Job summaryAre you looking for a challenge?Do you enjoy variety and dealing with complex patients?Do you want to make a difference?We have a number of exciting and challenging new posts in the Offender Healthcare Service at HMP Wandsworth. This is a unique opportunity to be part of Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust and to work at one of the largest prisons in the UK. You will assist us to provide excellent primary care and substance misuse services for our population.Offenders are a challenging population group to work with and they often have complex healthcare needs. Offenders often have chaotic lives in the community and a history of poor engagement with community healthcare services. With high rates of substance misuse and mental health problems, this is a real chance to make a difference.Main duties of the jobYou will be joining us at an exciting time and be involved in the implementation of a Health and Wellbeing Model to improve offender healthcare. You will join our established team of healthcare assistants across the prison. This includes assisting the primary care and substance misuse nursing teams in clinics, inpatient unit, reception, secondary screening and daily substance misuse observations. You will be supported by our friendly team of healthcare staff in an environment where no two days are the same.You should possess good communication skills and the ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team. A kind, caring, compassionate and professional attitude is essential, along with being able to work in a busy environment.All applicants will be expected to take a literacy and numeracy test and only applicants who pass this test will be interviewed.Oxleas NHS Trust operates a Probationary Period, further details are available on request.About usOxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:We're KindWe're FairWe ListenWe CareJob descriptionJob responsibilitiesMain Duties and ResponsibilitiesAssist patients will all activities of daily living (eating and drinking, movement, physical comfort, personal hygiene and use of toilet facilities).To work at the direction of registered nursesCommunicate effectively with patients and the multi-disciplinary team.Participate in planning and liaison activities for patients.Inform a registered nurse as soon as possible when any change in a patients condition is noticed.Support patients in change due to admission, discharge, death or personal loss and in adapting to their new environment.Report any complaints or requests for information from patients immediately to the senior nurse on duty to enable prompt response.Use resources effectively.Report all risks to the senior nursing staff.Assist in the general running of the department by undertaking housekeeping and clerical duties as appropriate.Participate in appraisal and training of self to develop a personal development plan and strive to achieve the set objectives, including NVQs.Undertake any other duties commensurate to the grade and as requested by the line manager.Attend staff meetings, updates and attend mandatory training as required.Take responsibility for carrying a radio and responding as required.Work closely with Management to ensure that the Prison Health Agenda is supported at all levels in the Practice.Develop and maintain effective communications with all interested parties.Responding to the needs of offenders in an honest, non-judgemental and open manner, which respects the rights of individuals and groups.Actively engaging with offenders in the provision of holistic, needs-led care which takes into account the physical, psychological, emotional, social and spiritual needs of individuals and groups.Demonstrates a commitment to equal opportunities for all people. Responding to the needs of people sensitively with regard for age, culture, race, gender, ethnicity, religion and disability, especially regarding privacy and dignityDemonstrates a knowledge of the term professional boundaries and how to apply this to working with patients, offenders and others.Understanding the need for promoting health & well-being and the delivery of health promotion activities and programmes (including self-help programmes) in support of a registered nurse.Understanding the need for and assisting offenders to attain optimal physical health and assisting with physical procedures in support of a registered nurse.Demonstrating good verbal and non-verbal communication skillsContributing appropriately to risk assessment and individualised care planningIMPORTANT INFORMATION, PLEASE READ:All applicants must be willing to undertake National Security Vetting in order to work in a Prison Setting. This will be completed as part of the pre-employment checks through Oxleas and the prison vetting team.You will need to provide:Proof of right to work documentationProof of ID, needs to include 1 photographic IDProof of address documentationNon-UK passport holders will need to have correct documentation (right to work in the UK) and a Home office Share code.Address History:5 years address history will be needed. Applicants that are not UK Passport holders who provide less than 5 years UK address history will need to provide a Police Certificate which must be in English from where they resided previously.Applicants who are UK Passport holders who have lived abroad for a period of more than six months during the last three years will need to provide a certificate of good conduct or an overseas police check in English from the countries resided in or visited.In order to assist you in obtaining a Police Certificate, guidance can be sought from:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicantsIf the country you have resided in is not listed here, you can obtain the necessary information by contacting the relevant Embassy or High Commission for that Country. Their contact details can be found on the Foreign & Commonwealth Office website (http://www.fco.gov.uk/en).Person SpecificationQualificationsEssentialComplete secondary education or equivalentAble to read English and communicate verbally in writing and to a good standardDesirableNVQ level3 Healthcare qualification or appropriate equivalentExperienceEssential1 year of experience working within a primary care, social care or mental healthcare settingCommunications skills and ITEssentialGood IT skills. An understanding and experience of working with IT packages including Word, Excel and Powerpoint.Good communication skillsDesirableExperience of working with SystemOne.Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.Certificate of SponsorshipApplications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).Employer detailsEmployer nameOxleas NHS Foundation TrustAddressHMP WandsworthHeathfield RoadLondonSW18 3HUEmployer's websitehttp://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)