Job requirements
Essential
7 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Healthcare Support worker
Genuine interest and desire to work in Secure Services within Specialism
- Healthcare Support worker
Vocational qualification at level 2 or equivalent relevant experience (e.g.GCSE grade 9-4)
- Healthcare Support worker
Prepared to study and complete Level 3 qualification (equivalent to A Level/BTEC National level)
- Healthcare Support worker
Understanding of basic health care issues.
- Healthcare Support worker
Computer literate, and able to use a range of Microsoft Office programmes. Standard keyboard skills.
- Healthcare Support worker
The ability to work effectively as part of a team, maintaining effective working relationships and mitigating conflict.
- Healthcare Support worker
Good understanding of confidentiality.
Desirable
4 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Healthcare Support worker
Experience of work in a multi-disciplinary team setting.
- Healthcare Support worker
Holds relevant Health Care certificate or working towards this (e.g. Care Course)
- Healthcare Support worker
Knowledge or experience of working within a prison or secured environment setting
- Healthcare Support worker
Good patient assessment skills - knowledge of signs and symptoms of a range of mental and physical disorders and its effects on individuals.
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.
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.
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.
Applicant requirements
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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This advert is for Health and Social Care Worker Apprentice - HMP Northumberland with Spectrum Community Health CIC in Northumberland, United Kingdom. It is listed as a Band 2, Band 3 Care support worker role. The advertised salary is £25,272 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 03 Nov 2026.
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