Integrated Substance Misuse Service Healthcare Assistant

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A local healthcare organization in Peterborough seeks a Healthcare Assistant for their Integrated Substance Misuse Service. The role involves delivering essential healthcare services to patients with substance misuse issues, including 24-hour care. Candidates must have completed a Care certificate and possess experience in clinical assessments and triage. Join a dedicated team focused on improving lives and reducing reoffending through health services.

Qualifications

• Completed Care certificate is required.
• Ability to perform clinical observations and wound care.
• Experience in medication management and completed rounds.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a comprehensive range of needs-based healthcare services.
• Work with the Substance Mis-use Team at HMP Peterborough.
• Maintain recovery and support people released from custody.

Skills

Healthcare assistance experience

Triaging skills

Team working

Clinical assessments

Substance Misuse Experience

Education

Completed Care certificate

RCGP level 1 for Alcohol dependence and Substance misuse

Job description

Go back Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Integrated Substance Misuse Service Healthcare Assistant

The closing date is 31 October 2025

NHFT are recruiting for a Healthcare Assistant to work within Integrated Substance Misuse Service within HMP Peterborough to deliver a comprehensive range of needs-based health care services to patients with substance misuse issues. This involves providing 24-hour care by working a range of shifts including day, nights, and weekends to suit the needs of the service.

Main duties of the job

The Substance Mis-use Team is part of the integrated Healthcare provision at HMP Peterborough. The team consists of Integrated Substance Mis-use Nurse, HCA and recovery workers. The team works closely with the Psychosocial team, Secondary Mental Health team and Healthcare Services to provide a Trauma Informed Well Being Service for residents.

The Substance misuse service (ISMS) maintains strong links to the local community with a focus on resettlement. We aim to deliver quality of life services and support people to change their lives for the better. Opportunities for learning and developing work‑ready skills are on offer for all who come in‑to custody, but our commitment to reducing reoffending in local communities does not end at the prison gate. We support people released from custody through innovative partnerships in substance misuse services working with people to maintain recovery and lead law‑abiding lives.

About us

As ahealth and wellbeing organisationhere atteam NHFTwe are dedicated to continuallyinnovateandstrive to make a differenceto our community and those working for our Trust, we aim to serve the people of Northamptonshire and surrounding areas withsafe, quality care. We deliver this from an understanding of our local healthcare needs, economy and the changing demands of our community.

Our mission,making a difference for you, with youwas chosen by our staff and stakeholders. It means in everything we do and through every service we provide, we want to make apositive difference in people's lives- forthose we care for,those we work withandthose who work with us.Everyone is part of our team.

Our core strategy is to be anemployer of choice,a great place to workand be known for adiverse and inclusive culturewhose staff feelvalued. We provide a range of NHS services including physical, mental health and specialty services provided in hospital settings and out in the community within schools, GP clinics and patients own homes.

Job responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.

Person Specification

Healthcare assistance experience

• Completed Care certificate
• Able to clinical assessments- completed clinical observations, wound care, phlebotomy, ECG
• Evidence of team working
• Evidence of triage skills
• Evidence of automous working
• Aware of medication management and completed medication rounds as a second checker
• Substance Misuse Experience
• Aware of Orange guidelines
• Completed RCGP level 1 for Alcohol dependence and Substance misuse

Meet the criteria of questions

• Why have you applied for the role and What skills and experience does the applicant have
• Achieved experience
• Demonstrate the leadership behaviours
• Progression and learn new skills
• Prison Experience

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.

Employer name

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust