Forensic Healthcare Assistant Wokingham, England
Job description
Are you looking for a new and exciting alternative career path in healthcare? How would you like to work for an innovative and market-leading organisation?
This is the perfect opportunity for a compassionate, non-judgmental person with a desire to develop their clinical competencies as a Forensic Healthcare Assistant based in Earley.
We want you to bring your unique set of skills and experience to a special place where you can reach your true potential.
Requirement- You need to be a UK citizen for the last 3 years to be able to go through our vetting and onboarding process.
This is a fantastic opportunity to work alongside experienced healthcare professionals and experts that are truly some of the best in their field at dealing with medical emergencies.
If you are looking for a career with genuine progression and development opportunities, then we are a company that wants to help you, guide you, and inspire you to achieve your goals.
The Forensic Healthcare Assistant will assist the clinical team providing embedded and non-embedded clinical care within custody, under the supervision of senior staff. You will be part of a service that enables detained persons to feel safe.
Custody is both a dynamic and lively environment, with no two days the same. The police can detain individuals for up to 24 hours and within this time, we provide a high level of care to detainees and their needs, which can vary from drug/alcohol dependency to acute medical episodes.
You will provide evidence-based care to detained persons by seeking out, listening to, and acting on detainee feedback so that care is personalised and informed by what matters to them.
Being a Forensic Healthcare Assistant involves contributing to and implementing care plans and assisting healthcare professionals and Forensic Practitioners with delivering effective care within the criminal justice system. As well as delivering non-judgemental care throughout our custody contract (including attendance at hospital when required).
You’ll make a real difference enhancing the care we deliver, supported by our senior clinicians and our policies, procedures, and safeguarding and vulnerability model.
Shift pattern
Full and part-time applications will be considered. Shifts will run from 7am to 7pm, and 7pm to 7am. The full-time work pattern is two day shifts, followed by two night shifts, then four days off.
Our Values
Our aim is to create and encourage an environment committed to promoting equality, diversity, working inclusively, and building on the differences that individuals can bring to the workplace, and we uphold these principles in our behaviours. We welcome applications irrespective of people's age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
If you have experience in emergency care, as a Forensic Healthcare Professional, and have an interest in developing your skills in a custody environment, apply for this Forensic Healthcare Assistant role today!
Benefits
We offer:
- an enhanced sickness pay scheme.
- a wellbeing programme.
- advanced rota planning for better work-life balance.
- 6 weeks annual leave.
- a pension scheme.
- a bonus scheme.
- Life assurance.
- an Employee Assistance Programme.
- Long Service/Team of the Month Awards.
- a range of accredited and CPD training courses and masterclasses.
- funding for higher education courses after one years’ service.
Essential Skills
- Edexcel/IHCD training programme, or equivalent (BTEC level 3 Ambulance Aid).
- Evidence of personal development in previous employment.
- Evidence of continued professional development.
- Experience of autonomous working.
- Relevant work experience responding within community setting or within acute or secure healthcare.
- Able to travel for training, supervision, and to support other areas of work as required in role.
Desired Skills
- Safeguarding Level 3
- ILS
About Company
Mountain Healthcare is a clinically led business, specialising in healthcare and referral services for vulnerable people. Commissioned by NHS England and the Police, our aim is to provide the best possible standard of healthcare, through excellent operational delivery, robust quality assurance and governance as well as a focus on innovation.
As a leading provider of criminal justice healthcare services, our current contracts cover Sexual Assault Referral Centres, Police Custodial Healthcare, Healthcare in Secure Children's Homes, and clinical telephone advice. We provide high-quality holistic care to vulnerable individuals.
Mountain healthcare prides itself on providing a healthier work/life balance and we recognise achievements with awards and bonuses! We offer a highly competitive salary along with some great benefits.
We are unique, in that although we are a nationwide company with over 400 employees, we still maintain that family feel and ensure everyone feels like a valued member of our team. We are passionate about our values which are to ‘Be Kind’ and ‘Do the right thing’. We believe we can make a real difference to those who are vulnerable within the criminal justice system and would love like-minded individuals to join our team.
