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Physical Healthcare Lead/Non-Medical Prescriber

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Nottingham, NG9 8GU £49,387 – £56,515 a year Permanent Posted 11 September 2026 Apply by 27 September 2026

Home Office register entry: Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Nottingham

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Role description

Job summary

To work as a Physical Health Care Lead/Non-Medical Prescriber in the Clayfields Health Care Team in the Local Authority Secure Children's Home. Working with a defined autonomous caseload under supervision of the Clayfields Health Team Operational Leader, visiting General Practitioner and Advance Nurse Practitioner. Providing high-quality nursing care, through assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating physical health care plans for young people. Focusing on the public health needs of the population of young people within Clayfields Secure Unit( ages 10-17) and developing the nursing aspects of the healthy school's programme including vaccinations.

To provide appropriate nursing care for young people with regards to their physical health needs, primarily via face-to-face contact. Providing advice and information to Children and Young People in a secure setting, the Health Care team, Local Authority Care staff and other stakeholders as appropriate and required.

Main duties of the job

As part of the Clayfields House Health Team providing 1:1 and group interventions and contributing to the delivery of education programmes for children and young people and teaching and training for Clayfields Staff.

To provide appropriate nursing care for young people with regards to their physical health needs, primarily via face-to-face contact. Providing advice and information to Children and Young People in a secure setting, the Health Care team, Local Authority Care staff and other stakeholder as appropriate and required.

To work with young people who have a wide range of physical health care needs, alongside other complexities of mental health, trauma and attachment difficulties, neurodiversity, communication/sensory needs, substance misuse, health inequalities and social care need.

About us

#TeamNottsHC comprises over 10,500 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health and forensic health services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 80 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings and secure environments.

We are one of the largest mental health and community health Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.

We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.

The health and wellbeing of colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.

The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment.

Details

Date posted

11 September 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£49,387 to £56,515 a year On- call rota evenings and weekends

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

186-790-26-FS

Job locations

Clayfields House secure Unit , 18-20 Moorbridge Lane , Stapleford, Nottingham ,NG9 8GU

18-20 Moorbridge Lane , Stapleford NG9 8GU

Nottingham

NG9 8GU

United Kingdom


Job description

Job responsibilities

Deliver a high-quality nursing service to meet the health needs of a defined caseload and contribute to the care of young people with multiple complex needs.

As a Non-Medical Prescriber, medication governance in line with Trust policies and procedures. Work Collaboratively with Clayfields Health care team and Clayfields Care staff.

Collaborate with the GP, Advanced Nurse Practitioner, pharmacy, dental bus and Trust schools vaccination service.

Undertake medication reviews and audits.

Person Specification

Training

Essential

  • Portfolio of relevant post qualification CPD highly including specialist knowledge of professional interventions and evaluations
  • Training in working with children and young people.

Desirable

  • Leadership training
  • Clinical educator/mentorship

Qualifications/Academic/Craft/Professional

Essential

  • A Registered Nurse with Specialist Practitioner Degree/Diploma in specific areas of practice, ie/ School Nursing, Paediatric Nursing.
  • A Non-Medical Prescriber qualification

Contractual requirements

Essential

  • Ability to travel between sites
  • Driver's licence
  • Contribution to on call-rota for physical healthcare care plans for admissions out of hours

Values and Behaviour

Essential

  • All colleagues are expected to demonstrate that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork
  • All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role. The Trust's expectations are highlighted within our EDI Policy, and associated EDI and Human Rights legislation

Skills

Essential

  • Empathetic and psychologically minded
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills for a variety of audiences, and in situations
  • Well organised and able to prioritise a high turnover caseload
  • Excellent clinical reasoning skills
  • Leadership skills
  • Extensive experience of supporting other staff and students
  • Motivated and a motivator
  • Team builder and team member
  • Autonomous and able to work without direct supervision
  • Reflective practitioner
  • Ability to manage own wellbeing with access to supervision to sustain this
  • IT skills - to support clinical and service needs and developments

Physical Requirements

Essential

  • Working in a secure environment and being a trained keyholder. Ability to move around the secure environment.

Desirable

  • Physical skills in line with Managing Violence and Aggression /Breakaway training where applicable

Experience

Essential

  • Working experience of assessing and managing a complex caseload with young people and/or adults with profession specific needs in a specialist area
  • Knowledge of Risk Assessment and ability to ensure effective risk management strategies within specialism. oExperience of effective multi-disciplinary/agency working and established interpersonal and negotiation skills
  • Experience of designing and delivering different learning and development opportunities for staff teams
  • Ensures that Clinical Governance/patient safety issues are understood and addressed in practice.
  • Experience in developing evaluation / audit tools and resources as a part of multi-professional team
  • Experience of leading the clinical and professional development of others including students

Knowledge

Essential

  • Highly specialist applied clinical knowledge
  • Highly specialist knowledge of how mental and physical health contribute to risk assessment and support management
  • Applied knowledge of risk assessment within field of clinical practice
  • Knowledge of national policy and guidance and impact on local practice

Desirable

  • Applied leadership knowledge

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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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

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Clayfields House secure Unit , 18-20 Moorbridge Lane , Stapleford, Nottingham ,NG9 8GU

18-20 Moorbridge Lane , Stapleford NG9 8GU

Nottingham

NG9 8GU

United Kingdom


Employer's website

https://www.nottinghamshirehealthcare.nhs.uk/

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Last verified against our ingestion on 11 September 2026; sponsor register dataset 2026-09-09.