Healthcare Assistant

Overview

UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE. We have a fantastic opportunity for a Healthcare Assistant to join the team at HMP Bullingdon - a Category B male remand and resettlement prison near Bicester. This is a full time role with an average of 37.5 hours per week, including weekends and nights. You will gain experience across primary care, mental health and substance misuse including emergency response, working on the wings, clinics, health promotion, and more.

This is a full time role, an average of 37.5 hours per week, working a variety of shifts between Monday and Sunday. This role involves working weekends and nights.

Salary: £27,543 - £31,789 per annum, depending on experience. For this vacancy a "Golden Hello" joining bonus is offered in increments as follows: 6 Months – £500; 12 Months – £1000; 24 Months – £1000.

• Work across primary care, including clinics, primary care, health promotion, bloods, obs, wound care, etc.
• Carry out induction duties, reviewing new patients to the prison and assessing, including obs, urine samples, etc.
• Work within Early Days in Custody.
• Work within substance misuse and inpatients.
• Be involved in bloods and vaccinations clinics.
• Respond to emergency situations as necessary.
• Ensure continuity of care for all patients, and deliver outstanding care at all times.
• Contribute to, and implement care packages, assist with health promotion, wellbeing and clinics.

• Bespoke induction, including our Introducing Health in Justice training course.
• Competency framework.
• Regional and national career development opportunities.
• Our bespoke Learning Management System to address your learning needs.
• Support from the wider team.

• Ideally hold an NVQ Level 2 or 3 in Healthcare.
• Experience in a care setting previously — ideally from a hospital or prison setting; experience within A&E would be beneficial.
• Any experience in a prison/secure setting or hospital would be a bonus.
• Have a non-judgemental and compassionate approach — we want someone who really cares about others and wants to make a difference.

Practice Plus Group’s purpose is to Unlock your best work life and we stand by our core values: 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.

We are looking for caring, compassionate but also driven professionals who can help us drive our vision for fair and inclusive healthcare access to all.

• Company pension scheme.
• 25 days annual leave increasing with service up to 28 days per year, plus public bank holidays.
• An extensive range of wellbeing and lifestyle benefits.
• Discounts on shopping and leisure activities.
• Support to grow in your role and continue your professional development.
• Excellent long-term career prospects.
• 24/7 employee assistance helpline and financial assistance when you need it.