Substance Misuse Healthcare Assistant

Practice Plus Group; Winchester; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discounts on shopping

Career development

24/7 helpline

Financial assistance

Job summary

Practice Plus Group invites applications for a Substance Misuse Healthcare Assistant at HMP Winchester. The role supports the wider healthcare and substance misuse team with brief interventions, Naloxone education, and related duties within a category B prison setting.

The position is 37.5 hours weekly (Tue–Sat, 08:00–16:00) with a salary up to £31,789 per annum. Prior substance misuse experience is required to help deliver evidence-based care and promote harm minimisation.

Qualifications

• NVQ level 2/3 or equivalent in Health and Social Care.
• Experience or knowledge of Substance Misuse.
• A non-judgmental and compassionate approach.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Good IT skills and IT literacy.
• Ability to work within a busy environment.
• Ability to work unsupervised whilst following policy and procedures.
• Experience in hospital, community or prison environment preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support Substance Use Nurse’s in daily clinics.
• NHS Health Checks, Bloods, Urine Drug Screens, POCTS.
• Complete patient paperwork to record on the National Drug Tracking Monitoring Systems (NDTMS).
• Attend and document daily handovers.
• Provide care that is personalised and informed by what matters to patients living with addiction.
• Contribute to and implement care packages, assist with health promotion and wellbeing events.
• Acting as 2nd Signature when needed.
• Support SMART recovery groups and collect feedback forms.
• See patients after court returns and note future court dates.
• Willingness to learn SMART recovery to facilitate groups when needed.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Good IT skills

Ability to work in busy environment

Education

NVQ level 2/3 in Health and Social Care

Job description

+ MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE

We have an exciting opportunity for a Substance Misuse Healthcare Assistant to join our Substance Misuse team at HMP Winchester, a category

Winchester.

HMP Winchester is a busy male prison with a capacity for 690 inmates. We are recruiting for a Substance Misuse Healthcare Assistant to support the wider healthcare and substance misuse team with brief interventions on risks and harm minimisation following instances of illicit use on wings, Naloxone Education for those not engaging with the service and other substance misuse duties. You will need prior substance misuse experience for this role.

About The Role

UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE

+ MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE

We have an exciting opportunity for a Substance Misuse Healthcare Assistant to join our Substance Misuse team at HMP Winchester, a category B prison located in Winchester.

HMP Winchester is a busy male prison with a capacity for 690 inmates. We are recruiting for a Substance Misuse Healthcare Assistant to support the wider healthcare and substance misuse team with brief interventions on risks and harm minimisation following instances of illicit use on wings, Naloxone Education for those not engaging with the service and other substance misuse duties. You will need prior substance misuse experience for this role.

Hours

• 37.5 hours per week
• Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday
• 0800 - 1600

Salary

This position is full time, you’ll receive an annual salary up to £31,789 per annum per annum.

How will we support you?

• Bespoke induction, including our Introducing Health in Justice training course
• Competency framework
• Regional and national career development opportunities
• Our bespoke Learning Management System to address your learning needs
• Support from the wider team

Candidates are required to have a Legal right to work in the UK and due to the nature of the role, offers of employment will be subject to additional vetting and security checks.

What you'll be doing

• Support Substance Use Nurse’s in daily clinics
• NHS Health Checks, Bloods, Urine Drug Screens, POCTS
• Completing patient paperwork to record on the National Drug Tracking Monitoring Systems (NDTMS)
• Attend and document daily handover’s
• Provide outstanding evidence-based case to our patients living with Drug and Alcohol addictions seeking out, listening to and acting on their feedback so that care is personalised and informed by what matters to them.
• You will contribute to and implement care packages, assist with health promotion and wellbeing events.
• Acting as 2nd Signature when needed
• Giving/collecting SMART (recovery groups)feedback forms and supporting to collect patients for SMART
• Seeing patients after court returns to confirm any future court dates
• Willingness to learn SMART recovery to facilitate groups when needed

If you are interested in career development, we have a wide range of opportunities for you to develop your skills and experience, which include both internal and external options for development and learning.

It doesn’t stop there... we also offer:

• Discounts on shopping and leisure activities
• Support to grow in your role and continue your professional development
• 24/7 employee assistance helpline and financial assistance when you need it

What we’ll look for in you

The Health in Justice team at Practice Plus Group makes a real difference across over 53 prisons, young offenders and immigration removal centres. We’re the UK’s leading independent provider of NHS services to over 40,000 patients in secure environments, always putting their needs first, regardless of their background.

Practice Plus Group’s purpose is to Unlock your best work life and we stand by our core values:

• we treat patients and each other as we would like to be treated
• we act with integrity
• we embrace diversity
• we strive to do things better together We are looking for caring, compassionate but also driven professionals who can help us drive our vision for a fair and inclusive healthcare access to all

Qualifications Required

• NVQ level 2/3 or equivalent in Health and Social Care
• Experience or knowledge of Substance Misuse.
• A non-judgmental and compassionate approach
• Excellent communication skills
• Good IT skills and IT literacy
• Ability to work within a busy environment
• Ability to work unsupervised whilst following policy and procedures

Although not essential ideal applicants would have experience in a hospital, community or prison environment

Secure environments are one of the most challenging, yet rewarding places for healthcare professionals to work. If you’re looking for a role where you can develop your existing healthcare skills and learn something new every day in an environment that never stands still, then this could be the opportunity for you.