Bank Staff Nurse RGN-Band 5 -Kent Prisons


Company:	NHS Jobs
Salary:	from £39,781 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Kent, ME1 3QS
Job type:	Contract
Posting date:	29 Oct 2026
Closing date:	12 Nov 2026

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Job Purpose and Summary The Staff Nurse will deliver high quality, personalised, compassionate care to service users, providing a range of specialist interventions. Ensure consistently high standards of practice and clinical excellence, which comply with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) code of professional conduct. Lead the delivery of comprehensive service user assessment, planning, implementing andevaluating programmes of patient-centred care in a range of settings. Provide clinical supervision and support to junior colleagues, including students. Assist and support the manager, as directed, to deliver a nurse-led integrated care service anddevelop a specialist practice-based clinical model of care. Maintain a safe and therapeutic working environment, working collaboratively with the Multi-Disciplinary Team and maintaining accurate records. Band 5 Nursing roles are only open to staff with a Nursing registration, obtained as a result of completing a qualification recognised by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). This position is located at both HMP Rochester and HMP Cookham Wood, and the post holder will be expected to work at both locations depending on service requirements. The post holder will also need to collaborate closely with colleagues at nearby Kent prisons, including HMP Maidstone and HMP East Sutton Park, and may occasionally provide cross-cover between sites. Key Task and Responsibilities Exercise a high degree of personal and professional autonomy and have the ability to plan and reach complex and critical judgments, using decision-making skills within the framework of established Trust policies, procedures, and the NMC Code of Conduct. Demonstrate and provide robust 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. Recognise and respond appropriate to challenging behaviour in line with Trust policies and training. Support junior staff in managing difficult situations and de-escalation, developing resilience and strategies to manage. Provide day-to-day supervision, mentorship, and support to junior colleagues, students, and unregistered staff, including the safe delegation of tasks in line with the NMC Code of Conduct. Demonstrate a practical understanding and application of the Mental Health Act (1983) and other relevant legislation. Act as a role model by upholding and demonstrating the Trust values of We're Kind, We're Fair, We Listen, We Care in all interactions with service users, families, carers, and colleagues. Participate in managerial and professional clinical supervision, training, and annual appraisal and ensure that this becomes an integral part of team practice. Ensure the implementation of effective and appropriate patient-centred care-planning tools, long-term condition registers and consistent delivery throughout the service. Work collaboratively with the Clinical Lead, GPs, and other clinicians to meet and review service needs as required. Be guided by standard operating procedures (SOPs), good practice, established precedents and understand what results or standards are to be achieved. Make comments on proposals for changes, regarding working practices, service improvements or patient feedback. Communicate effectively, with sensitivity and compassion, and manage relationships with people, making reasonable adjustments where necessary. Ensure the privacy, dignity and safety of individuals is maintained at all times. Monitor the condition and health needs of people within their care on a continual basis in partnership with the members of the MDT team, families and carers. Planning & Organisational Skills Plan and organise programmes of care. Plan and organise patient care activities, reprioritising as required to ensure the interests of the patients are met. Recognise and report any situations, behaviours or errors that could result in poor care outcomes. Identify risks to safety or experience and take appropriate action, putting the best interests, needs and preferences of people first. Assist in the implementation of appropriate action to meet the specific physical, emotional and psychological, social, cultural and spiritual needs of individuals and carers. Demonstrate good understanding of principles of consent and ensure valid consent is obtained prior to undertaking nursing and care procedures. Support people to improve and maintain their mental, physical, behavioural health and wellbeing. Facilitate the admission and discharge of service users, ensuring the needs of the patient and service are met, including completion of relevant legislative or required documentation. May organise staff and allocate duties during a shift to support staff and/or less experienced colleagues. Patient/Client Care Assess, plan, implement and evaluate clinical care/care packages within scope of practice. Provide specialist advice concerning the care of treatment of identified groups of patients / service users. Support the delivery of an effective integrated healthcare service clinical model. Manage a complex clinical caseload. Administer and monitor the side-effects of medication, monitoring service user compliance, demonstrating a sound understanding of pharmacology, particularly for regular medications used in the clinical area. Ensure all clinics and consultations are delivered in a clinically effective and timely way, in line with service needs. Be able to give intravenous injections, immunisations and syringe pumps and infusions as necessary for the role. Implement the principles of recovery, encouraging and supporting service users to engage with healthy lifestyles, facilitating psychosocial activities and other activities of their interest. Where appropriate, contribute to psychological interventions. Escorting service users, as required, in line with Trust policies. Maintain systems for the collection of triage and allocation of referrals, as appropriate, monitoring and supporting the auditing of quality and effectiveness of service delivery. Maintain an effective case management service to ensure care and continuity of treatment is maintained throughout the patient care pathway. Attend and actively participate in team / care plan reviews. Maintain close working partnerships with all services that may be involved with the care and management of the service users. Research & Development Undertakes surveys or audits, as necessary to own work; may occasionally participate in R&D, clinical trials or equipment testing. Participate in clinical trials or complete staff surveys. Participate in audit and patient satisfaction surveys. Contribute to clinical or governance reviews of the teams activity and the monitoring of performance. Contribute to relevant audit practice development on research activity that may be taking place in the work area. Communication & Relationship Skills Provide and receive complex, sensitive or contentious information, which requires tact and persuasive skills. Be able to motivate, negotiate, provide empathy or reassurance, where there are barriers to understanding or co-operation is required. Participate in clinical discussions/meetings regarding patients care and work collaboratively with a range of professionals in statutory and non-statutory organisations and agencies. Liaise and communicate with staff, managers, patients, other professionals and service users at all levels. Ensure that confidentiality is maintained in conjunction with the Trust's Confidentiality Policy. Understand the roles of a range of professionals and carers from other organisations and settings who may be participating in the care of a person and their family. Liaise with other senior Trust personnel to share expertise, promote ideas and ensure the service is working collaboratively with other teams, as required. Develop and maintain inter-disciplinary and inter-agency working, with all relevant organisations and agencies. Engage in reflective practice, to ensure effective patient care is based on evidence-based practice and with trust values in mind. Attend staff training and meetings including reflective practice groups and activities, including the development of a reflective portfolio. Provide advice or demonstrate own activities or workplace routines to new or less experienced employees in own work area. Provide day to day supervision, mentoring, training and support to less experienced staff members or students. Allocate work to clinical support workers or students. Regularly responsible for providing training to Nursing and other disciplines where the topics or subjects are connected with own work area. Financial & Physical Resources May handle or process cash, cheques, patients valuables. Responsible for the safe use of equipment other than equipment which they personally use. Responsible for equipment for use by others, use of equipment by others e.g. use of hoists, surgical equipment. Maintain stock control, order supplies. Responsible for the safe custody and storage of drugs, sharps and clinical equipment, reporting all incidents in line with Trust policy. Other Undertake any other duties that are commensurate with the band and nature of the post.

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