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Registered Nurse

Oxleas NHS Foundation TrustHMP Ashfield, Shortwood Road, Pucklechurch, Bristol, BS16 9QJ, United Kingdom£32,073 - £39,043Closes 08/09/2026

At a glance

Band
Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Pattern
Full-time
Posted
25/08/2026
Closes
08/09/2026

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Role summary

This role is for a Registered Nurse to join a healthcare team at HMP Ashfield, providing primary care and specialist interventions to offenders. You will deliver high-quality clinical care, including reception screening, emergency response, and long-term conditions management. The position offers a development pathway for Band 5 nurses, focusing on clinical and personal skills for career progression. Both newly qualified and experienced nurses are encouraged to apply.

Essential criteria

  • Professional Qualification (Registered General Nurse)
  • 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
  • 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
  • Education/ Qualifications
  • Professional Qualification (Registered General Nurse)
  • Experience of setting, monitoring, and evaluating standards of care
  • Working knowledge or a clear interest in prison/offender healthcare
  • Experience of working within secure & prison settings
  • Experience as a registered nurse
  • Skills/Abilities/Knowledge
  • 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

Useful to know

Band 5 pay context

Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.

This advert: £32,073 – £39,043 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.

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Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Registered Nurse

The closing date is 08 September 2026

Job summary

This is an excellent opportunity for a Registered Nurse 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 nurses 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 registered nurses (who will initially be offered a preceptorship position) and experienced Band 5 nurses looking for a career in offender healthcare, with a structured progression pathway to aid your development.

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