Bank Registered Nurse - Practice Nursing / Long-Term Conditions
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Bank
- Pattern
- Flexible working
- Posted
- 27/08/2026
- Closes
- 10/09/2026
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Role summary
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced Bank Registered Nurse for the Primary Care team at HMP Bristol. This role involves providing high-quality, evidence-based primary care to people in prison, focusing on long-term condition management, wound care, and physical health. The nurse will undertake assessments, treatments, monitoring, and reviews for patients with acute and chronic conditions, working autonomously within a multidisciplinary team. The position offers flexible working and aims to improve health outcomes for a population with significant health inequalities.
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse with current NMC registration (Must have completed preceptorship or gained 6 months post qual exp)
- Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to primary care and physical health.
- Evidence of maintaining clinical competence within relevant areas of practice.
Desirable criteria
- Relevant Practice Nursing/General Practice qualification or equivalent experience.
- Non-medical prescribing qualification.
- Diabetes qualification.
- Leg ulcer/wound care qualification or additional specialist training.
- Relevant post-registration nursing experience.
- Experience of assessing, planning, delivering and evaluating nursing care.
- Experience of managing patients with long-term or complex health conditions.
- Experience of wound assessment and management.
- Experience of recognising and responding to clinical deterioration.
- Practice Nurse experience.
- District/community nursing experience.
- Experience in compression therapy.
- Experience of managing epilepsy.
- Experience of working within a prison, secure or other complex healthcare environment.
- Skills and Knowledge
- Sound knowledge of long-term condition management.
- Good understanding of evidence-based wound care.
- Ability to undertake holistic physical health assessments.
- Understanding of professional accountability and the NMC Code.
- Qualifications and Registration
- Registered Nurse with current NMC registration (Must have completed preceptorship or gained 6 months post qual exp)
- Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to primary care and physical health.
- Evidence of maintaining clinical competence within relevant areas of practice.
- Relevant Practice Nursing/General Practice qualification or equivalent experience.
- Non-medical prescribing qualification.
- Diabetes qualification.
- Leg ulcer/wound care qualification or additional specialist training.
- Relevant post-registration nursing experience.
- Experience of assessing, planning, delivering and evaluating nursing care.
- Experience of managing patients with long-term or complex health conditions.
- Experience of wound assessment and management.
- Experience of recognising and responding to clinical deterioration.
- Practice Nurse experience.
- District/community nursing experience.
- Experience in compression therapy.
- Experience of managing epilepsy.
- Experience of working within a prison, secure or other complex healthcare environment.
- Skills and Knowledge
- Sound knowledge of long-term condition management.
- Good understanding of evidence-based wound care.
- Ability to undertake holistic physical health assessments.
- Understanding of professional accountability and the NMC Code.
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Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
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Job summary
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced and motivated Registered Nurse to join the Primary Care team at HMP Bristol on a bank basis.
This is an opportunity for a nurse with a strong background in practice nursing, district nursing, long-term condition management, wound care and physical health to provide high-quality, evidence-based primary care to people in prison.
The successful candidate will complement the existing nursing workforce and provide additional specialist primary care capacity, supporting the delivery of care that is equitable with that available in the community.
Working within a multidisciplinary healthcare team, you will undertake assessment, treatment, monitoring and review of patients with a range of acute and long-term health conditions. You will be expected to work autonomously within your scope of practice, while recognising when escalation or multidisciplinary input is required.
Please note:We are looking for registered nurses at band 5 or 6, banding to be discussed at interview and is based on experience/competencies.
In order to work as a bank only worker you will need to have completed preceptorship training or obtained 6 months post qualification experience.
Main duties of the job
Key responsibilities:
The post holder will:o Undertake comprehensive nursing assessments and develop, implement and evalu
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