Job summary
- Main area
- Healthcare Support Worker
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 3
- Contract
- Bank
- Hours
- Flexible working - 0 hours per week
- Job ref
- 847-CM-24-V353
- Employer
- Spectrum Community Health CIC
- Employer type
- Public (Non NHS)
- Site
- HMP Styal
- Town
- Wilmslow
- Salary
- £12.91 + enhancements paid for bank holidays, nights and weekend working
- Salary period
- Hourly
- Closing
- 08/08/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Bank Healthcare Support Worker - HMP Styal
NHS AfC: Band 3
Job overview
Are you a caring and compassionate Healthcare Support Worker? Would you like the opportunity to develop your skills in a community setting working as a Bank Healthcare Support Worker?
You could be a key part of our multi-disciplined healthcare team here at HMP Styal. Situated in Wilmslow, Manchester, HMP Styal is a closed category prison for female adults and young offenders.
Our services include reception screening, providing agreed care packages, undertaking appropriate physical health observations, clinics such as Phlebotomy, ECG, NHS health checks, sexual health and health promotion.
You will need a good level of communication skills, be a team player and provide high standards of care to patients under the supervision of a qualified nurse/practitioner. If you have NVQ level 3 and a good level of care experience, then we could have the perfect job for you!
Main duties of the job
Working under the delegated authority of a Registered Nurse, the post holder will compliment and form a key part of the Multi-Disciplinary healthcare services, providing high standards of individualised, non-judgmental care for patients and supporting the operational requirements of delivering Prison Healthcare across Primary care, Mental Health and Substance misuse services to support the delivery of holistic care packages within our integrated services.
The post holder will undertake delegated duties covering the patient journey from reception of prisoners into prison through to their discharge through the gate. This includes reception screening, providing agreed care packages, undertaking appropriate physical health observations, appropriate clinical duties, undertaking clinics such as Phlebotomy clinics, ECG Clinics and NHS health checks, sexual health and health promotion to improve mental, physical and social needs. The post holder will also be expected to work as part of the emergency response team as required.
The post holder will have the skills to support patients showing low level mental ill health and withdrawal from illicit substances by providing support in accordance with agreed care plans.
The post holder will be expected to operate in line with our shared commitment to our values; Working Together, Integrity, Respect and Recognition, Compassion and Innovation.
Working for our organisation
BE THE DIFFERENCE IN HEALTHCARE
Join our team!
We’re looking for passionate individuals to join our diverse and innovative staff bank.
Whether you are starting out in your healthcare journey or are an experienced healthcare professional looking for a new challenge we’ve got a role for you!
- Free car parking at some sites
- Enhanced bank rates
- Flexibility
- Free DBS checks
- Holiday pay
- Access to NHS Pension Scheme (subject to hours worked)
- NHS and Blue Light discounts
- Regional work
- Onsite gym available at some sites
- Opportunity to join substantive employment.
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.
Spectrum Community Health CIC provides a range of award-winning healthcare services on behalf of the NHS, Local Authority Public Health services, and other partners across substance misuse, sexual health, and health and justice settings. As a not-for-profit social enterprise and Community Interest Company our focus is centred on people – our patients, service users, staff and partners.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more details about this role.
Person specification
Education and Training
Essential criteria
- NVQ level 3 in Health and Social care or equivalent clinical experience.
- OR NHS Care Certificate or relevant clinical experience.
- OR Student studying final year of the Registered Nursing Degree.
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstration of experience of working with people with complex health needs, in a health or social care setting.
- Knowledge of nursing standards gained through NVQ qualification or equivalent experience
- Experience of nursing practice and clinical procedures.
- Understanding and application of confidentiality
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge or experience of working within a prison or secured environment setting.
- Experience of work in a multi-disciplinary team setting.
- Experience in responding to emergency situations
- Experience in using SystmOne
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Well-developed verbal and written communication skills
- The ability to work effectively as part of a team, maintaining effective working relationships and mitigating conflict.
- The ability to complete tasks under delegated responsibility and ability to escalate concerns to senior clinical staff as appropriate
- Promote and support patients to manage own mental and physical needs
- Able to maintain contemporaneous clinical records following clinical activities.
- Keyboard skills - computer literate with a working knowledge of Microsoft Office
Desirable criteria
- Good patient assessment skills - knowledge of signs and symptoms of a range of mental and physical disorders and its effects on individuals.
- Extended scope of practice e.g., Phlebotomy, ECG etc
- Experience in simple wound care management
- Experience in monitoring and support with the management of long-term conditions
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Tara Mckevitt
- Job title
- Resourcing Business Partner
- Email address
- [email protected]
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