Job summary
- Main area
- Prison Nursing
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 847-RM-25-V643
- Employer
- Spectrum Community Health CIC
- Employer type
- Public (Non NHS)
- Site
- HMP Styal
- Town
- Wilmslow
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Practice Development Nurse - HMP Styal
NHS AfC: Band 7
Job overview
Offender health is an exciting and challenging specialism with significant Public Health and Long-Term Conditions agenda. Significantly, the management of acute, long term and substance misuse presentations represent a large cohort of these patients and requires understanding of primary care.
HMP & YOI Styal is a female prison.
Main duties of the job
The Practice Development Nurse will work within their designated service/s working closely with the Head of Healthcare and the Regional Head of Operations, to plan, implement and evaluate the development of staff. They will work with designated teams to coordinate and embed learning and development ensuring that staff are competent and capable to undertake their roles.
The Practice Development Nurse will work with the team and the Regional Head of Operations to identify learning needs, plan and implement any training required and continuously evaluate staff competence ensuring that development is aligned to and informs
local and national priorities.
Working for our organisation
BE THE DIFFERENCE IN HEALTHCARE
Join our team
We’re looking for passionate individuals to join our diverse and innovative team.
- Access to NHS Pension
- Annual leave on your Birthday
- Welcome payment for some posts
- Refer a friend scheme
- Training and Development opportunities
- Flexible Working
- Access to Employee Assistance and Health and Wellbeing programmes
- Up to 33 days annual leave
Spectrum Community Health CIC provides a range of award-winning healthcare services on behalf of the NHS, Local Authority Public Health services, and other partners across substance misuse, sexual health, and health and justice settings. As a not-for-profit social enterprise and Community Interest Company our focus is centred on people – our patients, service users, staff and partners.
We are building on our ambition to deliver the best in health and wellbeing on a values-driven ethos and to maintain the highest standards of patient care and service. We are an expanding organisation, but we aim to grow without compromising on quality and social value.
Our Mission
Holistic interventions delivered with compassion for the stigmatised and marginalised in our communities
Our Vision
Quality healthcare that makes a difference to people’s lives, regardless of circumstances.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Practice Development Nurse will be expected to:
• Promote high standards of care through the demonstration of clinical expertise and credibility.
• Facilitate the creation of a positive learning environment in the workplace where staff development is encouraged and supported.
• Facilitate the induction, education and continuing professional development for all levels of registered and non-registered nursing staff within the Nursing Teams.
• Work alongside staff in individual teams undertaking a key role in practice development.
• Translate Spectrum priorities such as changes in nursing standards, new clinical roles such as Apprenticeships into their designated service.
• Support preceptorship for newly qualified nurses ensuring a full development plan is in in place and regular meetings are held to review progress with preceptorship.
The Practice Development Nurse will work closely with the service ensuring that national and local workforce and development strategies are aligned, communicated and embedded into their designated service with the specific focus on staff development training and quality.
Person specification
Education and Training
Essential criteria
- Registered Health care Professional with current appropriate registration e.g., Nurse with NMC membership.
- Management qualification or equivalent experience
- Evidence of continued professional development at post graduate level, including delivery of evidence-based care
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Sustained successful experience in a management operational role, working in a complex environment with multi health professionals
- Demonstrate experience and knowledge of effective changes to practice to support regulatory compliance e.g., CQC, Regulation 28 etc
- Experience of leading teams in a complex environment to implement organisational change and deliver a successful outcome
- Experience of effectively managing a service working in partnership with multidisciplinary teams
- Experience of working with vulnerable groups and understand the complexity that they present
- Lead on implementation of quality initiatives
- Experience of managing and maintaining effective relationships with a variety of stakeholders.
- Experience of leading clinical governance
- Understanding and application of confidentiality
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge and understanding in relation to the government’s offender health agenda
- Experience of managing offender care or secure units.
- Experience of conducting and supporting research
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Melanie Greaves
- Job title
- Head of Healthcare
- Email address
- [email protected]
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