Health Care Assistant

TipTopJob; Ashford; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A health services organization is seeking a Health Care Assistant to deliver high standards of nursing care in a prison setting. You will work within a multidisciplinary team to support patients' physical and mental health, conduct assessments, and uphold professional standards. The ideal candidate will have strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a secure environment. This role offers a competitive salary and benefits.

Responsibilities

• Deliver client-centred interventions alongside Registered Nurses.
• Support the medical team in monitoring the health of clients.
• Manage own time and prioritise tasks effectively.
• Understand safety and security protocols in a prison setting.

Skills

Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team

Time management and organisational skills

Accurate record keeping on electronic records system

Strong communication skills

Motivation to uphold Infection Control practices

Job description

Overview

Location: Middlesex : Ashford

Salary: GBP 24,071 – GBP 25,674 per annum, plus benefits

Vacancy Type: Permanent, Full Time

Advertising End Date: 07 Aug 2025

We are recruiting for a Health Care Assistant

Role Responsibilities

In this role you will work within an integrated healthcare framework to deliver high standards of nursing care and psychosocial interventions to patients admitted to the service according to their clinical needs, in line with relevant clinical protocols, policies and evidence-based practice.

• Working within a health improvement framework you will deliver client‑centred interventions alongside the Registered Nurses, as part of a multidisciplinary team, upholding professional standards at all times. You will assist the medical team with the clinical assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of all aspects of care, with and without direct supervision.
• You will support the medical team in monitoring and accurately reporting on the general physical, mental and psychological health and well‑being of clients as required for medical detox. You will support the medical team to encourage behavior change in the context of the 12 Step Treatment Programme and health promotion. At times you may be required to carry out brief crisis interventions dependent on medical or mental health need. You may be required to attend community meetings and deliver the code of conduct meetings explaining expectations of behavior and rationale for these boundaries.
• You will be expected to manage your own time effectively and allocate and prioritise work and assigned tasks appropriately to best achieve desired outcomes, but will have the support of the registered nurses and multidisciplinary team.
• It is important for the post holder to have an understanding of the safety and security needed when working within a prison setting.
• All probation-based roles will require enhanced DBS and HMPPS security vetting. Please note this process can take up to 3–6 weeks. All offers are subject to receiving both HMPPS vetting and DBS clearances.
• Checks will require you to provide information on: yourself (personal information, financial information, police information, criminal history); your family (parents, partners, siblings, partner(s), children); co-residents; associations that may cause a conflict of interest with your role or the prison service; background checks across police information systems on you, your family and other associates; credit reference checks; social media and open‑source checks (public information on the internet to ensure there is nothing linked to you that could undermine public trust and confidence in the prison service); other government and overseas agency or police checks.

The Ideal Candidate

• Please see below a list of skills and experience needed for this role.
• Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team
• Time management and organisational skills
• Accurate record keeping on electronic records system
• Strong communication skills
• Motivation to actively take part in upholding Infection Control practices relating to BBVs and Covid‑19, including the use of PPE

About Us

We are The Forward Trust, the social enterprise with charitable status that empowers people to break the often interlinked cycles of crime and addiction to move forward with their lives. For more than 25 years we have been working with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past. We believe that anyone is capable of lasting change. Our services have supported thousands of people to make positive changes and build productive lives with a job, family, friends and a sense of community.

We are committed to our cause and the work we carry out as a charity. Equally the wellbeing and the employees who work for us are also important. Joining us as an employee, we will offer