BANK HCA HMP Bristol Bristol, England
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Full Time
Bristol, England
23177 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description
Bank Healthcare Assistant- HMP Bristol- Band 3
- PLEASE NOTE THIS FOR HMP BRISTOL ONLY*
HMP Bristol
Providing physical care to patients according to a written care plan
Being an effective communicator, observer and listener
To work as directed by a registered nurse.
Understanding the need for and maintaining patient confidentiality and security at all times.
Adhering to all organisational and prison policies, procedures and guidelines.
Ensuring good working relationships with patients, carers, relatives, other professionals and prison and healthcare staff
Developing an understanding of and demonstrating use of clinical supervision to reflect upon and modify practice.
Behaving at all times in a professionally acceptable manner
1. Main duties of the role
Responding to the needs of patients in an honest, non judgemental and open manner, which respects the rights of individuals and groups.
Actively engaging with patients 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.
Demonstrates a knowledge of the term ‘professional boundaries’ and how to applying this to working with patients, offenders and others.
Responding to the needs of people sensitively with regard for age, culture, race, gender, ethnicity, religion and disability, especially regarding patient privacy and dignity
Understanding the need for promoting health & well-being and the delivery of health promotion activities and programmes (including patient self-help programmes) in support of a registered nurse.
Understanding the need for and assisting patients to attain optimal physical health and assisting with physical procedures in support of a registered nurse.
Demonstrating good verbal and non-verbal communication skills
Contributing appropriately to risk assessment and individualised care planning
Oxleas 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 Kind
- We’re Fair
- We Listen
- We Care
Providing physical care to patients according to a written care plan
Being an effective communicator, observer and listener
To work as directed by a registered nurse.
Understanding the need for and maintaining patient confidentiality and security at all times.
Adhering to all organisational and prison policies, procedures and guidelines.
Ensuring good working relationships with patients, carers, relatives, other professionals and prison and healthcare staff
Developing an understanding of and demonstrating use of clinical supervision to reflect upon and modify practice.
Behaving at all times in a professionally acceptable manner
Main Duties and Responsibilities
Responding to the needs of patients in an honest, non judgemental and open manner, which respects the rights of individuals and groups.
Actively engaging with patients 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.
Demonstrates a knowledge of the term ‘professional boundaries’ and how to applying this to working with patients, offenders and others.
Responding to the needs of people sensitively with regard for age, culture, race, gender, ethnicity, religion and disability, especially regarding patient privacy and dignity
Understanding the need for promoting health & well-being and the delivery of health promotion activities and programmes (including patient self-help programmes) in support of a registered nurse.
Understanding the need for and assisting patients to attain optimal physical health and assisting with physical procedures in support of a registered nurse.
Demonstrating good verbal and non-verbal communication skills
Contributing appropriately to risk assessment and individualised care planning
