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Health Care Assistant

17 days ago

$24071–$25674 yearly

Ashford

Health Care Assistant - HMP Bronzefield Location: Middlesex-Ashford Salary : £24071 - £25,674 per annum Vacancy Type: Permanent About the Role We are recruiting for a Health Care Assistant In this role you will work within an integrated healthcare framework to deliver high standards of nursing care and psychosocial interventions to patients admitted to the service according to their clinical needs, in line with relevant clinical protocols, policies and evidence based practice. Role Responsibilities Working within a health improvement framework you will deliver client centred interventions alongside the Registered Nurses, as part of a multidisciplinary team, upholding professional standards at all times. You will assist the medical team with the clinical assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of all aspects of care, with and without direct supervision. You will support the medical team in monitoring and accurately reporting on the general physical, mental and psychological health and well-being of clients as required for medical detox. You will support the medical team to encourage behavior change in the context of the 12 Step Treatment Programme and health promotion. At times you may be required to carry out brief crisis interventions dependent on medical or mental health need. You may be required to attend community meetings and deliver the code of conduct meetings explaining expectations of behavior and rationale for these boundaries. You will be expected to manage your own time effectively and allocate and prioritise work and assigned tasks appropriately to best achieve desired outcomes, but will have the support of the registered nurses and multidisciplinary team. It is important for the post holder to have an understanding of the safety and security needed when working within a prison setting. All probation-based roles will require enhanced DBS and HMPPS security vetting. Please note this process can take up to 3-6 weeks. All offers are subject to receiving both HMPPS vetting and DBS clearances. • Checks will require you to provide information on the below: * Yourself (personal information, financial information, police information, criminal history) * Your family (parents, parents' partners, siblings, partner(s), children) * Co-residents * Associations that may cause a conflict of interest with your role or the prison service. * Background checks across police information systems on you, your family and other associates * Credit reference checks * Social media and Open-Source checks (these are checks on content about you that's publicly available on the internet to ensure there's nothing linked to you that could undermine public trust and confidence in the prison service) * Other government and overseas agency or police checks The Ideal Candidate • Please see below a list of skills and experience needed for this role. * Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team * Time management and organisational skills * Accurate record keeping on electronic records system * Strong communication skills * Motivation to actively take part in upholding Infection Control practices relating to BBV's and Covid19, including the use of PPE Please note this role is 37.5 hours as a 12-month 'New Era' pilot scheme. This will be reviewed in August 2026. About Us We are The Forward Trust, the social enterprise with charitable status that empowers people to break the often interlinked cycles of crime and addiction to move forward with their lives. For more than 25 years we have been working with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past. We believe that anyone is capable of lasting change. Our services have supported thousands of people to make positive changes and build productive lives with a job, family, friends and a sense of community. We are committed to our cause and the work we carry out as a charity. Equally the wellbeing and the employees who work for us are also important. Joining us an employee, we will offer you the following benefits - • Flexible working * Training and development opportunities * Simply Health Cashback Scheme (optional) * Season Ticket Loan Scheme * Cycle to work scheme * Crisis Loan Scheme * Electric Car Scheme * 3 x Wellbeing Days (pro rata'd for part time employees) * Access to Blue Light Card * 25 days (rising to 30 with length of service) Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays * Contributory Pension Scheme - Employer matched contributions of up to 6% in the first two years' service and up to 9% thereafter * Death in Service Payment (2x annual salary) * Critical Illness Insurance (subject to qualifying criteria) Please note that we may close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications. To Apply If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for Forward Trust, please proceed through the following link to be redirected to our website to complete your application.

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