Healthcare Assistant

Job Introduction

HMP Forest Bank are recruiting for a Healthcare Assistant to work within a primary healthcare team, to deliver a comprehensive range of needs based health care services to adult and young offenders residing within HM Prison Forest Bank.  This involves providing care by working a range of day shifts including 1 in 3 weekends. If you have experience as a Healthcare Assistant and work well as part of a busy team, this could be a great opportunity for you.

HMP Forest Bank serves the courts of Greater Manchester and maintains strong links to the local community with a focus on resettlement. We aim to deliver quality of life services and support people to change their lives for the better.

Opportunities for learning and developing work-ready skills are on offer for all who come in to custody, but our commitment to reducing reoffending in local communities does not end at the prison gate. We support people released from custody through innovative partnerships in substance misuse services in Bury and Oldham, working with people to maintain recovery and lead law-abiding lives.

As well as the 16 residential units on site, there is a healthcare centre, gym, library, workshop complex, visits hall, chaplaincy and kitchen. The prison’s capacity stands at 1,460, holding adult men both on remand or sentenced and young prisoners between the ages of 18-21 years.

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Role Responsibility

• Help to run nurse clinics, GP surgeries and nurse triage clinics under supervision 

• Assist with Health Promotion work as led by qualified staff 

• Assist with nursing care for residents admitted to the inpatient healthcare unit under the supervision of the qualified staff. This to include recording of observations. 

• Maintaining a high standard of hygiene in the clinical rooms and treatment areas. 

• Helping residents make the best use if services available 

• Assisting qualified staff with the dispensing of medication when required 

• Providing first aid in emergency situations whilst awaiting the support of qualified staff 

• Fulfilling other duties as required by the larger Healthcare Team 

• Completed observations, withdrawal scales and assess patient’s experiencing substance withdrawals. 

• The ability to solo working, manage a caseload and meet the needs of our patients whist adhering to the NICE guidelines, NHS guidelines and The Orange Book. 

Please see attached job description for further information regarding the role requirements.

The Ideal Candidate

Essential 

• Desire to undertake further training as appropriate 

• Motivated and innovative 

• Treat other people with dignity and to subscribe to the prison Sodexo Justice Services values 

• Commitment to team working and support. 

• Committed to personal development 

Desirable 

• Experience of working as a Health Care Assistant 

• Experience of working within a secure environment. 

• Ability to utilise information technology sources effectively. 

• Good planning and organisational skills 

Package Description

£21,214.43 per annum

We also offer Sodexo Discounts site promoting discounted mobile phone tariffs, savings across restaurant chains and days out, where you and your family can save money on everything from your weekly food shop to the latest cinema blockbuster and much more.

Post holders will be subjected to an advanced DBS check, a prison security check (level 2) prior to being employed.

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs around 30,000 people, and partners with clients in many sectors across business and industry; schools and universities; sports and leisure; energy and resources; government and agencies; healthcare; justice and defence.

Sodexo’s connected; people-centric approach brings together a diverse range of expertise. The breadth of services it offers ranges from food and hospitality; cleaning; reception; concierge (Circles); security; property management and technical services through to data driven workplace strategy and design (Wx); employee engagement and recognition services (Sodexo Engage) and personal home services through Prestige Nursing + Care and the Good Care Group.

Sodexo is committed to being an inclusive employer; we welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities.

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations.

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to  support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process

Sodexo and our clients are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults within a regulated activity. Certain roles will require applicants to undergo screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and/ or Disclosure Scotland.

Please note all roles within Sodexo Justice are subject to security and recruitment checks which may include a Social Media Check. You will also be asked to provide 5 years’ worth of references and request employment history details from the HMRC.