Job summary
- Main area
- HCA
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 820- 6603916-ASR
- Employer
- Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- HMP Birmingham
- Town
- Birmingham
- Salary
- £24,071 - £25,674 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 03/12/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Band 3 HMP Primary Care Healthcare Assistant
Band 3
Job overview
***This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested***
Are you an exceptional healthcare assistant looking for a rewarding new challenge? Would you like the opportunity to use your skills in an environment like no other to make a real difference every day?
Main duties of the job
The postholder will be expected to work all shifts, over a 7-day period, working early and late shifts.
The post is within HMP Birmingahm, which is a male prison, you will be required to support the registered nurses delivering primary healthcare to the prison population .
Working for our organisation
IMPORTANT
- Please ensure you check your Trac account regularly as this is how we will communicate with you during the shortlisting and selection process
- Please ensure all sections of the application form are completed fully. Please particularly ensure that you provide full details of all referees including business email address, telephone contact details and postal address
Be Part of Our Team...
BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The postholder will work as part of an integrated team under the supervision of the management team within Primary Care. They will be accountable for the delivery of care to the population of the prison and will rotate onto the Inpatient Ward (Ward 1), Reception and Primary Care.
They will carry out assigned tasks involving direct care, under the direction of a Registered Nurse.
Supporting new and less experienced staff
Maintaining an awareness of budgetary constraints and using resources effectively. Conduct the monthly stock take, ordering and stock rotation
Person specification
Qualifications / training
Essential criteria
- NVQ Level 3 in Health related subject or equivalent.
- Evidence of literacy/numeracy skills (GCSE or equivalent
- Be willing to undertake competency based training with annual updates as minimum.
NVQ Level 3 in Health related subject or equivalent.
Essential criteria
- NVQ Level 3 in Health related subject or equivalent.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working with adults with complex health needs.
- Willingness to work in health and care and prison environment with adults with complex care needs.
- Able to work with minimal supervision in MDT (once competencies achieved)
Skills/knowledge
Essential criteria
- Ability to provide nursing care sensitively, taking into account the client’s culture, beliefs and wishes.
- Awareness of health and safety in the workplace.
- Excellent communication skills (oral and written).
- Competent IT skills.
- Competent working within a team setting and to be able to work within the community or prison setting.
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of the needs of a multicultural, socially diverse population.
Personal qualities
Essential criteria
- Able to demonstrate a commitment to team working.
- Able to demonstrate awareness of and sensitivity to the needs of individuals from diverse social and cultural groups.
- Able to think creatively and prioritise in a busy environment.
- Excellent interpersonal skills that promote clarity, compassion, empathy, respect and trust.
Other job requirements
Essential criteria
- Able to be independently mobile to travel across the Trust area.
- To work within HMP Birmingham across the health care service providing 24 hour patient care.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Ade Adefioye
- Job title
- Primary Care Clinical Team Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0121 598 8389
- Additional information
Natasha Drummond on 0121 598 8389
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