Senior Nurse
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 07/09/2026
- Closes
- 21/09/2026
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Role summary
As a Senior Nurse, you will deliver high-quality primary care and specialist interventions to offenders at HMP Swaleside, operating within a nurse-led integrated service. You will manage patient care pathways, ensure timely clinical services, and implement health promotion strategies. This role involves day-to-day coordination of the Healthcare Team, supporting junior colleagues, and providing clinical supervision. You will work within a unique community, making a significant difference to patients' lives by providing urgent care, routine health screens, and complex needs care.
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse RGN
- Post Graduate Qualification or equivalent experience.
Desirable criteria
- Registered General Nurse
- Minimum of two years' experience at Band 5.
- Working knowledge of current issues/agendas facing prison/offender healthcare
- Experience of multi-professional collaboration including working in partnership with other statutory and voluntary organisations.
- Experience of setting, monitoring and evaluating standards of care.
- oExperience of working within secure & prison settings
- 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.
- Ability to lead and empower people to make decisions and to plan ahead.
- Knowledge of current National Prison Health Quality & Performance Indicators
- Good analytical and judgement skills
- Effort and Environment
- Ability to manage complex & challenging behaviour
- Education/Qualifications
- Registered Nurse RGN
- Post Graduate Qualification or equivalent experience.
- Registered General Nurse
- Minimum of two years' experience at Band 5.
- Working knowledge of current issues/agendas facing prison/offender healthcare
- Experience of multi-professional collaboration including working in partnership with other statutory and voluntary organisations.
- Experience of setting, monitoring and evaluating standards of care.
- oExperience of working within secure & prison settings
- 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.
- Ability to lead and empower people to make decisions and to plan ahead.
- Knowledge of current National Prison Health Quality & Performance Indicators
- Good analytical and judgement skills
- Effort and Environment
- Ability to manage complex & challenging behaviour
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £40,959 – £50,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Nurse
The closing date is 21 September 2026
Job summary
As a senior nurse you will provide high quality primary care services and a range of specialist interventions for offenders. At HMP Swaleside, we deliver a nurse-led integrated primary care service and operate a specialist practice-based clinical model of care.
You will maintain an effective case management service to ensure care and continuity of treatment is maintained throughout a patient care pathway whilst detained in prison. You will be required to ensure all clinics and consultations are delivered in a clinically effective and timely way and implement strategies designed to promote and improve health and prevent disease whilst in prison.
As a senior member of staff, you will be responsible for the day-to-day co-ordination of the Healthcare Team, supporting junior colleagues and ensure systems are in place for clinical supervision to junior team members.
I see the prison as an individual community where I work with a variety of people and provide urgent care, routine health screens like a GP practice and complex needs care to the patients. I have the unique opportunity to support someone throughout their time in prison and make a significant difference to their lives. Furthermore, see them grow, change and improve their general health." Ellen, Clinical Lead, Oxleas NHS
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