Meet the HMP Cardiff Healthcare Team
14th March 2023
The healthcare team at HMP Cardiff work as part of a multi-disciplinary team that are involved in providing care to prisoners with a wide range of mental and physical health problems, organising admissions and the discharge of prisoners, and assessing, planning and evaluating care.
HMP Cardiff is a remand centre, covering the courts of South East Wales with space for up to 800 men. Working with a prison environment is a challenging, but unique experience, ensuring the provision of holistic and patient centred care, considering the ongoing care and support needs of prisoners on their release from prison.
The HMP Cardiff team are offering individuals a chance to hear more about the work they do to support prisoners and find out more about the roles available within prison healthcare at a dedicated ‘Meet the HMP Cardiff Healthcare Team’ drop-in event.
If you’re a GP, registered nurse, Healthcare Support Worker or Pharmacy Technician who would like to find out more about the prison and how the multi-disciplinary team operates, there will be an opportunity to have 1-1 discussions with all team members and the Governor at the drop-in session.
The event will take place on Thursday 23rd March at 6pm – 7.30pm within the Chapel at Cardiff Royal Infirmary (CRI).
On-site car parking is available both in front of CRI and at the back, accessible by using the call button.
This event is supplementary to the Recruitment Event being held by PCIC on Saturday 25th March, which is promoting all available community roles. To find out more, or to express your interest, please visit this webpage.
Staff Testimonial
Jordan White, Staff Nurse at HMP Cardiff
"Working as a staff nurse, the main aspect of my role is to deliver care to prisoners as part of multi-disciplinary team to ensure the men in our care are afforded the same healthcare they would receive in the community.
"The prisoners I work with are often vulnerable and have complex and challenging healthcare needs, and those who are well, we aim to keep well through education and various health promotion activities.
Working in a prison environment can be very challenging and is like no other healthcare job I have done before. Despite the challenges, the job is also very rewarding and I can honestly say I feel I make a difference almost every day."