Healthcare Support Worker

Main area Physical health Grade Band 3 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (30 hours per week post also available) Job
-TG589-HMPRAN-A

Site HMP Ranby Town Retford Salary £24,937 - £26,598 pa pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 23/02/2026 23:59

• The post holder will work as part of the Healthcare team, providing care and support to patients within HMP Ranby in accordance with security guidelines
• The post holder will work closely with other teams within the prison and with external agencies in meeting the holistic needs of the patients.
• The post holder will, at times, be able to work without direct supervision, undertaking delegated tasks and reporting back to the Registered Nurses.
• The post holder will actively participate in the on-going development of positive working relationships with prison staff.

The post holder will:

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.

We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be ‘outstanding’ by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.

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.

• GCSE Maths & English or qualified to equivalent Functional skills level 2 in Maths & English, or willingness to undertake.
• Care certificate or willingness to work towards
• Completion of a clinical skills competency- based workbook or equivalent relevant experience to vocational qualification level 3, or willingness to undertake.
• Knowledge of clinical patient observations.
• Willingness to undertake competencies supported by clinical skills training and education to gain theoretical underpinning knowledge in a range of clinical interventions and use of test equipment e.g. blood glucose monitors, venepuncture etc.
• Care experience working in a health or social care setting.
• Experience of working in offender health
• Experience using system one.
• Is phlebotomy trained

• Care certificate
• Experience in a healthcare setting

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