Early Days in Custody Healthcare Assistant - HMP Brixton

Full Time
London SW2
Posted
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About The Role

Have you thought about working within prison healthcare?

Prisons 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 skills and learn something new every day in an environment that never stands still, then this is it!

As a Healthcare assistant you will work predominately in our Early Days in Custody Team. You will be wing based and support Pharmacy technicians in administration of medications. You will also be responsible for interventions on your wing such as taking bloods, vaccinating, completing assessments and referrals and triaging healthcare applications within the patients first 14 days in custody. As part of this role, you will take an active role in conducting various National Health Screening Programmes such as Hepatitis Elimination.
You will participate in the HMPPS integrated induction for patients new to the prison environment. You will have the ability to develop interests in areas that are important to you and provide a varied healthcare service to our patients. You will also work across substance misuse services and provide care and assessment to those undergoing detox for drug and alcohol. There may also be an opportunity to be involved in social care of patients when required.

About You

How will we support you?

  • Bespoke induction
  • Competency framework
  • Regional and national career development opportunities
  • Our bespoke Learning Management System to address your learning needs
  • Support from the wider team

You’ll receive an annual salary up to £28,000 per annum - dependent on experience. We offer a whole host of additional benefits such as: cycle to work scheme, free DBS check, free uniform, an extensive training and development structure for all employees along with an employee recognition scheme.

It doesn’t stop there

We also offer a company pension scheme which we as Practice Plus Group also pay into, 25 days annual leave increasing with service up to 28 days per year, plus 8 public bank holidays (pro-rata for part-time), NHS blue light card, discounted Costco memberships, access to Boundless memberships for attractions and parks, shopping discounts, free eye tests for computer screen users, an 24/7 employee assistance helpline and financial assistance when you need it.

About Us

Prisons are one of the most challenging, yet rewarding places for healthcare professionals to work. If you are looking for a role where you can develop your existing skills and learn something new every day in an environment that never stands still, then this is it!

Practice Plus Group is a specialist provider of NHS services into prison healthcare across over 45 different prisons, young offenders and immigration removal centres. We believe in putting the patient first, regardless of the environment or their history. The prison population is one of the most vulnerable and challenged patient groups in society and the delivery of their health care is conducted within often difficult and demanding environments.

Practice Plus Group’s mission is Access to Excellence. Our core values are;

  • 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.
  • Patients can only access excellence if we commit to living our values in everything we do when we’re at work.

If you share these values and have transferable skills we want to meet you!

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