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Job summary

Main area
Health and Justice
Grade
NHS AFC: Bank Band 3
Contract
Bank
Hours
Flexible working - 0 hours per week
Job ref
847-24-KS-BHCSWL
Employer
Spectrum Community Health CIC
Employer type
Public (Non NHS)
Site
HMP Liverpool
Town
Liverpool
Salary
£12.91 per hour
Salary period
Hourly
Closing
14/07/2024 23:59

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Spectrum Community Health CIC logo

Bank Healthcare Support Worker- HMP Liverpool

NHS AFC: Bank Band 3

Job overview

Do you want to be a part of a dynamic community here at HMP Liverpool?  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!

Working in HMP Liverpool presents unique challenges and opportunities for healthcare professionals due to the poor health of the patients who find themselves in custody.

If you’re seeking a role that allows you to utilise your interpersonal and clinical skills to prevent patients returning to this environment whilst continuing to learn in a dynamic environment, please apply today!

You will work collaboratively with Merseycare Mental Health Team, Change Grow Live (recovery staff), and HMPPS staff to ensure the best possible care is provided to the patients.

Main duties of the job

As a Healthcare Support Worker, your role encompasses a wide range of responsibilities such as:

·       Providing outstanding quality-based care and patient centred care

·       Implementing care packages

·       Promoting health and wellbeing

·       Support Nursing and Pharmacy teams

·       Undertake clinics such as Phlebotomy, ECGs, health and wellbeing and conducting NEWS scores

·       Form part of the emergency response team as required.

·       Provide patients with social care needs and personal care

Working for our organisation

The Health and Justice division of Spectrum Community Health plays a crucial role in positively impacting the lives of individuals within secure environments, sexual health services and short-term holding facilities.

We offer an array of opportunities to enhance your skills and broaden your experience.

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.

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more information on working here at HMP Liverpool, please see attached job description/person specification and recruitment pack. 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care or currently studying in the final year of a degree in nursing.

Knowledge and Experience

Essential criteria
  • Demonstration of experience of working with people with complex health needs, in a health or social care setting.
  • Knowledge of nursing standards gained through NVQ qualification or equivalent experience.
  • Experience of nursing practice and clinical procedures.
  • Understanding and application of confidentiality
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge or experience of working within a prison or secured environment setting.
  • Experience of work in a multi-disciplinary team setting.
  • Experience in responding to emergency situations
  • Experience in using SystmOne

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoPositive about disabled peopleDisability confident leaderMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.

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.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Katherine Pickard
Job title
Clinical Manager
Email address
[email protected]
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