Healthcare Assistant - Nights

As our new Nights Healthcare Assistant, your responsibilities will vary. Some of your duties will include:

• Work across Inpatients overnight, which may include personal care and moving & handling
• Be a key part of the Primary Care team overnight, working closely with the nurse on duty
• Respond to emergency situations as required
• Carry out admin tasks
• Assist the SMS team as required
• You will support the registered nurse in association with the patient and in accordance with instructions and training received whilst promoting safe patient care and be willing to develop and apply new skills to maintain and enhance clinical service delivery

If you are interested in career development, we have a wide range of opportunities for you to develop your skills and experience, which include both internal and external options for development and learning.

It doesn’t stop there… we also offer:

• Company pension scheme
• 25 days annual leave increasing with service up to 28 days per year, plus public bank holidays
• An extensive range of wellbeing and lifestyle benefits
• Discounts on shopping and leisure activities
• Support to grow in your role and continue your professional development
• Excellent long-term career prospects
• 24/7 employee assistance helpline and financial assistance when you need it

The Health in Justice team at Practice Plus Group makes a real difference across over 53 prisons, young offenders and immigration removal centres. We’re the UK’s leading independent provider of NHS services to over 40,000 patients in secure environments, always putting their needs first, regardless of their background.

Practice Plus Group’s purpose is to Unlock your best work life and we stand by our core values:

• 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

We are looking for caring, compassionate but also driven professionals who can help us drive our vision for a fair and inclusive healthcare access to all.

• Hold a NVQ Level 3 qualification in Health & Social Care, or equivalent
  
• Have experience in a care setting previously -care home, community, prison etc
• Ideally have experience within Primary Care or Inpatients
• Have good IT skills
• Any Substance Misuse experience would be a bonus
• Have a non-judgemental and compassionate approach