Healthcare Support Worker - HMP/YOI Bronzefield

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust; Ashford; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is seeking motivated Healthcare Support Workers to join the Health & Justice team at HMP/YOI Bronzefield. In this role, you will ensure patient safety, contribute to care plans, and work closely with registered professionals. The organization offers excellent career progression opportunities, benefits, and a commitment to providing high-quality care while promoting health and well-being.

Benefits

Health and wellbeing services

Season ticket loans

Cycle to work scheme

Relocation package

Qualifications

• Ability to work effectively in a multi-disciplinary team.
• Understanding of healthcare and patient safety.
• Capability to contribute to the implementation and evaluation of care plans.

Responsibilities

• Ensure patient safety by recognizing the limits of the HSW role.
• Adhere to evidence-based policies and procedures.
• Empower patients and contribute to their care experience.

Skills

Kindness

Responsiveness

Professionalism

Informative

Job description

Healthcare Support Workers (HSW) work closely with people who use our services and play an important contribution in how people experience our services. HSWs are expected to be kind and responsive but professional and informative and contribute to the quality of the services we provide by:

• Keeping the patients using our services as safe as possible by recognising the limits of the HSW role and working closely with Registered Professionals.
• Contributing to the best possible clinical outcomes by using up‑to‑date skills and adhering to evidence‑based policies and procedures when implementing care plans.
• Ensuring the people using our services have a good experience by respecting, empowering and working in partnership with people when contributing to the implementation and evaluation of care plans.
• By demonstrating skills and knowledge the post holder will contribute to the growth and maintenance of key functions of the clinical area by carrying out assigned tasks, involving direct and indirect care to patients, under minimal supervision and as directed by the nurse in charge.

We believe that the best health care is delivered by multi‑disciplinary teams working well together and in partnership with other teams and services to provide seamless care. HSWs contribute to the team achieving its objectives by working closely with and drawing support from Registered Professionals.

About the Trust

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust is a Top Employer Award Winner and works in partnership to provide responsive and dependable primary care, mental health, intellectual disability and substance misuse services to the diverse and culturally rich communities we serve. In our quest to deliver patient‑focused quality care we are looking to recruit a highly motivated, innovative and enthusiastic Healthcare Support Worker to join our forward‑thinking, friendly and expanding Health & Justice team at HMP/YOI Bronzefield. By joining our Prisons Health Care Team you will not only look after the healthcare needs of patients residing in secure environments, but also have the opportunity to have a real impact on promoting health and well‑being. Our healthcare services work on a 7‑day‑a‑week model to ensure patients’ healthcare is managed and maintained to the highest standards at all times. Our motto is "Caring NOT Judging" so by working in partnership with the criminal justice system and other agencies, we provide responsive, dependable and high‑quality primary care and mental health services to those who may have offended and those at risk of offending in the communities we serve, to improve their health status and to encourage social inclusion.

Career Development and Supervision

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust offers its staff ongoing career progression through:

• Monthly supervision
• Annual personal development plans/appraisals
• Access to exciting internal and external training opportunities

Excellent progression through various career pathway opportunities such as, but not limited to:

• Preceptorship Programme
• Support and guidance with Revalidation
• Hidden Gem and annual award ceremonies

Benefits

Excellent staff benefits, our benefit packages are amongst the best in London and include:

• Health and wellbeing services
• Season ticket loans
• Cycle to work scheme
• Relocation package

The Trust also values its staff and you are entitled to become a member of MyTrustBenefits. MyTrustBenefits is an online portal for all CNWL staff, as well as their family and friends. It offers over 1400 discounts at hundreds of retailers nationwide and free online courses on a variety of topics ranging from business management, languages, law and teaching. All CNWL sites in Surrey offer free use of the onsite leisure facilities and free parking for staff.

For more information, visit https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/health-and-justice/find-out-what-its-work-health-and-justice