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Senior Health Care Assistant - HMP Berwyn

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
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Medical Protection Advertisement

Location
Salary
£24,433 - £26,060 per annum
Profession
Healthcare support worker
Grade
Band 3
Deadline
30 Oct 2024
Contract Type
Permanent
Posted Date
16 Oct 2024

Job overview

Looking for a new experience?

  • Have you ever thought of developing your clinical skills in a prison environment?
  • Are you looking to develop and gain extra experience in a challenging but rewarding role?
  • Do you want the opportunity and time to provide patient care?
  • Are you looking for support from your peers?

Then this could be the job for you.....

Main duties of the job

As a primary care HCSW you will support a clinician with a clinical caseload of men ensuring appropriate assessment and treatment interventions are provided and SMART goals are agreed. You will:- •    Contribute to and deliver interventions and/or treatments when there are complex issues and/or serious illness. You will discuss the treatment plan and the related needs with the service user and the wider team and will understand his / her own role in delivering interventions and / or treatments within the plan. •    Identify any specific precautions or contra-indications to the proposed interventions /treatments and take the appropriate action. •    Support and monitor patients throughout, promptly alerting the line manager when there are unexpected changes in individuals’ health and wellbeing or level of risk. •    Provide information to the primary care team on how individuals’ needs are changing and feedback on the appropriateness of the individual’s treatment plan when there are issues. •    Respond to, record and report any adverse event or incident relating to the intervention /treatment with an appropriate degree of urgency. •    Support, undertake and record interventions / treatments correctly, and in line with legislation, policies and procedures and / or established protocols. •    Under the supervision of a registered nurse, administer medication.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please find attached at the bottom of this advert a full job description outlining the main responsibilities of this role.

The Job Requirements

  • You will have experience as a support worker with a real passion for developing your clinical and wider skills within primary care in an environment that is ever changing.
  • You’ll have a flexible approach working within a team that encourage new ideas and opinions on how to improve the service.
  • You will show initiative when it comes to handling a wide range of situations
  • You will hold an NVQ 3 in  a Health and Social Care related subject

Please note if your application is successful and you are invited to interview, they will be held on site at HMP Berwyn to ensure candidates have an understanding of the environment. Requests for virtual interviews will not be accepted.