Bank Staff Nurse RGN-Band 5 -Kent Prisons
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Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust Bank Staff Nurse RGN-Band 5 -Kent Prisons
The closing date is 12 November 2026
Job summary
As part of the Kent Prison Healthcare contract awarded to Oxleas NHS trust, we are able to expand recruitment and are looking for compassionate, knowledgeable and motivated Staff Nurse to join our friendly teams working across our Kent prisons on Bank.
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 patients 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.
As part of the role you will be required to work at least two days in a 6-week period to have supervision, talks with colleagues, attended team meetings etc. In order to work as a bank only worker you will need to have completed preceptorship training or obtained 6 months post qualification experience.
Main duties of the job
We have 7 prisons in Kent: HMP Elmley, HMP Swaleside and HMP Standford Hill are all located on the Isle of Sheppey.
HMP Rochester, HMP Cookham Wood, HMP Maidstone and HMP East Sutton Park are located in West Kent.
We are looking for bank staff who will be able to pick up regular shifts at any of the sites above.
As a Staff Nurse you will provide a quality primary care service and a range of specialist interventions for offenders.
To support junior colleagues such as healthcare assistants.
About us
Oxleas - About Us
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.
We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
- We're Kind
- We're Fair
- We Listen
- We Care
Details
Date posted
29 October 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£39,781 a year per annum pro-rata inc. HCAS
Contract
Bank
Working pattern
Flexible working
Reference number
277-BankRGN-B5- KentPris-C
Job locations
Kent Prisons
1 Fort Road
Kent
ME1 3QS
United Kingdom
Job description
Job responsibilities
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional NMC Qualification (Registered Mental Health Nurse)
- Professional, clinical knowledge acquired through training to degree level or equivalent.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of providing and receiving complex, sensitive information
- Working knowledge of current issues/agendas facing healthcare in chosen area of specialism
- Experience of setting, monitoring and evaluating standards of care.
Skills
Essential
- Ability to present ideas with clarity in a persuasive and influential style.
- Ability to work effectively and autonomously.
- Ability to lead and empower people to make decisions and plan ahead.
- Awareness of safeguarding procedures.
- Ability to work sensitively and supportively with families, including at times of stress.
- Ability to change practice in response to national guidance and local priorities.
Effort and Environment
Essential
- Ability to travel to NHS & Local Authority sites and patients' home if required.
- Daily use of physical health equipment, if required.
- Patient-facing role, which may expose the practitioner to distressing, emotional conditions
Other Requirements
Essential
- Valid driving licence and the use of a vehicle, if required for the role.
- Flexibility to work 24hr Shifts, 7 days a week and across all clinical areas as required unless otherwise specified.
- Standard IT skills.
- Ability to fulfil requirements as outlined in the Addendum document to this JD.
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional NMC Qualification (Registered Mental Health Nurse)
- Professional, clinical knowledge acquired through training to degree level or equivalent.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of providing and receiving complex, sensitive information
- Working knowledge of current issues/agendas facing healthcare in chosen area of specialism
- Experience of setting, monitoring and evaluating standards of care.
Skills
Essential
- Ability to present ideas with clarity in a persuasive and influential style.
- Ability to work effectively and autonomously.
- Ability to lead and empower people to make decisions and plan ahead.
- Awareness of safeguarding procedures.
- Ability to work sensitively and supportively with families, including at times of stress.
- Ability to change practice in response to national guidance and local priorities.
Effort and Environment
Essential
- Ability to travel to NHS & Local Authority sites and patients' home if required.
- Daily use of physical health equipment, if required.
- Patient-facing role, which may expose the practitioner to distressing, emotional conditions
Other Requirements
Essential
- Valid driving licence and the use of a vehicle, if required for the role.
- Flexibility to work 24hr Shifts, 7 days a week and across all clinical areas as required unless otherwise specified.
- Standard IT skills.
- Ability to fulfil requirements as outlined in the Addendum document to this JD.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Kent Prisons
1 Fort Road
Kent
ME1 3QS
United Kingdom
Employer's website
http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Kent Prisons
1 Fort Road
Kent
ME1 3QS
United Kingdom
Employer's website
http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Recruitment & Retention Resourcing Officer
Clare Denny
Details
Date posted
29 October 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£39,781 a year per annum pro-rata inc. HCAS
Contract
Bank
Working pattern
Flexible working
Reference number
277-BankRGN-B5- KentPris-C
Job locations
Kent Prisons
1 Fort Road
Kent
ME1 3QS
United Kingdom
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