About the role
Salary: £28392.00 to £31157.00
Are you ready to unlock your potential within a challenging, creative and fast paced work environment? Do you want to work with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past?
Healthcare assistants in specialist screening roles are essential in ensuring vulnerable populations receive equitable access to care. Their work helps bridge gaps in health inequalities, promotes public health, and contributes to safer prison environments. Effective screening not only improves individual outcomes but also supports continuity of care upon release, reinforcing the importance of integrated healthcare within the criminal justice system.
To work as directed by a registered nurse.
To provide care physical care to patients in accordance with their care plan
Provide health education and promotion support to the prison population
Be an advocate for the national screening and vaccination programmes within the NHS.
To support the delivery of national screening programmes.
Maintain oversight and links with: Bowel screenings, AAA and Diabetic eye screening teams.
To support and deliver clinics as instructed within the establishments clinic timetable
Participate in planning and liaison activities for patients.
Inform a registered nurse as soon as possible when any change in a patients condition is noticed.
Support patients in change due to admission, discharge, death or personal loss and in adapting to their new environment.
Report any complaints or requests for information from patients immediately to the senior nurse on duty to enable prompt response.
Report all risks to the senior nursing staff.
Assist in the general running of the department by undertaking housekeeping and clerical duties as appropriate.
Participate in appraisal and training of self to develop a personal development plan and strive to achieve the set objectives,
Undertake any other duties commensurate to the grade and as requested by the line manager.
Attend staff meetings, updates and attend mandatory training as required.
Work closely with Management to ensure that the Prison Health Agenda is supported at all levels in the Practice.
Actively engaging with offenders in the provision of holistic, needs-led care which takes into account the physical, psychological, emotional, social and spiritual needs of individuals and groups.
Demonstrates a commitment to equal opportunities for all people. Responding to the needs of people sensitively with regard for age, culture, race, gender, ethnicity, religion and disability, especially regarding privacy and dignity
Demonstrates a knowledge of the term professional boundaries and how to apply this to working with patients, offenders and others.
Understanding the need for promoting health & well-being and the delivery of health promotion activities and programmes (including self-help programmes) in support of a registered nurse.
Contributing appropriately to risk assessment and individualised care planning
Communication
- Communicate effectively with patients and the multi-disciplinary team.
- Develop and maintain effective communications with all interested parties.
- Provides and receives sensitive information with potentially barriers to understanding
Custodial Responsibilities
- Assume personal responsibility for the security of issued keys.
- Understand and comply with prison orders, procedures and instructions in your area of work.
- Comply with all security requirements.
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