Healthcare Support Worker – HMP Liverpool
Are you a Healthcare Support Worker who thrives in a varied, hands‑on role? We're looking for compassionate, proactive individuals to join our enhanced primary care service – where you'll develop valuable clinical skills while making a meaningful difference to people's lives every day.
Why choose us?
* Outstanding reputation – CQC‑praised for innovative care and strong leadership
* Excellent benefits – NHS pension, competitive salary, enhanced weekend/night rates
* Job security – stable, long‑term career opportunities
* Career development – comprehensive development strategy with extensive clinical training opportunities
* Supportive environment – work alongside a committed, collaborative team
Main duties of the job
Be at the heart of our healthcare delivery in this varied, rewarding role. You'll work across multiple areas, developing a broad skill set, and play a vital part in supporting patients through every stage of their healthcare journey in our Category B local prison.
What you'll do:
* Support medication safety – assist with medication rounds by completing controlled‑drug verification checks and managing patient access to medication hatches
* Deliver clinical services – run primary care clinics including phlebotomy, ECGs, smoking‑cessation reviews and sexual‑health screenings
* Monitor detox patients – work alongside registered nurses to support patients through detoxification by completing regular clinical observations and assessments
* Assess new arrivals – register patients in reception, take baseline observations and complete clinical assessment scores to identify immediate health needs
* Lead public‑health initiatives – deliver dry‑blood‑spot testing (DBST) across the site as part of our blood‑borne‑virus elimination programme
* Provide holistic care – support our enhanced primary‑care unit by delivering personal care and tailored social‑care packages
* Conduct outreach – complete welfare checks and wing‑based reviews, bringing healthcare directly to those who need it
Ready for a role where you truly make a difference?
Benefits
* National Health Service pension scheme
* Annual leave – up to 33 days, including the day on your birthday
* Flexible working hours and remote‑working possibilities where appropriate
* Access to employee‑assistance and health‑and‑wellbeing programmes
* Refer‑a‑friend scheme and training & development opportunities
About the organisation
Spectrum Community Health CIC provides a range of award‑winning healthcare services on behalf of the NHS, local‑authority public‑health services and other partners across substance‑misuse, sexual‑health and health‑and‑justice settings. As a not‑for‑profit social enterprise and community‑interest company, our focus is centred on people – patients, service users, staff and partners.
Equal opportunities
We welcome applications from everyone, including applicants with lived experience, those who belong to the LGBTQIA+ community, people with a disability, neurodivergent applicants and people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds.
Person specification
* NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care (or equivalent experience), NHS Care Certificate, or final year of a Registered Nursing degree
* Experience working with people with complex health needs in a health or social‑care setting
* Knowledge of nursing standards, procedures and clinical practices, and familiarity with primary‑care, mental‑health and addiction support
* Experience working in a prison or secured‑environment setting and in a multi‑disciplinary team
* Ability to assess patients, undertake phlebotomy, ECGs, wound care and manage long‑term conditions
* Good communication skills, resilience, proactive problem‑solving and ability to work under delegated responsibility
* Appropriate references for immigration status and a valid Disclosure & Barring Service check under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975
Disclosure and Barring Service check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and therefore requires a submission to the Disclosure & Barring Service (formerly the CRB) to check for any previous convictions.
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