Bank Healthcare Assistant - HMP Bristol | Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust; Bristol; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare organization in the UK is seeking a dedicated Healthcare Assistant to join its team at HMP Bristol. This role involves assisting in the delivery of high-quality nursing care within a challenging environment. The ideal candidate will assist with medication rounds, support patients physically, and foster positive interactions while maintaining professional boundaries. Candidates should be experienced in hospital or community care, with competencies in taking vital signs and wound care. A commitment to patient confidentiality and security is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in hospital or community care settings.
• Competency in taking blood pressure and ECGs.
• Understanding of wound care practices.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the delivery of high quality nursing care.
• Provide physical care and support medication rounds.
• Engage with patients to provide holistic care.

Skills

Hospital/primary care or community care experience

Competent at taking blood pressure and ECGs

Knowledge of wound care

Good communication skills

Ability to engage with patients

Job description

Please note the location for this vacancy is HMP Bristol, BS7 8PS

Overview

Are you ready to unlock your potential within a challenging, creative and fast paced work environment? Do you want to work with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past?

This is an excellent opportunity for a Healthcare Assistant to join our team of diverse, talented healthcare professionals to deliver care that is not only efficient but deeply centred on the patient.

Our healthcare team has a real impact on promoting health and well‑being to those in prison and we pride ourselves on using skills and strategies that instil hope for patients’ future resettlement back into the community. We directly deliver Mental Health, Physical Health, Pharmacy and Clinical Substance Misuse in an integrated healthcare delivery model to provide effective and responsive care to improve wellbeing and support better outcomes in the future.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the delivery of high quality nursing care to patients in prison with the support of a registered nurse.
• Provide physical care to patients according to a written care plan, including withdrawal observations, ECGs and wound care, and support medication rounds.
• Demonstrate good communication skills and confidently liaise with other services to support the patient throughout their time in the prison setting.
• Actively engage with patients in the provision of holistic, needs‑led care which considers the physical, psychological, emotional, social and spiritual needs of the individual.
• Promote health and well‑being through the delivery of health promotion activities and programmes, responding to patients’ needs and assisting patients to attain optimal physical health.
• Assist patients to attain optimal physical health and provide psychosocial support.
• Develop an understanding of and demonstrate use of clinical supervision to reflect upon and modify practice.
• Contribute appropriately to risk assessment and individualised care planning.
• Ensure good working relationships with patients, carers, relatives, other professionals and prison and healthcare staff.
• Adhere to all organisational and prison policies, procedures and guidelines, and maintain patient confidentiality and security.
• Behave in a professionally acceptable manner and demonstrate a commitment to equal opportunities for all people.
• Understand and apply the term ‘professional boundaries’ when working with patients, offenders and others.
• Demonstrate good verbal and non‑verbal communication skills.

Qualifications and Experience

• Hospital/primary care or community care experience.
• Competent at taking blood pressure, ECGs and other observations.
• Knowledge of wound care.
• Willingness to undertake National Security Vetting as part of the pre‑employment checks.

Application Requirements

• Proof of right to work documentation.
• Proof of ID (including one photographic ID).
• Proof of address documentation (5 years of address history required).
• Non‑UK passport holders must provide correct right‑to‑work documentation and a Home Office Share code.
• UK passport holders who have lived abroad for more than six months in the last three years will need to provide a certificate of good conduct or an overseas police check in English.
• Applicants not UK passport holders with less than 5 years UK address history must provide a Police Certificate in English from the country previously resided.

Closing Date

This advert closes on Monday 22 Dec 2025.

Additional Information

Full JD can be downloaded in the supporting documents section.