Healthcare Support Worker - HMP Northumberland

Spectrum Community Health CIC; North East; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 24,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension

Time off an additional day

Refer a friend scheme

Training and Development opportunities

Flexible Working

Employee Assistance Program

Health and Wellbeing programmes

Up to 33 days annual leave

Job summary

Spectrum Community Health CIC is seeking a motivated Healthcare Support Worker to join our multidisciplinary team in a prison environment. You will deliver individualised care, support substance misuse monitoring, health observations and clinics under supervision, while maintaining high standards of confidentiality and patient care.

Requirements include NVQ Level 3 Health & Social Care or final year nursing degree, plus experience with complex health needs and in secure settings.

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care or final year nursing degree.
• Experience with people with complex health needs in health or social care.
• Knowledge of nursing standards from NVQ or equivalent.
• Understanding and application of confidentiality.
• Knowledge or experience of working in a prison or secured environment.
• Experience in responding to emergencies.
• Experience using SystmOne.
• Experience with Substance Misuse needs.

Responsibilities

• Substance Misuse monitoring and reception screening.
• Providing agreed care packages and health observations; clinics like phlebotomy, ECG, NHS health checks, sexual health and health promotion.

Skills

NVQ Level 3 HSC

Complex health needs

Confidentiality

SystmOne

Prison/secure env

Emergency response

Substance misuse care

Nursing degree (final year)

Education

NVQ Level 3 Health and Social Care

Final year nursing degree (in progress)

Tools

SystmOne

Job description

Are you a caring and compassionate Healthcare Support Worker? Would you like the opportunity to develop your skills in a Health and Justice setting? You could be a key part of our multi-disciplined healthcare team, providing individualised care for our patients in a prison environment.

Main duties of the job

Our services include Substance Misuse, reception screening, providing agreed care packages, undertaking appropriate physical health observations, clinics such as Phlebotomy, ECG, NHS health checks, sexual health, and health promotion. You will need a good level of communication skills, be a team player and provide high standards of care to patients under the supervision of a qualified nurse/practitioner. If you have NVQ level 3 and a good level of care experience, then we could have the perfect job for you.

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
• Time for you (additional day off)
• 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.

Job responsibilities

Substance Misuse monitoring, reception screening, providing agreed care packages, undertaking appropriate physical health observations, clinics such as Phlebotomy, ECG, NHS health checks, sexual health, and health promotion.

Person Specification

Healthcare Support worker

• oNVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care or currently studying in the final year of a degree in nursing
• oDemonstration of experience of working with people with complex health needs, in a health or social care setting
• oKnowledge of nursing standards gained through NVQ qualification or equivalent experience
• oUnderstanding and application of confidentiality
• oKnowledge or experience of working within a prison or secured environment setting
• oExperience in responding to emergency situations
• oExperience in using SystmOne
• Experience of working with individuals with Substance Misuse needs

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.