Birmingham ended 2023 10.7% increase in crime in general, from 11,203 crimes in 2022 to 12,402 in 2023. Property crime, including auto theft, theft, and burglary, also heightened significantly, with auto theft increasing by 24% and theft rising by 17.4%. Now more than ever, Birmingham needs correctional and prison nurses. Now is your time to find correctional and prison agency work in Birmingham.
Agency nursing is a unique alternative to traditional healthcare employment. Proximity Healthcare offers you the opportunity to choose where and when you would like to work. We do this by ensuring our candidates are always first to be in the know about shifts and by coordinating location choices with our extensive network of healthcare employers and facilities.
Why Do Agency Prision Nursing?
You can choose if you would like to work in a men’s or women’s prison, or a jail that’s coed. Also, correctional nursing offers a more competitive nursing salary than in other areas of the industry. You could get paid more than other nurses with Proximity Healthcare negotiating for higher wages on your behalf, maximising your earning potential.
Plus, correctional nursing is integral to public health. A lot of the time, people see prisoners as more hassles than people. By working as a prison nurse, you’ll be making a huge contribution towards social justice and serving an increasingly forgotten patient population.
Serve The Forgotten
Many nurses say that prison nursing is a truly rewarding field–that there is nothing else like seeing an inmate stabilise, sleep well, and stay on their medication. Some report that it’s quite similar to mental health nursing. You’ll provide support and medication to people in the process of social rehabilitation, almost like a rehab nurse.
As well as this, a few RNs write that nursing in prison can be a lot safer than hospital nursing because of the various security protocols in place–that it’s actually correctional officers at most risk. Rest assured that when nursing in a correctional facility, you will be safe and well looked after.
Proximity Healthcare also takes care to provide you with upskilling opportunities while we’re with you on your nurse agency work journey. We have a steadfast belief in continuous learning to be a safer nurse while earning certification and diverse opportunities on the way.
If this sounds like your cup of tea, get in touch with our friendly recruitment experts by clicking the register button below.