Healthcare Assistant - Yarlswood

Main Responsibilities

Healthcare Assistant

Yarlswood Immigration Removal Centre

Salary: £21,822.50

Shifts: 40 hours a week: Day: 8am to 8.30pm and Night: 8pm to 8.30am

Job Outline: To provide care, under supervision, for the physical needs of offenders in line with professional, contractual and company requirements.

Key responsibilities:

• Provide health and social care, under supervision from a registered nurse, to ensure an efficient health and social care service is delivered in line with professional, contractual and company standards.
• Undertake assessments of offenders to report observations to registered nurse or other qualified healthcare professional as required.
• Provide advice, within area of competence to offenders as agreed with qualified healthcare professional.
• Work alongside qualified healthcare professionals to deliver clinics and treatments, including health promotion initiatives as agreed by Line Manager.
• Liaise with key stakeholders, including external agencies, to assist in ensuring the delivery of an effective health and social care service.
• Clean equipment and other items, as required, so that they remain safe, serviceable and ready to use at all times.
• Act in accordance with current procedures in order to maintain security and Health & Safety at all times.
• Complete all relevant documentation to deadline in accordance with professional, contractual and company requirements.
• Ensure the maintenance of security within the prison environment by compliance with security instructions.
• To work at all times within the bounds of confidentiality, adhering to data protection and maintaining Caldicott Guidelines.
• Communicate effectively with appropriate others to minimise risk.
• To operate within the equality and diversity framework.
• Participate in bi annual Employee Development Review (EDR).
• Operate in accordance with G4S policies and procedures, adhering to legislation and best practice, undertaking further training as identified in conjunction with Line Manager.
• Any additional duties as negotiated with your Line Manager.

The Ideal Candidate

Essential Skills

• Experience of working within a team
• Experience of working within a healthcare environment
• Able to demonstrate a good standard of literacy and numeracy
• Able to provide examples of diversity in practice
• Able to work within challenging and complex situations
• Experience of working with potentially aggressive people
• Evidence of ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships at all levels

Desirable Skills

• NVQ Level 3 Care
• Experience of working within a secure environment
• Evidence of working within a ‘value for money’ service
• Driving Licence.
• Accredited to administer named prescribed medication.