Senior Primary Care Nurse

  • NHS
  • Jan 08, 2026
Full time Healthcare & Medical

Job Description

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Primary Care Nurse to join our Primary Care team at HMP Full Sutton, a category A men's Prison located in Full Sutton, York.

This site is located in a rural location with its own parking on site, an on-site gym, café, team building days and well-being events annually, regular 1 1s and good scope to develop.

Hours

37.5 hours a week, however may incorporate some night shifts. Working 7 am 7:15 pm / 7 pm 7:15 am including 1 weekend in two every month. 3 12 hour shifts for 3 weeks, 4 12 hour shifts on 4th week.

This position is full time; you'll receive an annual salary up to £49,175 per annum FTE - depending on experience.

How we will support you:

  • Bespoke induction, including our Introducing Health in Justice training course
  • Competency framework
  • Regional and national career development opportunities
  • Our bespoke Learning Management System to address your learning needs
  • Support from the wider team

Candidates are required to have a legal right to work in the UK and, due to the nature of the role, offers of employment will be subject to additional vetting and security checks.

Main duties of the job
  • Lead a multi disciplinary team to deliver a nurse led service and prevent hospital admissions
  • Undertake medication rounds, dispense controlled medication, attend emergency response situations, assess patients, and undertake reception screening
  • Provide outstanding evidence based care to our patients, seeking out, listening to and acting on their feedback so that care is personalised and informed by what matters to them.
  • Deliver non judgemental care that makes a real difference
  • Inspire excellence by forging strong links with our partners and stakeholders and providing a service that people can trust, feel safe within, and feel proud of
  • Promote best practice, clinical supervision, evidence based care and continuous quality improvement, embedding a culture of shared learning.
  • Share knowledge, skills and expertise to ensure safe care, building strong multi disciplinary teams and supporting each other to do a great job.

If you are interested in career development, we have a wide range of opportunities for you to develop your skills and experience, which include both internal and external options for development and learning.

Benefits
  • Discounts on shopping and leisure activities
  • Support to grow in your role and continue your professional development
  • 24/7 employee assistance helpline and financial assistance when you need it
About us

The Health in Justice team at Practice Plus Group makes a real difference across over 53 prisons, young offender and immigration removal centres. We are the UK's leading independent provider of NHS services to over 40,000 patients in secure environments, always putting their needs first, regardless of their background.

Practice Plus Group's purpose is to unlock your best work life and we stand by our core values:

  • We treat patients and each other as we would like to be treated
  • We act with integrity
  • We strive to do things better together

We are looking for caring, compassionate but also driven professionals who can help us drive our vision for fair and inclusive healthcare access to all.

Qualifications required
  • Experience of line management, audits, governance
  • Mentoring assessor qualification and Prescribing - desirable
  • Evidence of continued professional development
  • Understanding of the complexities of multi disciplinary and multi agency working
  • Although not essential, ideal applicants would have experience in a hospital, community or prison environment.
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.