Healthcare Assistant

NHS Jobs; Devizes; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Jobs in the United Kingdom seeks a healthcare worker to deliver holistic, patient-centred care within a prison setting. You will work under a registered nurse, perform ECGs, phlebotomy, wound care, NEWS2 scoring, and essential monitoring.

This role requires using SystmOne for contemporaneous documentation, maintaining confidentiality, and adhering to prison policies. Sponsorship is not available; right to work in the UK must be demonstrated.

Qualifications

• Provide holistic, needs-led care respecting patient rights.
• Deliver health promotion activities with registered professionals.
• Assist with physical health procedures under supervision.

Responsibilities

• Carry out ECGs as directed.
• Perform phlebotomy and basic wound care.
• Monitor blood glucose and patient measurements.
• Maintain safe, clean treatment rooms and stock.
• Document with SystmOne accurately and promptly.
• Escalate to registered professionals as needed.

Skills

Patient care

Communication with patients

Risk assessment

Care planning

Teamwork

Tools

SystmOne

NEWS2

Phlebotomy

Job description

Key Task and Responsibilities

Responding to the needs of patients in an honest, non-judgemental, and open manner, which respects the rights of individuals and groups Actively engaging with patients in the provision of holistic, needs-led care which considers the physical, psychological, emotional, social, and spiritual needs of individuals and groups Delivery of health promotion activities and programmes (including patient self-help programmes) in support of a registered healthcare professional Assisting patients to attain optimal physical health and assisting with physical procedures in alongside a registered healthcare professional Contributing appropriately to risk assessment and individualised care planning.

Clinical

To work as directed by a registered nurse, providing physical care to patients according to a written care plan. Typical duties include:

• Carrying out ECGs
• Phlebotomy
• Basic wound care
• NEWS2
• Assess patients using NEWS2
• Blood glucose monitoring
• Taking patients weight and other measurements

Assisting in emergency call outs and instigating emergency procedures when appropriate Being second checker on medication rounds Ordering and maintaining stock Ensuring treatment rooms are clean, tidy and well stocked Appropriate escalation to registered healthcare professionals Using appropriate templates in SystmOne to document contemporaneously and accurately Maintaining patient confidentiality and security Adhering to all organisational and prison policies, procedures, and guidelines

Custodial Responsibilities

Assume personal responsibility for the security of issued keys. Understand and comply with prison orders, procedures, and instructions in your area of work. Comply with all security requirements. Respond to any situation or circumstance that might indicate a threat to security of the establishment or to the safety of an individual, completing Incident, Security, Injury, or other reports as appropriate. Report breaches of order and discipline including reporting and recording untoward incidents according to local protocol.

Communication

Routinely communicate effectively with patients and working to overcome barriers to understanding (ie patients with physical or mental health conditions or learning disabilities) Develop and maintain inter-disciplinary and inter-agency working with all relevant agencies and organisations as directed. Develop and maintain close working partnerships with HMPS, Prison Governors and Heads of Prison Services, Forensic Services, Probation Services, Crown Prosecution Service, Police, and all other non-statutory agencies that are integral to prisoner/patient care and offender management.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION, PLEASE READ: Sponsorship is not available for this post. All applicants must be willing to undertake National Security Vetting in order to work in a Prison Setting. This will be completed as part of the pre-employment checks through Oxleas and the prison vetting team. You will need to provide: Proof of right to work documentation Proof of ID, needs to include 1 photographicID Proof of address documentation Non-UK passport holders will need to have correct documentation (right to work in the UK) and a Home office Share code. Address History: 5 years address history will be needed. Applicants that are not UK Passport holders who provide less than 5 years UK address history will need to provide a Police Certificate which must be in English from where they resided previously. Applicants who are UK Passport holders who have lived abroad for a period of more than six months during the last three years will need to provide a certificate of good conduct or an overseas police check in English from the countries resided in or visited. In order to assist you in obtaining a Police Certificate, guidance can be sought from:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicantsIf the country you have resided in is not listed here, you can obtain the necessary information by contacting the relevant Embassy or High Commission for that Country. Their contact details can be found on the Foreign & Commonwealth Office website (http://www.fco.gov.uk/en).