We are seeking a compassionate and dedicated Healthcare Assistant to join our healthcare team within a prison setting. The Healthcare Assistant will play a fundamental role in providing essential support to the healthcare professionals and ensuring the well-being and medical needs of inmates within the facility.
As part of our commitment to your lifelong learning we offer the care certificate to all our unregistered health care professionals. This is the start of your education and training with us and forms part of a robust induction programme giving you the fundamental evidence-based training to support you in your role with us.
We are seeking a compassionate and dedicated Healthcare Porter to join our healthcare team within a prison setting.
As a Healthcare Porter, you will support the health care team in the delivery of an effective and efficient health care service through the management of internal and external requirements for the delivery of good and services cross both sites at HMP Norwich
This role is 37.5 hours per week, Monday - Friday.
Package DescriptionYou will feel valued as a Healthcare Porter with HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
Competitive salary with weekend enhancements and group pension
Flexible working to provide you with that true work / life balance
Access to our Strive for Better networks, a national support and professional network made up of NHS professionals like you, giving you the chance to constantly develop industry-leading care and quality
Access to Reward Gateway - our staff benefits scheme which grants you access to premium offers and discounts on practical spending at national supermarkets and well known retailers as well as special treats like Virgin Experience Days and Leisure Vouchers
Access to our free well-being service available 24/7/365 online and by telephone including; counsellors, post trauma incident support, legal, debt and practical life management helpline, guided self-help, telephonic career coaching and monthly well-being newsletters
We are pleased to offer access to Wagestream - which lets you track your pay throughout the month and stream your earned wages into your bank account if you need them. No more high-interest loans or overdraft fees - simply get paid as you go.
A committed Learning and Development team who work closely with Universities and Health Education England to further your potential and support your progression
Access to a range of courses and e-learning to develop further skills, bespoke career pathways and opportunities continuing your professional development
Innovative forward-thinking culture with the opportunity to put forward your ideas to contribute to the way we work. You will be encouraged to apply for national funding to drive your initiatives locally to benefit our patients and service users
Rewarding and supportive teams, you will be recognised and have opportunities to recognise others by nominating for local and national awards annually and taking part in our new virtual “Ask our Executives” event, where you can submit questions to the board and hear updates regularly on company strategy and objectives
Working in an environment focused on the highest clinical and quality standards with most of our services being rated overall good or outstanding by the Care Quality Commission
Main ResponsibilitiesYour key responsibilities will be:
To receive goods delivered to HMP Norwich for the health care service.
To transfer goods across both sites at HMP Norwich, delivering to the appreciate site for health care.
To unpack and store all goods into the appropriate storage areas within health care environments.
To manage stock control within all health care sites as directed by line manager.
To ensure a tidy environment is maintained in all storage areas.
To transfer medication between pharmacy and health care areas, adhering to all policies and procedures in the safe transfer of medicines.
To collect specimens form health care sites to ensure they are delivered to the coaction point in time for transportation to laboratory settings.
Organising and escorting the clinical waste monthly service.
Please see the job description attached for a full list of responsibilities.
The Ideal CandidatePersonal Specification:
Essential:
Good standard of education, literate and numerate and IT skills
Good Communication skills
Ability to work on own or as part of a team
Desirable: •
SystmOne experience
Healthcare and/or Porter experience
About The CompanyWe change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.
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