# Healthcare Assistant

**Company**: Practice Plus Group - Health in Justice
**Location**: London
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: £24,464 to £32,134 a year
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We have an exciting opportunity for a Healthcare Assistant to join our Healthcare team at HMP Brixton, a category B prison located in London.

As our new Healthcare Assistant, you will deliver exceptional care to patients, both in the healthcare department and on the wings. Your responsibilities will include:

- Delivering exceptional care to patients

- Facilitating clinics, including bloods, observations, ECGs, NHS Health checks etc.

- Being involved in the implementation of clinical care packages

- Supporting the nursing team with all aspects of care

- Acting as a second checker in pharmacy as required

- Supporting receptions and assisting with triaging new patients

You will primarily be working within the primary care.

We offer a range of benefits, including:

- 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

To be considered for this role, you should:

- Ideally hold an NVQ Level 2 or 3 qualification in Health & Social Care, or Care Certificate

- Have experience within phlebotomy - this is highly desirable!

- Have experience in a clinical care setting previously - ideally from a hospital or prison setting

- Have clinical experience - venepuncture, ECGs etc.

- Have a non-judgemental and compassionate approach

The salary for this role is £24,464 to £32,134 per annum.

## Skills

### Required
- NVQ Level 2 or 3 qualification in Health & Social Care
- Care Certificate
- phlebotomy
- clinical care setting
- venepuncture
- ECGs

### Nice to have
- experience within phlebotomy

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