Prison Healthcare Assistant

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust

The closing date is 14 May 2025

Job summary

Under the supervision of, and in support of, a registered nurse the post holder will carry out delegated tasks for those prisoners requiring healthcare services within the prison environment.

The prisoners, by their nature, may be unpredictable, have complex needs or be vulnerable, and so can present with varying degrees of challenging behaviour, requiring excellent communication skills. Crises can present at any time and without warning - demanding the post holder to assist/manage in crisis situations.

Main duties of the job

To assist qualified clinicians in appropriate clinics and to carry out assigned tasks involving direct patient care in accordance with their individual competency levels. These tasks will be delegated by a registered nurse.
Promote the units philosophy of care.
Assist the nurse in charge to utilise resources effectively.
Maintain appropriate levels of confidentiality for prisoners, visitors and staff at all times.
To follow the Trust Uniform Policy at all times.
To receive, record and transmit information both orally and in writing.
Adhere to the Trusts and departmental policies and procedures.
To attend Trust mandatory training and attend development sessions as required.
Participate in the staff annual review process for the team.

About us

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.

Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.

Date posted

30 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£24,169 a year per annum / to include retention and recruitment allowance.

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

825-6996443-OPS

Job locations

HMP Stoke Heath

Warrant Road

Market Drayton, Shropshire

TF92JL

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information on the role, please refer to the attached document entitled Job Description and Person Specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information on the role, please refer to the attached document entitled Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

NVQ Level 2 in care.

Experience

Essential

Demonstrate experience of working in a care role.

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

Ability to work in a multi disciplinary team.
Ability to take direction from senior staff.
Good standard of written English.
Basic IT skills.
Knowledge of or interest in caring for people in a secure environment.
Effective interpersonal skills.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

NVQ Level 2 in care.

Experience

Essential

Demonstrate experience of working in a care role.

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

Ability to work in a multi disciplinary team.
Ability to take direction from senior staff.
Good standard of written English.
Basic IT skills.
Knowledge of or interest in caring for people in a secure environment.
Effective interpersonal skills.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.