Healthcare Assistant - London, United Kingdom - Practice Plus Group

Practice Plus Group

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

About The Role:

ADD TO LIFE. EVERY LIFE.**
Where every day is a chance to make a difference

Practice Plus Group were recently awarded the healthcare contract at HMP Belmarsh and will begin delivering services in May 2023.

We are the Health in Justice Market leader, providing healthcare services to offenders across the country.

Our model of care is our Wellbeing Approach - an integrated, comprehensive approach in recognition of the fact prisoners are a socially-excluded group with healthcare needs which are complex and often associated with poor outcomes.

It adopts the premise no single health/wellbeing factor can be taken in isolation of other motivational issues which might impact a person's care.

As a Healthcare Assistant, your responsibilities will vary.

You will be involved in the implementation of clinical care packages, phlebotomy and assessment, treatment and the evaluation of patients' care.

You will support and assist patients with the activities of daily living, work with the Pharmacy Team to help them fulfil their daily tasks and you will be encouraged to take the lead on well-being promotion clinics.

About You:

How will we support you?

Bespoke induction
Competency framework
Regional and national career development opportunities
Our bespoke Learning Management System to address your learning needs
Support from the wider team

You'll receive an annual salary up to £28,000 per annum - dependent on experience.

We offer a whole host of additional benefits such as:

cycle to work scheme, free uniform, an extensive training and development structure for all employees along with an employee recognition scheme.

It doesn't stop therewe also offer a company pension scheme which we as Practice Plus Group also pay into, 25 days annual leave increasing with service up to 28 days per year, plus 8 public bank holidays (pro-rata for part-time), NHS blue light card, discounted Costco memberships, access to Boundless memberships for attractions and parks, shopping discounts, free eye tests for computer screen users, an 24/7 employee assistance helpline and financial assistance when you need it.

About Us:

HMP Belmarsh is a Category A men's prison with an operational capacity of over 910 inmates and is located in South East London.

The site houses a High Security Unit (HSU) and is regarded as the most secure prison unit in the United Kingdom.

HMP Belmarsh became operational in April 1991 and is adjacent to and adjoin to Woolwich Crown Court.

Practice Plus Group is a specialist provider of NHS services into prison healthcare across over 45 different prisons, young offenders and immigration removal centres.

We believe in putting the patient first, regardless of the environment or their history.

The prison population is one of the most vulnerable and challenged patient groups in society and the delivery of their health care is conducted within often difficult and demanding environments.

Practice Plus Group's mission is

Access to Excellence. Our core values are;
- we treat patients and each other as we would like to be treated
- we act with integrity
- we embrace diversity
- we strive to do things better together

Patients can only access excellence if we commit to living our values in everything we do when we're at work.

If you share these values and have transferable skills we want to meet you