Staff Nurse - Registered General Nurse
The advert says the job needs UK security clearance:
“All applicants must be willing to undertake National Security Vetting in order to work in a Prison Setting.”
SC clearance usually needs five years of living in the UK, and DV clearance usually needs ten. If you have lived here that long, for example on a Student and then a Graduate visa, you may be able to get it. Most people applying from outside the UK cannot, so the highest likelihood we give this job is Unlikely. Ask Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust whether they would sponsor you.
Unlikely
Sponsorship likelihood
The advert asks for security clearance
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Going rate
Skilled Worker going rate
This role may qualify for a Skilled Worker visa
SOC 2237 is an eligible occupation, but we are only 40% sure that is the right code. Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust is a licensed sponsor, so if the code fits, the role should qualify. Check the occupation eligibility rules against what the job actually involves.
We pick the code from the advert's text, so it is our best guess, not the employer's. Each code it could be has its own likelihood:
- Unlikely 2237 (Other registered nursing professionals) · 40% match
- Unlikely 2234 (Registered nurse practitioners) · 36% match
- Unlikely 2233 (Registered specialist nurses) · 12% match
New graduate or PhD holder? Pick one of the lower rates.
What each route needs for this job
| Occupation code | New entrant 70% of going rate | STEM PhD 80% of going rate | Relevant PhD 90% of going rate | Standard rate 100% of going rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2237 Other registered nursing professionals Most likely code | £25,000 Clears | £25,000 Clears | £25,000 Clears | £25,000 Clears |
2234 Registered nurse practitioners Also possible | £25,000 Clears | £25,000 Clears | £25,000 Clears | £25,000 Clears |
2233 Registered specialist nurses Also possible | £25,000 Clears | £25,000 Clears | £25,000 Clears | £25,000 Clears |
We use the lowest threshold across the plausible codes. Likelihood is Possible at most when the pay clears only a lower rate, or only under a less likely code. A mark is for the top of the advertised pay. How the Home Office picks the code
About the role
Our Staff Nurses have a very varied role where no two days are the same.
As a staff nurse, you will be required to exercise a high degree of personal and professional autonomy and have the ability to plan and reach complex and critical judgements. You will be delivering high quality clinical care within the Integrated Healthcare Service for the prison, which will include acute & primary care, long term conditions management, enhanced assessment and diagnostic intervention services and health promotion activities. You will be required to demonstrate and provide robust expert clinical skills with a sound understanding of evidence-based nursing practice to provide a pro-active approach to ensure quality & outcome driven practice on a day-to-day basis.
Our staff nurses operates in 3 areas:
Job description
Job Purpose and Summary
The Staff Nurse will deliver high quality, personalised, compassionate care to service users, providing a range of specialist interventions.
Ensure consistently high standards of practice and clinical excellence, which comply with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) code of professional conduct.
Lead the delivery of comprehensive service user assessment, planning, implementing and evaluating programmes of patient-centred care in a range of settings.
Provide clinical supervision and support to junior colleagues, including students.
Assist and support the manager, as directed, to deliver a nurse-led integrated care service and develop a specialist practice-based clinical model of care.
Maintain a safe and therapeutic working environment, working collaboratively with the Multi-Disciplinary Team and maintaining accurate records.
Band 5 Nursing roles are only open to staff with a Nursing registration, obtained as a result of completing a qualification recognised by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
IMPORTANT INFORMATION, PLEASE READ:
All applicants must be willing to undertake National Security Vetting in order to work in a Prison Setting. This will be completed as part of the pre-employment checks through Oxleas and the prison vetting team.
You will need to provide:
Proof of right to work documentation
Proof of ID, needs to include 1 photographic ID
Proof of address documentation
Non-UK passport holders will need to have correct documentation (right to work in the UK) and a Home office Share code.
Address History:
5 years address history will be needed.
Applicants that are not UK Passport holders who provide less than 5 years UK address history will need to provide a Police Certificate which must be in English from where they resided previously.
Applicants who are UK Passport holders who have lived abroad for a period of more than six months during the last three years will need to provide a certificate of good conduct or an overseas police check in English from the countries resided in or visited.
In order to assist you in obtaining a Police Certificate, guidance can be soughtfrom:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants
If the country you have resided in is not listed here, you can obtain the necessary information by contacting the relevant Embassy or High Commission for that Country. Their contact details can be found on the Foreign & Commonwealth Office website (http://www.fco.gov.uk/en).
Person specification
Education/Qualifcaitions
Essential
- Professional NMC Qualification - Registered Nurse
- Professional, clinical knowledge acquired through training to degree level or equivalent.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of providing and receiving complex, sensitive information
- Working knowledge of current issues/agendas facing healthcare in chosen area of specialism
- Experience of setting, monitoring and evaluating standards of care.
Skills/Abilities/Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to communicate effectively (written, verbal and non- verbal communication) with patients/relatives and carers and all members of the multi-disciplinary team.
- Ability to present ideas with clarity in a persuasive and influential style.
- Ability to work effectively and autonomously
- Ability to lead and empower people to make decisions and plan ahead.
Effort and Enviroment
Essential
- Daily use of physical health equipment, if required.
- Patient-facing role, which may expose the practitioner to distressing, emotional conditions
- Occasional exposure to highly distressing or highly emotional circumstances
- Ability to manage complex and challenging behaviour
- Ability to work in a challenging and changing environment
- Manual handling
About the employer
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Kent, South London, Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire,
Our healthcare departments operate across seven prisons in the Kent cluster each of which require a bespoke service responding to the prisoner and prison needs:
This description is the source posting as it read when we added it. We are not affiliated with Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, so check their own site for the current details.
Where this offer sits in the market
Other registered nursing professionals (SOC 2237) · UK · ONS ASHE 2025 · basic pay · ~511k in sample- Middle half £33,748–47,112
- Median £39,260
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What salary is needed for this role to be eligible?
Skilled Worker roles must clear both the general salary threshold and the occupation-specific going rate. See our occupation eligibility guide for the current figures.