Primary Care Staff Nurse- HMP Send | Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Posting date:	05 March 2026
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£32,602 - £39,686 per annum inc. HCAS (pro rata if P/T)
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	04 April 2026
Location:	Ripley, Woking, GU23 7LJ
Company:	CNWL NHS Foundation Trust
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	7846481/333-D-HJ-1980

Summary

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust is a Top Employer Award Winner and works in partnership to provide responsive and dependable primary care, mental health, intellectual disability and substance misuse services to the diverse and culturally rich communities we serve.


In our quest to deliver patient-focused quality care we are looking to recruit a highly motivated, innovative and enthusiastic Band 5 Primary Care Staff Nurse to join our forward thinking, friendly and expanding Health & Justice team at HMP Send.

By joining our Prisons Health Care Team, you will not only look after the healthcare needs of our patients residing in secure environments, but who also can have a real impact on promoting health and well-being. Our healthcare services work to a 7-day week working model, to ensure our patient's healthcare is always managed and maintained to the highest of standards.


Our motto is “Caring NOT Judging” so by working in partnership with the criminal justice system and other agencies, we provide responsive, dependable and high-quality primary care and mental health services to those who may have offended and those at risk of offending in the communities we serve, to improve their health status and to encourage social inclusion.


Why not see what our staff say about working within our award-winning teams: https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/health-and-justice/find-out-what-its-work-health-and-justice


Staff working within Primary Care will:
• Provide an accessible individual patient assessment, treatment and referral service
• Monitor the ongoing health status of patients and address identified issues
• Work with patients to influence the impact on their health arising from current lifestyle patterns/choices
• Implement effective discharge plans for transfer or release locations
• Co-ordinate multi-disciplinary clinical practice to provide focused integrated care and treatment programmes/packages.
• Work collaboratively with staff of other disciplines e.g. officers and governors to provide integrated and coordinated treatment plans.

We offer a great range of career pathways to support our nurses through their journey, see the list of endless opportunities under the working for your organisation.



Our Health & Justice healthcare services present unique & diverse learning, development & leadership opportunities for nurses, where you will have the potential to make a significant difference to the lives of adults, children & young people who often experience a wide range of health inequalities.

Our standard benefits such as:
• Monthly supervision
• Annual personal development plans/appraisals
• Preceptorship Programme
• Support & guidance with Revalidation
• Hidden Gem & annual award ceremonies
• A full range of internal & external training opportunities for our Band 5 & newly qualified Band 5 roles across our services.

We have also developed a clinical leadership career pathway to ensure you feel supported, valued & developed via our career pathway programme that facilitates lifelong learning.

Supporting you in your transition from Student nurse to newly qualified nurse to ensure you develop your clinical and leadership skills this includes:
• Induction programme
• 12-month preceptorship programme
• 12-month Band 5 development programme
• Rotational programme – where you can spend 6 months in 2-3 differenthealth and justice settings to develop your knowledge & skills
• Career coaching
• Newly qualified nurse forums
• NHS Leadership Academy leadership course
• Bespoke health & justice clinical competencies

Please see full job description and personal specification for full list of responsibilities':
• Triage patient needs in accordance with specific standard operating procedures and national policy e.g. NICE guidance
• Assess, plan and implement care for patients within each care/treatment pathway in order to promote wellbeing
• Facilitate the use of evidence based practice to ensure that clinical care is both effective and appropriate
• Carry out general nursing duties
• Maintain contemporaneous records
• Support and make a professional contribution to the development of integrated healthcare
• Act as a preceptor/mentor in accordance with experience



HMP Send is situated within an acute rural area, candidates will require their own transport to access, there is no direct public transport links to and from the establishment.

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/HM+Prison+Send/@51.2734336,-0.4938699,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x4875d942aecb4c75:0xbafac6c14e683a4e!8m2!3d51.2734336!4d-0.491295!16s%2Fm%2F03c4fzs?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MDgyNy4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

We are a friendly team and encourage any prospective candidate to contact us with any questions and/or to book an informal visit.

You can also find more information on our services and the work we do within the Health & Justice Directorate please do take a look at our new websitehttps://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/health-and-justice

Our healthcare services work to a7-day week working model, to ensure our patient's healthcare is managed and maintained to the highest of standards at all times.

All of our HMPPS sites offer free use of the onsite leisure facilities and free parking for staff.




This advert closes on Sunday 22 Mar 2026

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