Health and Social Care Worker Apprentice - HMP Northumberland

Health and Social Care Worker Apprentice - HMP Northumberland

NHS AfC: Band 2 - Band 3 upon completion of all training required

Job Overview

Main Duties Of The Job

Our services include Substance Misuse, reception screening, providing agreed care packages, undertaking appropriate physical health observations, clinics such as Phlebotomy, ECG, NHS health checks, sexual health, and health promotion. You will need a good level of communication skills, be a team player and provide high standards of care to patients under the supervision of a qualified nurse/practitioner. If you have NVQ level 3 and a good level of care experience, then we could have the perfect job for you.

Main area: Health and Social Care WorkerApprentice

Grade: NHS AfC: Band 2- Band 3 upon completion of all training required

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Job ref: 847-RM-26-V912

Site: HMP Northumberland

Town: Northumberland

Salary: £25,272 per annum

Salary Period: Yearly

Closing: 12/07/2026 23:59

Join The Spectrum Team

We’re looking for passionate individuals to join a 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
• Time for you day (additional day off)
• 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 has an ambition to become a truly lived experience inclusive employer, changing the approach towards staff experience and value personal stories our colleagues bring with them.

We welcome applications from everyone, including applicants with lived experience, those who belong to LGBTQIA+ Community and are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (or questioning), Intersex and Asexual, people with a disability, neurodivergent applicants and people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds.

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.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

Substance Misuse monitoring, reception screening, providing agreed care packages, undertaking appropriate physical health observations, clinics such as Phlebotomy, ECG, NHS health checks, sexual health, and health promotion.

• Genuine interest and desire to work in Secure Services within Specialism
• Vocational qualification at level 2 or equivalent relevant experience (e.g.GCSE grade 9-4)
• Prepared to study and complete Level 3 qualification (equivalent to A Level/BTEC National level)
• Understanding of basic health care issues.
• Computer literate, and able to use a range of Microsoft Office programmes. Standard keyboard skills.
• The ability to work effectively as part of a team, maintaining effective working relationships and mitigating conflict.
• Good understanding of confidentiality.
• Experience of work in a multi-disciplinary team setting.
• Holds relevant Health Care certificate or working towards this (e.g. Care Course)
• Knowledge or experience of working within a prison or secured environment setting
• Good patient assessment skills - knowledge of signs and symptoms of a range of mental and physical disorders and its effects on individuals.

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.

Further details / Informal Visits Contact:

Name: Kate Ford

Job title: Primary Care Clinical Lead

Email address: kate.ford@spectrum-cic.nhs.uk