Job summary
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!
1. Access to NHS Pension
2. Annual leave on your Birthday
3. Welcome payment for some posts
4. Refer a friend scheme
5. Training and Development opportunities
6. Flexible Working
7. Access to Employee Assistance and Health and Wellbeing programmes
8. 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 description
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
Essential
9. oNVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care or currently studying in the final year of a degree in nursing
10. oDemonstration of experience of working with people with complex health needs, in a health or social care setting
11. oKnowledge of nursing standards gained through NVQ qualification or equivalent experience
12. oUnderstanding and application of confidentiality
Desirable
13. oKnowledge or experience of working within a prison or secured environment setting
14. oExperience in responding to emergency situations
15. oExperience in using SystmOne
16. Experience of working with individuals with Substance Misuse needs