Healthcare Support Worker - HMP Holme House
Spectrum Community Health CIC
Stockton-On-Tees, TS18 2QU
Salary
£25,760 to £27,476
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
8 September 2026
8 days left
Job description
Break into prison healthcare! Are you looking for a new challenge in an environment where no two days are the same? Patient care is at the centre of w...
As you a Healthcare Support Worker your main duties will be:
- All aspects of daily care
- Wound care
- Venepuncture
- ECG's
- Supporting other staff
- Assisting in medication administration
- NHS Health Checks
- Health promotion
BE THE DIFFERENCE IN HEALTHCARE
We're looking for passionate individuals to join our diverse and innovative team.
Whether you are starting out in your healthcare journey or are an experienced healthcare professional looking for a new challenge we've got a role for you!
- Access to NHS Pension
- Time for you day (additional day off)
- Welcome payment for some posts
- Refer a friend scheme
- Training and Development opportunities
- Flexible Working
- Access to Employee Assistance and Health and Wellbeing programmes
- Up to 33 days annual leave
Spectrum Community Health CIC provides a range of award-winning healthcare services on behalf of the NHS, Local Authority Public Health services, and other partners across substance misuse, sexual health, and health and justice settings. As a not-for-profit social enterprise and Community Interest Company our focus is centred on people - our patients, service users, staff and partners.
We are building on our ambition to deliver the best in health and wellbeing on a values-driven ethos and to maintain the highest standards of patient care and service. We are an expanding organisation, but we aim to grow without compromising on quality and social value.
Our Mission
Holistic interventions delivered with compassion for the stigmatised and marginalised in our communities
Our Vision
Quality healthcare that makes a difference to people's lives, regardless of circumstances.
Education and Training
Essential
- NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care or currently studying in the final year of a degree in nursing.
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Demonstration of experience of working with people with complex health needs, in a health or social care setting.
- Knowledge of nursing standards gained through NVQ qualification or equivalent experience
- Experience of nursing practice and clinical procedures.
- Understanding and application of confidentiality
Desirable
- Knowledge or experience of working within a prison or secured environment setting.
- Experience of work in a multi-disciplinary team setting.
- Experience in responding to emergency situations
- Experience in using SystmOne
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Well-developed verbal and written communication skills
- The ability to work effectively as part of a team, maintaining effective working relationships and mitigating conflict.
- The ability to complete tasks under delegated responsibility and ability to escalate concerns to senior clinical staff as appropriate
- Promote and support patients to manage own mental and physical needs
- Able to maintain contemporaneous clinical records following clinical activities.
- Keyboard skills - computer literate with a working knowledge of Microsoft Office
Desirable
- Good patient assessment skills - knowledge of signs and symptoms of a range of mental and physical disorders and its effects on individuals.
- Extended scope of practice e.g., Phlebotomy, ECG etc
- Experience in simple wound care management
- Experience in monitoring and support with the management of long-term conditions
How to apply
Applications are handled entirely by the employer on the original advert. We do not collect CVs, supporting statements or application data.
Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
25 August 2026
Last checked
27 August 2026
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