Job summary
- Main area
- Primary Care
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 2
- Contract
- Bank
- Hours
- Flexible working - 0 hours per week
- Job ref
- 847-24-KS-BHCSWSCL
- Employer
- Spectrum Community Health CIC
- Employer type
- Public (Non NHS)
- Site
- HMP Liverpool
- Town
- Liverpool
- Salary
- £10.90 per hour
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Bank Health and Social Care Support Worker - HMP Liverpool
NHS AfC: Band 2
Job overview
An interesting and exciting opportunity has risen for a Health and Social Care Support Worker at HMP Liverpool.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated and proactive individual to join our healthcare team at HMP Liverpool. The team includes a wide range of experienced, skilled individuals including nurses, paramedics, clinical support workers, pharmacy technicians, pharmacist, ANP, physiotherapist, administration support workers and more.
You will become part of a supportive multi-disciplinary team, using your skills, experience and knowledge to help define and deliver care to those with often complex needs. As well as providing excellent care to service users, you will also support colleagues in developing the service.
Join us and you will play a central role within a committed and dynamic team that are passionate about making a difference to people’s lives.
Main duties of the job
Expected to respond to requests from clinical staff, administration staff and prisoners in relation to individual prisoner needs.
Escorting visitors and deliveries to the healthcare department
Work as part of a multidisciplinary collaborative team.
Ensuring the safe and appropriate disposal of waste materials according to legal requirements.
Ensure medical devices are available, in working order and annual checks and repairs are coordinated.
To carry out daily and monthly environmental monitoring checks
Providing personal care to patients with a social care plan including aiding patients with showers, washing, dressing, shaving, helping patients to eat and drink.
To work as part of the Primary and Substance Misuse Team in providing specific care and monitoring to patients in the secure setting as written in the care plan.
To provide low level monitoring of patients on the caseload of the offender health nursing team under the direction of the designated team leader/staff nurse.
To monitor skin integrity of patients at risk of pressure sores formation and provide basic preventative information.
To contribute to reviews for patients who require social care.
Receive, allocate and dispatch internal/external mail and process internal applications for healthcare in line with policy to ensure urgent matters are brought to the attention of the person responsible, so that responses are dealt with quickly and within set guidelines.
Health promotion
Collecting patient feedback
Working for our organisation
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!
- Access to NHS Pension
- Annual leave on your Birthday
- Welcome payment for some posts
- Refer a friend scheme
- Training and Development opportunities
- Flexible Working
- Access to Employee Assistance and Health and Wellbeing programmes
- Up to 33 days annual leave
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.
We are building on our ambition to deliver the best in health and wellbeing on a values-driven ethos and to maintain the highest standards of patient care and service. We are an expanding organisation, but we aim to grow without compromising on quality and social value.
Our Mission
Holistic interventions delivered with compassion for the stigmatised and marginalised in our communities
Our Vision
Quality healthcare that makes a difference to people’s lives, regardless of circumstances.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Prison Healthcare Service provides a full range of cost effective and efficient clinical services and interventions that meet prisoner healthcare needs during their stay in prison and on their release.
The overall aim of the service is to improve the physical and mental health and wellbeing of prisoners.
The post holder will provide day to day support for the healthcare and substance misuse team, supporting them in the delivery of a Gold Standard level of patient care. The post holder will deliver personal care as well as administration duties and work flexibly in response to the service needs. They will work as part of a team using own initiative to respond to situations in a professional effective and proactive manner.
Please see attache a full Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
Education and Training
Essential criteria
- • Care certificate / completion of Care certificate within the first 6 months in post.
Desirable criteria
- • NVQ level 2 Health and Social Care or equivalent
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of dealing with telephone and face to face enquires
- Evidence of managing competing priorities
- The ability to be flexible in response to requests from senior healthcare staff in relation to development in service and project management
- To provide clinical intervention for care of patients as directed by the designated nurse following training and
- Able to build effective working relationships at all levels.
- Ability to work unsupervised.
- The ability to work flexibly in accordance with service needs.
- Good numeracy skills
- Ability to the use of computer information systems
- Organisational and communication skills both written and oral
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working within a secure environment
- Experience of working with vulnerable groups
- Experience of safe and secure handling of clinical products & other necessary equipment
- Experience ordering supplies for the workplace
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Katherine Pickard
- Job title
- Clinical Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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