Bank Healthcare Support Worker - HMP Holme House

NHS; Stockton-on-Tees; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 3 Healthcare Support Worker at NHS, based at HMP Holme House. This role offers the chance to work within a committed team, providing essential care and support to individuals with complex health needs. You will play a vital role in assisting with medication, emergency response, and health promotion. The NHS promotes a supportive work environment with access to health and wellbeing programmes, flexible working, and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Access to NHS Pension

Annual leave on your Birthday

Refer a friend scheme

Training and Development opportunities

Flexible Working

Access to Employee Assistance and Health and Wellbeing programmes

Up to 33 days annual leave

Qualifications

• Experience in a health or social care setting with complex health needs.
• Demonstration of nursing standards and confidential handling.
• Ability to respond effectively in emergency situations.

Responsibilities

• Assisting with medication administration and health checks.
• Supporting nurses in emergency care and patient assessments.
• Conducting health promotion and blood screenings.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Patient Assessment

Education

NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care

NHS Care Certificate

Final year Registered Nursing Degree

Tools

SystmOne

Microsoft Office

Job description

An interesting and exciting opportunity has risen for Band 3 Healthcare Support Worker.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated and proactive individual to join our healthcare team at HMP Holme House . The team includes a wide range of experienced, skilled individuals including nurses, paramedics, clinical support workers, pharmacy technicians, pharmacist, ANP, physiotherapist, administration support workers and more.

You will become part of a supportive multi-disciplinary team, using your skills, experience and knowledge to help define and deliver care to those with often complex needs. As well as providing excellent care to service users, you will also support colleagues in developing the service.

Join us and you will play a central role within a committed and dynamic team that are passionate about making a difference to people's lives.

There are gym facilities on site and as a team that understands and promotes the importance of health and wellbeing, you will have access to this.

There is also free parking.

Please note you will need to undertake a prison induction for this role. The prison induction is over 2 days on a Monday and Tuesday.

Main duties of the job

Assisting with medication administration

Clinical support worker led clinics such as NHS Health checks, Phlebotomy, ECG and QOF related reviews

Supporting registered nurses in delivering emergency care as well as assessing and reviewing patients

Blood borne virus and sexual health screening

First and second night initial reception screening

Health promotion

About us

BE THE DIFFERENCE IN HEALTHCARE

Join our team

We're looking for passionate individuals to join our diverse and innovative team.

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!

• Access to NHS Pension
• Annual leave on your Birthday
• Refer a friend scheme
• Training and Development opportunities
• Flexible Working
• Access to Employee Assistance and Health and Wellbeing programmes
• Up to 33 days annual leave

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.

We are building on our ambition to deliver the best in health and wellbeing on a values-driven ethos and to maintain the highest standards of patient care and service. We are an expanding organisation, but we aim to grow without compromising on quality and social value.

Our Mission

Holistic interventions delivered with compassion for the stigmatised and marginalised in our communities

Our Vision

Quality healthcare that makes a difference to people's lives, regardless of circumstances.

Job responsibilities

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.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care or equivalant
• OR NHS Care Certificate or relevant clinical experience.
• OR Student studying final year of the Registered Nursing Degree.

Knowledge and Experience

• Demonstration of experience of working with people with complex health needs, in a health or social care setting.
• Knowledge of nursing standards gained through qualification or equivalent experience.
• Experience of nursing practice and clinical procedures.
• Understanding and application of confidentiality.
• 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

• 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
• 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.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£13.13 an hourper hour + working time directive payment