Staff Nurse - Prison Healthcare

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NHS Scotland is reducing their full time working week from 37.5 to 37 hours per week from 1 April 2024 but with no change in pay.  This reduction will also be applied pro rata for part time staff.  This advert and any subsequent offer/contract of employment therefore reflects the new working hours.  However, as not all service areas will be able to adopt the 37 hour working week immediately from 1 April 2024, you may be required to work up to an additional 30 minutes per week for a temporary period for which you would be paid until the service you are working in changes rosters or working patterns to accommodate the new reduced working week.  If you have any questions or concerns please contact the Recruiting Board. 

There is an opportunity for a band 5 Staff Nurse to work in Inverness Prison,  working with individuals who often with histories of previous traumatic experiences, complex physical and mental health needs including symptoms of distress and / or problematic drug and alcohol use. 

We are seeking an enthusiastic and compassionate nurse who has an ability to build rapports with the patient group who often feel marginalised in wider society.    Day to day duties include medication rounds, including dispensing of controlled drugs; coordinating and assisting in GP clinics, nurse triage clinics, and admissions / transfers to and from Inverness Prison. You would be expected, within your working day, to work alongside the wider MDT and in collaboration with the Scottish Prison Service and other external organisations.

HMP Inverness has capacity for approx. 115 prisoners but as a new prison is being built you would locate to the new HMP Highland's Prison whereby capacity would increase to 200. This is an exciting time to join the HMP healthcare team. 

Requirements are a RN with a current NMC Registration.

Shift patterns are within the hours of:

• 07.00-21.00 Monday-Friday 
• 07.15-17.15  Saturday-Sunday

A relocation package may be available for the successful candidate.

Informal enquiries to:

Teresa Green,  Service Manager DARS, Police Custody Healthcare, Prison Healthcare, SARC

Telephone Number:    or

Email: Teresa.green@nhs.scot 

or

Lauren Veitch, Prison Healthcare Service Manager, HMP Inverness

Telephone Number:

Email: lauren.veitch@nhs.scot

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NHS Highland is geographically the largest of the 14 regional boards of NHS Scotland, covering an area of 12,500 square miles, across Highland and Argyll & Bute.

As a board we strive to ensure the environment is conducive to nurturing a positive culture, supported and delivered through our NHS and Social Care values.

NHS Scotland is reducing their full time working week from 37.5 to 37 hours per week from 1 April 2024 but with no change in pay.  This reduction will also be applied pro rata for part time staff.  This advert and any subsequent offer/contract of employment therefore reflects the new working hours.  However, as not all service areas will be able to adopt the 37 hour working week immediately from 1 April 2024, you may be required to work up to an additional 30 minutes per week for a temporary period for which you would be paid until the service you are working in changes rosters or working patterns to accommodate the new reduced working week.  If you have any questions or concerns please contact the Recruiting Board.