Healthcare Support Worker - HMP Styal

NHS; Wilmslow; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare organization as a key member of the multi-disciplinary team in providing individualized care in a prison healthcare setting. This role involves patient support across various healthcare needs, fostering recovery through professional relationships and holistic support. Applicants must have relevant experience or qualifications in Health and Social Care.

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 working with complex health needs in a health or social care setting.
• Knowledge of nursing standards and confidentiality.
• Experience in nursing practice and clinical procedures.

Responsibilities

• Support, implement, and provide high standards of care to patients under supervision.
• Develop and maintain professional relationships with service users.
• Deliver 1:1 intervention as agreed within care packages.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Patient assessment

Emergency response

Education

NVQ level 3 in Health and Social care

NHS Care Certificate

Registered Nursing Degree (final year student)

Tools

SystmOne

Microsoft Office

Job description

Working under the delegated authority of a Registered Nurse, the post holder will compliment and form a key part of the Multi-Disciplinary healthcare services, providing high standards of individualised, non-judgemental care for patients and supporting the operational requirements of delivering Prison Healthcare across Primary care, Mental Health and Substance misuse services to support the delivery of holistic care packages within our integrated services.The post holder will undertake delegated duties covering the patient journey from reception of prisoners into prison through to their discharge through the gate. This includes reception screening, providing agreed care packages, undertaking appropriate physical health observations, appropriate clinical duties, undertakingclinics such as Phlebotomy clinics, ECG Clinics and NHS health checks, sexual health and health promotion to improve mental, physical and social needs.The post holderwill also be expected to work as part of the emergency response team as required.The post holder will have the skills to support patients showing low level mental ill health and withdrawal from illicit substances by providing support in accordance with agreed care plans.The post holder will be expected to operate in line with our shared commitment to our values; Working Together, Integrity, Respect and Recognition, Compassion and Innovation.

Main duties of the job

Patient careo The post holder will support, implement and provide high standards of care to patients under the supervision of a qualified nurse/practitionero Develop appropriate and professional relationships with service users, which will promote effective communications and recoveryo Ensure consent is obtained at every interventiono Promote patient engagement and personal responsibility to manage theirhealth providing the necessary support to do soo To support the development of appropriate care plans and contribute to the review and evaluationo To carry response radio and respond to emergencies with qualified nurseundertaking relevant interventions as directedo Deliver 1:1 intervention as agreed within care packageo Support patients presenting to the service in crisis ensuring appropriate onward referrals and flag immediate riskso To have a good understanding of System1 and complete electronicdocumentation using the agreed read codes where appropriateo To record, use and store information in accordance with Caldicott and GDPR

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

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

See above description and any questions please feel free to contact :

Paula Fowler on [e-mail]

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Person Specification

Education

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

Knowledge

• 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 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 effects on individualsmental and physical disorders and its
• 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.