Healthcare Support Worker - HMP Holme House
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time
- Posted
- 25/08/2026
- Closes
- 08/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a Healthcare Support Worker within HMP Holme House, focusing on patient care in a challenging yet rewarding prison environment. You will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, providing daily care, wound care, venepuncture, and ECGs. The position offers opportunities for training and development, supporting patients with complex health needs. It requires a self-motivated individual with initiative to handle diverse situations.
Key responsibilities
- All aspects of daily care
- Wound care
- Venepuncture
- ECG's
- Supporting other staff
- Assisting in medication administration
- NHS Health Checks
- Health promotion
Essential criteria
- NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care or currently studying in the final year of a degree in nursing.
- 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
- 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 criteria
- 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
- 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
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 3 at £24,625 – £25,674 a year, across England.
This advert: £25,760 – £27,476 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Spectrum Community Health CIC
Healthcare Support Worker - HMP Holme House
The closing date is 08 September 2026
Job summary
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 what we do and we are looking for an enthusiastic, hardworking and committed health care professional who wants to make a difference to our patient's lives. We provide primary care, GP surgery provision alongside access to mental health and substance misuse services.Prisons are challenging yet rewarding places for healthcare professionals to work. If you want a role where you can develop your existing skills and learn something new every day in an environment that never stands still, then this is it! As a health care assistant, you will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, whilst being a support and resource to other staff. You will be working as part of a larger multi-disciplinary team, alongside the substance misuse team and mental health teams. There are great opportunities for training and development and the opportunity to work with interesting patients and learn new skills. If you are self-motivated and able to work autonomously as well as showing plenty of initiative when it comes to handling a wide range of situations, then this could be the right role for you! Previous applicants ne
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