HMP Chelmsford are seeking a compassionate and motivated Bank Nursing Associate to join our healthcare team. As a Nursing Associate within the prison service, you will work as an effective member of the Pharmacy team in providing healthcare services, including medication administration to the patients. You will assist in the delivery of a high-quality pharmacy service, providing medicines management services to assist in tackling identified inequalities within the prison.In return, you will be part of a wider team that provides all aspect of care to men in a custodial setting. You will have support from all associated teams and have the chance to broaden your skills and knowledge especially in the field of medications and conditions associated.Package DescriptionAs a Bank Nursing Associate, you’ll be working as part of the HCRG Care Group Team in our Chelmsford Prison Pharmacy service. As well as the attractive hourly rates of pay, at HCRG Care Group you will benefit from:£14.43 an hour Self-booking and access to all bank shifts! Staff are given access to all Bank shifts within their Business Unit and can self-book providing they meet the shift requirements.Request a Duty – Staff can make shifts or Day Off requests prior to the creation of a roster up to six weeks in advance. This helps promote a better work life balance and allows for personal commitments to be metHCRG Care Group is pleased to offer access to Wagestream - which lets you track your pay throughout the month and stream your earned wages into your bank account if you need them. No more high-interest loans or overdraft fees - simply get paid as you go.Working in an environment focused on the highest clinical and quality standardsOpportunities to work in different areas and various different services to gain new knowledge and experienceAccess to our Strive for Better networks, a national support and professional network made up of NHS professionals like you, giving you the chance to constantly develop industry-leading care and qualityAccess to our free well-being service available 24/7/365 online and by telephone including; counsellors, post trauma incident support, legal, debt and practical life management helpline, guided self-help, telephonic career coaching and monthly well-being newslettersFree statutory and mandatory training, as well as access to a range of courses and e-learning to develop further skills and in-house opportunities continuing your professional developmentInnovative forward-thinking culture with the opportunity to put forward your ideas to contribute to the way we work. You will be encouraged to apply for national funding to drive your initiatives locally to benefit our patients and service usersRewarding and supportive teams, you will be recognised and have opportunities to recognise others by nominating for local and national awards annually and taking part in our new virtual “Ask our Executives” event, where you can submit questions to the board and hear updates regularly on company strategy and objectivesThe pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality CommissionMain ResponsibilitiesAdminister Medication in accordance with the local SOPs.Assist with the implementation and development of pharmacy support to all the residential wings in the prison which includes, where appropriate, advising patients on the correct use of medication.Maintain clear and comprehensive, signed and contemporaneous records both written and electronic.Regularly monitor and update medication charts, removing out of date. prescriptions and ensure prescription renewals from prescribers are ordered timely.Reconcile medicines on a daily basis for all prisoners who are admitted to the prison directly from the Courts or via internal transfer from another prison.Undertake risk assessments of prisoners relating to ‘In-Possession’ medication.You will collect orders from suppliers from the Main Gate and arrange collection of return. You will participate in dispensing of prescriptions.The Ideal CandidatePersonal SpecificationExcellent communication and inter-personal skills.Ability to build and develop relationships.Strong customer service skills.Must be confident and capable of autonomous practice.Registered Nursing associate or awaiting PIN membership or about to qualify.Experience in a Prison environment highly desirable but not essential.Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team.About The CompanyWe change lives by transforming health and care. Established in 2006 we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do. We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone. While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can. As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. Finally, we need to let you know that the company you’ll work for is part of HCRG Care Group Holdings Limited and by applying for this job we’ll need to process and hold information about you. If you would like to know a little more about how we use your information, please see our website's privacy policy.
