Healthcare Assistant

 

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Band 3 HCA at HMP Pentonville for Inpatient Unit

This is a new and exciting opportunity for a Healthcare assistant with at least 12 months experience in nursing / care work to be an integral part of our multi-disciplinary mental health team at HMP Pentonville on the Inpatient Unit.

HMP Pentonville is a busy local remand category B prison within north London with a high turnover and an operational capacity of 1300 spaces. We have a 22 bedded inpatient unit which cares for men with both physical and psychological ill health and.

You will benefit from accessing both the Prison Healthcare Services and Beh MH Trust training programme for your CPD.

Please note this role does not provide Sponsorship for overseas candidates.

The post holder will be working closely with Nursing Staff and Occupational Therapist in providing excellent care to patients.

You will be working in a fast-paced environment with often complex and vulnerable service users.

The successful applicant will need to be flexible in approach and confident in their practice.

The successful applicant will be required to be expected to cover both day and night shifts.

BEHMHT is a multiple award-winning, combined mental health (MH) and community Trust providing local, regional and national healthcare services. We are one of the largest employers in North London with over 3000 staff delivering a range of mental health and community services to a population of over one million. In Enfield, we provide a full range of child and adult community health services, which over the last few years has been integrating with its mental health services to provide better and more holistic care.

BEH manages the renowned North London Forensic Services (NLFS) which delivers MH care across some of the prisons and provides MH services as HM Young Offenders Institutions in Aylesbury. We are rated as 'Outstanding' by the CQC. We have also been appointed as the lead provider of forensic mental health services across North London managing the devolved New Models of care budget of £170m from 2018/19.

Please kindly refer to the job description and person specification by clicking on the link attached.

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