Healthcare Support Worker - HMP Styal
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 27/08/2026
- Closes
- 10/09/2026
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Role summary
This role involves providing high standards of individualized care to patients within a prison healthcare setting, working under the delegated authority of a Registered Nurse. Responsibilities include reception screening, delivering care packages, undertaking clinical duties like phlebotomy and ECGs, and supporting patients with mental health and substance withdrawal. The post holder will also be part of the emergency response team and contribute to holistic care across primary care, mental health, and substance misuse services. The role requires operating in line with values of Working Together, Integrity, Respect and Recognition, Compassion and Innovation.
Essential criteria
- NVQ level 3 in Health and Social care or equivalent clinical experience
- OR NHS Care Certificate or relevant clinical experience.
- OR Student studying final year of the Registered Nursing Degree.
- Demonstration of experience of working with people with complex health needs, in a health or social care setting.
- Knowledge of nursing standards gained through qualification or equivalent experience.
- Experience of nursing practice and clinical procedures.
- Understanding and application of confidentiality
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge or experience of working within a prison or secured environment setting
- Experience of work in a multidisciplinary team setting
- Experience in responding to emergency situations
- Experience in using SystmOne
- 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
- Good patient assessment skills - knowledge of signs and symptoms of a range of effects on individualsmental and physical disorders and its
- 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
- Education
- NVQ level 3 in Health and Social care or equivalent clinical experience
- OR NHS Care Certificate or relevant clinical experience.
- OR Student studying final year of the Registered Nursing Degree.
- Demonstration of experience of working with people with complex health needs, in a health or social care setting.
- Knowledge of nursing standards gained through qualification or equivalent experience.
- Experience of nursing practice and clinical procedures.
- Understanding and application of confidentiality
- Knowledge or experience of working within a prison or secured environment setting
- Experience of work in a multidisciplinary team setting
- Experience in responding to emergency situations
- Experience in using SystmOne
- 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
- Good patient assessment skills - knowledge of signs and symptoms of a range of effects on individualsmental and physical disorders and its
- 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.
Posted 7d ago · Closes in 8d
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Job summary
Working under the delegated authority of a Registered Nurse, the post holder will compliment and form a key part of the Multi-Disciplinary healthcare services, providing high standards of individualised, non-judgemental care for patients and supporting the operational requirements of delivering Prison Healthcare across Primary care, Mental Health and Substance misuse services to support the delivery of holistic care packages within our integrated services.The post holder will undertake delegated duties covering the patient journey from reception of prisoners into prison through to their discharge through the gate. This includes reception screening, providing agreed care packages, undertaking appropriate physical health observations, appropriate clinical duties, undertakingclinics such as Phlebotomy clinics, ECG Clinics and NHS health checks, sexual health and health promotion to improve mental, physical and social needs.The post holderwill also be expected to work as part of the emergency response team as required.The post holder will have the skills to support patients showing low level mental ill health and withdrawal from illicit substances by providing support in accordance with agreed care plans.The post holder will be expected to operate in line with our shared commitment to our values; Working Together, Integrity, Respect and Recognition, Compassion and Inno
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