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Job summary

Main area
Prison Nursing
Grade
NHS AFC: Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Role is subject to shift work. Shifts at HMP Liverpool are either Main Shifts- 07:30 to 18:00, A Shifts- 07:30-21:00 or Night Shifts 20:45-07:45.)
Job ref
847-RM-26-V946
Employer
Spectrum Community Health CIC
Employer type
Public (Non NHS)
Site
HMP Liverpool Integrated Healthcare Service
Town
Liverpool
Salary
£39,959 - £48,117 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
25/08/2026 23:59
Interview date
11/09/2026

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Spectrum Community Health CIC logo

Senior Nurse - HMP Liverpool

NHS AFC: Band 6

Job overview

Are you an experienced Registered Nurse seeking a role that truly makes a difference? We're looking for dedicated professionals to join our prison integrated healthcare service as a senior nurse – where every day brings new challenges and rewards in equal measure.

Why work with us?

✓ Outstanding reputation – CQC-praised for innovative care and strong leadership

✓ Excellent benefits – NHS pension, competitive salary, enhanced weekend/night rates

✓ Job security – stable, long-term career opportunities

✓ Career development – comprehensive development strategy for all clinical staff

✓ Supportive environment – work alongside a committed, collaborative team

This is more than nursing – it's an opportunity to deliver meaningful care in a dynamic setting where no two days are the same. If you're ready for a fulfilling career that challenges you professionally while offering exceptional rewards, we'd love to hear from you.

See below for full details of the role and responsibilities.

Main duties of the job

Your Role: Senior Nurse

Step into a fast-paced, varied role where you'll make a real impact every single day. 

What you'll do:

  • Provide Leadership – oversee a designated clinical pathway (planned care, unplanned care, inpatient care, early days in custody.) Ensuring high quality care is being delivered. Reporting in to the relevant team manager you will provide assurance through audits and attainment of Health & Justice Indicators of Performance. 
  • Provide Clinical Care – you will support the registered nurses and healthcare support workers to deliver care, taking on complex cases and leading by example through direct clinical care. 
  • Shift Coordination– once a week you will be assigned as the shift coordinator, overseeing all the pathways as the first point of escalation. Planning service delivery and responding to emerging pressures and challenges, maintaining a solution focussed approach to ensure our patients receive the best care whilst supporting the staff. 
  • Support Staff Development – you will provide clinical supervision to assigned staff to assist their professional development and support the wider leadership team by feeding back good practice and areas for development raised in supervision. 
  • Collaborate across teams – work closely with prison colleagues and partnership agencies, attend key meetings, and contribute to integrated care delivery

Working for our organisation

The Health and Justice division of Spectrum Community Health plays a crucial role in positively impacting the lives of individuals within secure environments, sexual health services and short-term holding facilities.

We offer an array of opportunities to enhance your skills and broaden your experience.

We have an ambition to become a truly lived experience inclusive employer, changing how we approach staff experience and value personal stories our colleagues bring with them.

We welcome applications from everyone, including applicants with lived experience, those who belong to LGBTQIA+ Community and are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (or questioning), Intersex and Asexual, people with a disability, neurodivergent applicants and people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more information on working here at HMP Liverpool, please see attached job description/person specification and recruitment pack.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Registered General Nurse Level 1
  • Evidence of ongoing CPD and delivery of evidence based care
  • Independent Nurse /Supplementary/ NonMedical Prescriber qualification or willingness to undertake
  • Appropriate management qualification of equivalent experience
Desirable criteria
  • RCGP Cert 1/2 Primary Care/LTC qualification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Post registration experience
  • Significant experience of working in a complex environment with multidisciplinary professionals demonstrating effective communication and leadership skills
  • Be able to demonstrate experience of clinical governance used to improve patient care
  • Experience of working as an autonomous practitioner
  • Change management experience
  • Experience of leading a team and effectively using policy and procedures to improve clinical and professional standards
  • Experience of multidisciplinary/multi agency working
  • Understanding and application of confidentiality
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of working within Health & Justice
  • Experience of working in primary care/substance misuse/acute care
  • Understanding of local and national key documents and their impact on health care delivery in a prison setting
  • Research experience

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Healthcare Admin and Operations Team
Job title
Integrated Prison Healthcare Service
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0151 530 4110
Additional information

If you have any queries regarding the post our admin & operations team will liaise with the healthcare management team to respond to your email.