

• Registered Nurse- General with relevant NMC Registration
• Experience in long term conditions 
• Advanced Nurse Prescriber/ Practitioner - Desirable 
• Educated to degree level
• Knowledge of health and social care models across the criminal justice system and of national and local initiatives relating to physical health 
• Knowledge of Evidence Based Practice and Clinical Governance
• Experience of assessing the needs of and working with individuals with complex health and social care needs.

Although not essential ideal applicants would have experience in a hospital, community or prison environment.