Job summary
We are looking for three Healthcare Assistants to join our Healthcare team in HMP Elmley. Each of these roles will be based within different teams (Primary Care Team, Inpatient Team and Substance Misuse Team) which can be discussed at interview stage.
Our Kent Prisons healthcare services are underpinned using our 'health and wellbeing' model. It has evolved over the past 5 years, where it was originally implemented at the Greenwich cluster.
There are core principles, however, how these are achieved are bespoke to the local healthcare and prison team during the model implementation:
- Patient focused with health promotion at the heart of our care
- Designing services which meet the unique needs of the prison
- The right staff, right place, right time ensuring experienced professionals are on hand to lead and support patients when needed
- A no exclusions model that ensures everyone with mental health needs is managed within the step care model
- Being highly supportive of clinical and prison staff with training, support enabling the team to work smarter and as part of an effective multi-disciplinary team
The 6 prisons are located across 3 estates, Isle of Sheppey, Rochester & Maidstone, with the Sheppey prisons being with a few minutes' walk from each other and East Sutton Park approximately 7 miles from Maidstone.
Main duties of the job
To assist in the delivery of high quality nursing care to patients in Kent Prisons in support of a registered nurse.
Is able to work unsupervised for significant periods.
To undertake an extended role e.g patient focused health promotion activities and programmes.
To work as part of the Integrated Healthcare Service, providing a range of quality services to HMP Rochester.
About us
Oxleas - About Us
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
- We're Kind
- We're Fair
- We Listen
- We Care
Job description
Job responsibilities
Responding to the needs of patients in an honest, non judgemental and open manner, which respects the rights of individuals and groups.
Actively engaging with patients in the provision of holistic, needs-led care which takes into account the physical, psychological, emotional, social and spiritual needs of individuals and groups.
Demonstrates a commitment to equal opportunities for all people.
Demonstrates a knowledge of the term professional boundaries and how to applying this to working with patients, offenders and others.
Responding to the needs of people sensitively with regard for age, culture, race, gender, ethnicity, religion and disability, especially regarding patient privacy and dignity
Understanding the need for promoting health & well-being and the delivery of health promotion activities and programmes (including patient self-help programmes) in support of a registered nurse.
Understanding the need for and assisting patients to attain optimal physical health and assisting with physical procedures in support of a registered nurse.
Demonstrating good verbal and non-verbal communication skills
Contributing appropriately to risk assessment and individualised care planning
Job description
Job responsibilities
Responding to the needs of patients in an honest, non judgemental and open manner, which respects the rights of individuals and groups.
Actively engaging with patients in the provision of holistic, needs-led care which takes into account the physical, psychological, emotional, social and spiritual needs of individuals and groups.
Demonstrates a commitment to equal opportunities for all people.
Demonstrates a knowledge of the term professional boundaries and how to applying this to working with patients, offenders and others.
Responding to the needs of people sensitively with regard for age, culture, race, gender, ethnicity, religion and disability, especially regarding patient privacy and dignity
Understanding the need for promoting health & well-being and the delivery of health promotion activities and programmes (including patient self-help programmes) in support of a registered nurse.
Understanding the need for and assisting patients to attain optimal physical health and assisting with physical procedures in support of a registered nurse.
Demonstrating good verbal and non-verbal communication skills
Contributing appropriately to risk assessment and individualised care planning
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- oCare experience (essential)
- oAble to effectively communicate in English both verbally and in writing. This will mean that you can take part in conversations with patients and colleagues, expressing yourself in fluent English and have no difficulty in making yourself understood.
Desirable
- oAssociate nurse Practitioner qualification (desirable)
- oNVQ Level 3 or equivalent experience
Experience
Essential
- oExperience of facilitating /planning /supporting groups in a healthcare setting i.e., health improvement/ smoking cessation/ activities.
- oPhysical skills to support working in a prison setting i.e., providing patient care, carrying out tests/observations.
- oExperience of being able to work within policy frameworks in a regulated patient care setting
Skills /Abilities /Knowledge
Essential
- oAbility to assess risk and care plan effectively, whilst understanding the needs and rights of people.
- oParticipate in any audits, research projects
- oTo take responsibility for clinical equipment /resources with which you are allocated as well as patient property and valuables.
- oAbility to relate to patients who may be experiencing high levels of distress and emotional disturbance.
- oStrong interpersonal skills and able to work under pressure.
- oTo act on own initiative when delivering patient care seeking support as required.
- oAbility to identify poor practice and standards of care when you see it and ensure that your Manager /Modern matron is aware.
- oAble to demonstrate a flexible approach to client intervention
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- oCare experience (essential)
- oAble to effectively communicate in English both verbally and in writing. This will mean that you can take part in conversations with patients and colleagues, expressing yourself in fluent English and have no difficulty in making yourself understood.
Desirable
- oAssociate nurse Practitioner qualification (desirable)
- oNVQ Level 3 or equivalent experience
Experience
Essential
- oExperience of facilitating /planning /supporting groups in a healthcare setting i.e., health improvement/ smoking cessation/ activities.
- oPhysical skills to support working in a prison setting i.e., providing patient care, carrying out tests/observations.
- oExperience of being able to work within policy frameworks in a regulated patient care setting
Skills /Abilities /Knowledge
Essential
- oAbility to assess risk and care plan effectively, whilst understanding the needs and rights of people.
- oParticipate in any audits, research projects
- oTo take responsibility for clinical equipment /resources with which you are allocated as well as patient property and valuables.
- oAbility to relate to patients who may be experiencing high levels of distress and emotional disturbance.
- oStrong interpersonal skills and able to work under pressure.
- oTo act on own initiative when delivering patient care seeking support as required.
- oAbility to identify poor practice and standards of care when you see it and ensure that your Manager /Modern matron is aware.
- oAble to demonstrate a flexible approach to client intervention
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
