Primary Care Healthcare Assistant

Main area Secured Services Grade Band 3 Contract Fixed term: 10 months (Full Time) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Rota basis covering 24 hours a day,7 days a week service including weekends.) Job
-TH252-HMPPET-A

Site HMP Peterborough Town Peterborough Salary £25,760 - £27,476 pa, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 27/10/2026 08:00

NHFT are recruiting for a Healthcare Assistant to work a fixed term contract of 10 months within Primary Healthcare at HMP Peterborough to deliver a comprehensive range of needs-based health care services to patients. This involves providing 24-hour care by working a range of shifts including days and weekends to suit the needs of the service.

Please note this post is subject to security vetting. To be considered for this post you will need to have continuously resided in the UK without any breaks for a minimum of 3 years prior to this application and be able to evidence your years of residency. Please note without sufficient evidence your application may not progress.

The Primary Healthcare provision at HMP Peterborough is provided by Northamptonshire Foundation Trust (NHFT). The team consists of nurses, HCA's, Chronic disease nurses, Sexual health and General Practitioners. The team works closely with the Substance misuse team, Mental Health team and wider healthcare Services to provide a Trauma Informed Well Being Service for residents.

We aim to deliver quality of life services and support people to change their lives for the better. Opportunities for learning and developing work-ready skills are on offer for all who come in-to custody, but our commitment to reducing reoffending in local communities does not end at the prison gate. We support people released from custody through innovative partnerships in all areas working with people to maintain and lead law-abiding lives.

NHFT is an NHS Community and Mental Health Foundation Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in hospital settings and in the community. We provide over 200 services across the county - as well as some specialist services in bordering and nearby counties. We work together with our partners to ensure that everyone who comes through our doors receives compassionate, person-centred care, regardless of their background or circumstances.

NHFT promotes a culture of earning, to improve the care and safety of our patients and colleagues. We have achieved our ‘outstanding’ rating by encouraging opportunity, innovation, development and growth across our workforce.

At NHFT we believe that work should be rewarded in every sense which is why we are proud to an accredited living wage employer.

We aim to support financial wellbeing and create an environment where are people feel valued and able to thrive.

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document.

• Completed Care certificate
• Able to clinical assessments- completed clinical observations, wound care, phlebotomy, ECG
• Evidence of team working
• Evidence of triage skills
• Evidence of automous working
• Aware of medication management
• Experience with in the existing role

• Achieved experience
• Demonstrate the leadership behaviours
• Evidence of training in phlebotomy
• Prison Experience

• The application includes evidence of the required years of UK residency to meet prison vetting standards

You must ensure that your application, including supporting statements and…