Healthcare Support Worker

About The Role

HMP Bullingdon is a Category B male remand and resettlement prison near Bicester. We have a fantastic opportunity for a Healthcare Support Worker to join our team. This role offers a varied environment where you will gain experience across all pathways – primary care, mental health, substance misuse, emergency response, wings, clinics, health promotion, and more.

This is a full-time role, averaging 37.5 hours per week with a variety of shifts between Monday and Sunday. The role involves working weekends and nights. Shift patterns: 07:30-17:30, 07:30-19:30, 19:30-07:30.

Annual salary £27,543 – £31,789 per annum, depending on experience. For this vacancy only we are introducing a 'Golden Hello'. Joining bonus: 6 months £500; 12 months £1,000; 24 months £1,000.

• 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

Candidates are required to have a legal right to work in the UK and, due to the nature of the role, offers of employment will be subject to additional vetting and security checks.

• Work across primary care, including clinics, health promotion, blood tests, observations, wound care, etc.
• Carry out induction duties, reviewing new patients to the prison and assessing, including observations, urine samples, etc.
• Work within Early Days in Custody.
• Work within substance misuse and inpatients.
• Be involved in bloods and vaccination 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.

If you are interested in career development, we have a wide range of opportunities for you to develop your skills and experience, which include both internal and external options.

• Company pension scheme
• 25 days annual leave increasing with service up to 28 days per year, plus public bank holidays
• 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

The Health in Justice team at Practice Plus Group makes a real difference across over 53 prisons, young offenders and immigration removal centres. We’re the UK’s leading independent provider of NHS services to over 40,000 patients in secure environments, always putting their needs first, regardless of background.

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.

• Ideally hold a NVQ Level 2 or 3 in Healthcare.
• Have 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.

Secure environments are one of the most challenging, yet rewarding places for healthcare professionals to work. If you’re looking for a role where you can develop your existing healthcare skills and learn something new every day in an environment that never stands still, then this could be the right opportunity for you.