Health Care Support Worker - Substance Misuse Team - HMP Liverpool

Health Care Support Worker – Substance Misuse Team – HMP Liverpool

NHS AFC: Band 3

Job overview

Are you a caring and compassionate Healthcare Support Worker? Would you like the opportunity to develop your skills in a Health and Justice setting? You could be a key part of our multi-disciplined healthcare team, providing individualised care for our patients in a prison environment. To work as a member of a multidisciplinary specialist drug team, providing information, advice, assessment, recovery and harm reduction services within the prison setting.

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, 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 or equivalent experience and a good level of care experience, then we could have the perfect job for you!

Working for our organisation

BE THE DIFFERENCE IN HEALTHCARE

Join our team

We’re looking for passionate individuals to join our 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
• Annual leave on your Birthday
• 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

Our Mission

Holistic interventions delivered with compassion for the stigmatised and marginalised in our communities.

Our Vision

Quality healthcare that makes a difference to people’s lives, regardless of circumstances.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details on the advertised role.

Person specification

Education and Training

• NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care or currently studying in the final year of a degree in nursing

Knowledge and Experience

• Demonstration of experience of working with people with complex health needs, in a health or social care setting
• Knowledge of nursing standards gained through NVQ qualification or equivalent experience
• Experience of nursing practice and clinical procedures
• Understanding and application of confidentiality
• Knowledge or experience of working within a prison or secured environment setting
• Experience of work in a multidisciplinary team setting
• Experience in responding to emergency situations
• Experience in using SystmOne

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.

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