Skip to content
Working at Sodexo - engineer fixing large machinery

Our vacancies

Search Jobs  

Registered General Nurse (RGN/RCN)

Please Note: The application deadline for this job has now passed.

Job Introduction

HMP Forest Bank are recruiting for Registered General Nurses to join the busy Healthcare Team to deliver a comprehensive range needs based health care services to adult and young offenders residing within HM Prison Forest Bank. 

HMP Forest Bank serves the courts of Greater Manchester and maintains strong links to the local community with a focus on resettlement. We aim to deliver quality of life services and support people to change their lives for the better.

Opportunities for learning and developing work-ready skills are on offer for all who come in to custody, but our commitment to reducing reoffending in local communities does not end at the prison gate. We support people released from custody through innovative partnerships in substance misuse services in Bury and Oldham, working with people to maintain recovery and lead law-abiding lives.

As well as the 16 residential units on site, there is a healthcare centre, gym, library, workshop complex, visits hall, chaplaincy and kitchen. The prison’s capacity stands at 1,460, holding adult men both on remand or sentenced and young prisoners between the ages of 18-21 years.

We provide a safe and controlled working environment where you get to see the full cycle of patient care and work with a dedicated multidisciplinary team. You will have the opportunity to work independently, make your own decisions and have a family friendly work-life balance.  Some of the other benefits that we offer are:

  • Excellent salary - £36,628 per annum
  • Free on-site parking and free meals while on duty
  • Long service award
  • Free learning and development
  • Access to Sodexo Discounts – wide range of Holiday, travel and retail discounts
  • Support in contributing ½ towards NMC fee’s
  • Subsidsed gym membership.
  • 37.5 hours per week - Shift Patterns, Days, nights, Weekends, Bank Holidays

For more information on working in Justice within Sodexo please see Careers in Justice

From April 2023, the healthcare services within Sodexo's prisons will be transitioning to a new service provider.

Role Responsibility

  • Assist in the promotion, monitoring and development of evidence based primary health care services, and monitor the work of others providing services to the population.
  • Provide an emergency first line response service in emergency situations daily within the prison environment.
  • Maintain clinical credibility in order to remain updated and influence the practice of others. 
  • Attend meetings associated with your area of responsibility and in the absence of or at the request of the HCC Manager.
  • Demonstrate a willingness to develop professionally and contribute to the delivery of the NSFs to the practice population.   
  • Promote and support multidisciplinary and interagency working throughout the delivery of healthcare, understanding the contribution of others in the wider prison system.
  • Assist the primary care Manager in the development, implementation, of policies and standards and procedures.
  • Administer medications as prescribed according to NMC guidelines.
  • Support the development, implementation, and monitoring of Clinical Governance and quality assurance.
  • Support the continuous personal development and training of all healthcare staff.
  • Participate in clinical supervision.
  • Initiate and participate in research and clinical audit ensure compliance with prison healthcare and NSF standards.

The Ideal Candidate

Essential

  • Current NMC registration
  • Previous registration experience in acute medicine / emergency dept
  • Evidence of professional development
  • Non-judgemental approach towards all individuals
  • Flexibility to work shift patterns on a 24-hour rotational basis in response to the needs of the prison including nights/weekends/bank holidays
  • Evidence of good communication skills
  • Proven ability to work independently and as a team member
  • Ability to prioritise and meet goals with tight deadlines  

Desirable

  • Previous prison experience

Package Description

£36,628 per annum

We also offer Sodexo Discounts site promoting discounted mobile phone tariffs, savings across restaurant chains and days out, where you and your family can save money on everything from your weekly food shop to the latest cinema blockbuster and much more.

Post holders will be subjected to an advanced DBS check, a prison security check (level 2) prior to being employed.

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs around 30,000 people, and partners with clients in many sectors across business and industry; schools and universities; sports and leisure; energy and resources; government and agencies; healthcare; justice and defence.

Vital Spaces is Sodexo’s value proposition that puts people at the heart of everything we do, bringing together services and solutions and focusing on the productivity and wellbeing of people wherever they are.

Sodexo is committed to being an inclusive employer; we welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities.

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations.

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to  support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process

This website is using cookies to improve your browsing experience. If you navigate to another page without changing the settings bellow you consent to this. Read more about cookies.