Bank Healthcare Support Worker - HMP Liverpool

Spectrum Community Health CIC; Liverpool; Vor Ort; GBP 18.000 - 19.000; Teilzeit

Zusammenfassung

Spectrum Community Health CIC is seeking a Bank Healthcare Support Worker to join the HMP Liverpool team. This role offers flexible, 0-hour bank work with competitive hourly rates and enhancements for weekends, nights and bank holidays.

You will work under NHS AfC: Band 3 level, supporting medication safety, clinical services, vital signs, and welfare checks within the prison setting. A caring, proactive approach and ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team are essential.

Qualifikationen

• NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent experience.
• Experience of working with people with complex health needs; knowledge of primary care, mental health and addiction support.
• Ability to work on own and as part of a team; problem solve and be adaptable.
• Experience in a prison environment and multi-disciplinary team setting.
• Good patient assessment skills and knowledge of phlebotomy/ECG procedures.
• Experience in wound care management.

Aufgaben

• Support medication safety – complete essential controlled drugs verification checks and manage access to medications.
• Deliver clinical services – run primary care clinics including phlebotomy, ECGs, smoking cessation reviews and sexual health screening.
• Monitor detox patients with regular clinical observations and assessments.
• Assess new arrivals – register patients, take baseline observations and complete assessment scores.
• Lead public health initiatives – dry blood spot testing for bloodborne virus elimination.
• Provide holistic care – deliver personal and social care packages within enhanced primary care.
• Conduct outreach – welfare checks and wing-based reviews bringing healthcare to patients.
• Support social care for inpatients as needed.

Kenntnisse

Verbal and written communication

Teamwork

Task delegation

Patient empowerment

Patient assessment

Phlebotomy

ECG

Wound care

Complex health needs experience

Ausbildung

NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent experience

NHS Care Certificate

Student in final year of Nursing degree

Tools

Phlebotomy

ECG

Jobbeschreibung

Main area Healthcare Support Worker Grade NHS AfC: Band 3 Contract Bank Hours Flexible working - 0 hours per week (Bank Work) Job ref 847-RM-26-VB168

Employer Spectrum Community Health CIC Employer type Public (Non NHS) Site HMP Liverpool Healthcare Department Town Liverpool Salary £12.75 - £13.60 + enhancements for weekends, nights and bank holidays & WTD Salary period Hourly Closing 02/11/2026 23:59

Bank Healthcare Support Worker - HMP Liverpool

NHS AfC: Band 3

Job overview

Come & Join our Staff Bank!

Are you a Healthcare Support Worker who thrives in a varied, hands‑on role? We're looking for compassionate, proactive individuals to join our nurse bank – where you'll develop valuable clinical skills while making a meaningful difference to people's lives every day.

Why choose us?

Flexible Working – Book shifts that suit you via our Bank Portal

Outstanding reputation – CQC-praised for innovative care and strong leadership

Excellent benefits – NHS pension, competitive salary, enhanced weekend/night rates

Job security – stable, long-term career opportunities

Career development – comprehensive development strategy with extensive clinical training opportunities

Supportive environment – work alongside a committed, collaborative team

This is healthcare support work with real variety and purpose – from clinical assessments to public health initiatives, you'll gain diverse experience in a dynamic setting where no two days are the same.

See below for full details of the role and responsibilities.

Main duties of the job

Be at the heart of our healthcare delivery in this varied, rewarding role. You'll work across multiple areas, developing a broad skill set, and play a vital part in supporting patients through every stage of their healthcare journey in our Category B local prison.

What you'll do:

• Support medication safety – assist with medication rounds by completing essential controlled drugs verification checks and managing patient access to medication hatches
• Deliver clinical services – run primary care clinics including phlebotomy, ECGs, smoking cessation reviews, and sexual health screenings
• Monitor detox patients – work alongside registered nurses to support patients through detoxification by completing regular clinical observations and assessments
• Assess new arrivals – register patients in reception, take baseline observations, and complete clinical assessment scores to identify immediate health needs
• Lead public health initiatives – deliver dry blood spot testing (DBST) across the site as part of our blood‑borne virus elimination programme
• Provide holistic care – support our enhanced primary care unit by delivering personal care and tailored social care packages
• Conduct outreach – complete welfare checks and wing‑based reviews, bringing healthcare directly to those who need it
• Support patients with social care- Provide social care for those patients based on the inpatient unit

Ready for a role where you truly make a difference?

Working for our organisation

BE THE DIFFERENCE IN HEALTHCARE

Join our team

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

We are seeking an experienced healthcare professional looking for a new challenge

• Access to NHS Pension
• Time for you (additional day offf)
• 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

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

• NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent experience.
• Experience of working with people with complex health needs. Knowledge of health of primary care, mental health and addiction support and an ability to work across these areas under supervision. Knowledge of nursing procedures and practices.
• Ability to work on own and as part of a team. Able to problem solve and use initiative Effective interpersonal skills Adaptable and able to deal with changing work priorities and demands Demonstrate resilience and positive attitudes
• Previous experience of using or accessing mental health services or caring for someone who has accessed services. Knowledge or experience of working within a prison environment. Experience of work in a multi‑disciplinary team setting. Experience in Accident and Emergency settings
• Good patient assessment skills - knowledge of signs and symptoms of a range of mental and physical disorders and its effects on individuals. phlebotomy procedures Ability to undertake ECG’s Experience in wound care and wound management Experience in monitoring and support with the management of long term conditions

Education

• NVQ level 3 in health and social care or equivalent experience
• OR NHS Care Certificate or relevant clinical experience.
• OR Student studying final year of the Registered Nursing Degree

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 multidisciplinary team setting.
• Experience in responding to emergency situations
• Experience in using SystmOne

Skills

• 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 elevate concerns to senior clinical staff as appropriate
• Promote and support patients to manage own mental and physical needs
• Good patient assessment skills - knowledge of signs and symptoms of a range of effects on individuals.mental and physical disorders and its
• Extended scope of practice e.g., Phlebotomy, ECG etc
• Experience in simple wound care management

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.