Main area Offender Healthcare Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Full time – 37.5 hours per week (weekend working required on a rota basis) Job ref 277-8022281-ASH
Site HMP Ashfield Town Bristol Salary £39,959 – £48,117 pa Salary period Yearly Closing 03/06/2026 23:59
Job overview
Are you ready to unlock your potential within a challenging, creative and fast paced work environment? Do you want to work with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past?
This is an excellent opportunity for a Senior Registered Nurse or Paramedic 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.
This position isn’t just a job; it’s a chance to blend your clinical knowledge, personal skills and a commitment to delivering the highest standards of care in an environment that is as rewarding as it is challenging.
Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post.
Main duties of the job
As a senior registered nurse or paramedic, you will provide high quality primary care services and a range of specialist interventions for our patients. At HMP Ashfield, we deliver a nurse-led integrated primary care service and operate a specialist practice-based clinical model of care.
You will be delivering high quality clinical care within the Integrated Healthcare Service for the prison, demonstrating robust expert clinical skills and providing evidence‑based clinical practice to those in prison.
Our senior registered staff carry out a range of duties including: reception screening, emergency response, long term conditions management, planned care (e.g. running clinics), enhanced assessment and diagnostic intervention services and health promotion activities.
As a senior member of our team, you will hold a complex caseload and support more junior colleagues with any help or advice they may require. You will also be responsible for the day‑to‑day co‑ordination of the healthcare team and provide clinical supervision to junior team members including band 5 healthcare professionals, healthcare assistants and students.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will exercise a high degree of personal and professional autonomy and have the ability to plan and reach complex and critical judgments and have decision making skills.
To deliver high quality clinical care within the Integrated Healthcare Service for the prison. This will include acute & primary care, long term conditions management, enhanced assessment and diagnostic intervention services and health promotion activities and be in line with the NHS Plan, public health indicators and National Service Frameworks.
To demonstrate and provide robust expert clinical skills with a sound understanding of evidence‑based nursing practice to provide a pro‑active approach to ensure quality and outcome driven practice on a day‑to‑day basis.
To support the development of evidence‑based practice in the specialist field and to promote research as appropriate.
To participate in managerial and professional clinical supervision programme, to ensure junior staff receive appropriate supervision, training and annual appraisal and to ensure that it becomes an integral part of team practice.
Person specification
Education/Qualifications
- Professional Qualification – NMC or HCPC
- Post Graduate Qualification or equivalent experience.
Experience
- Minimum of two years’ experience at Band 5
- Working knowledge or clear interest in prison/offender healthcare
- Experience of multi‑professional collaboration including working in partnership with other statutory and voluntary organisations.
- Experience of multi‑professional collaboration including working in partnership with other statutory and voluntary organisations. Experience of setting, monitoring and evaluating standards of care.
Skills/Abilities/Knowledge
- Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing, presenting ideas with clarity in a persuasive and influential style.
- Ability to lead and empower people to make decisions and to plan ahead.
We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that welcomes and supports individuals of all abilities. Remember, if you meet the minimum criteria for this role and you have a disability, you can be guaranteed an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme – Please ensure you select this on your application form. We would encourage you to be open about your needs so we can work with you to design a comfortable and accessible interview experience. Any information you provide regarding a disability or a need for adjustments will be treated in confidence and will only be shared with colleagues who are supporting this request.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
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