Healthcare assistant

An exciting opportunity has arisen for Health care assistant position at Yarl's Wood IRC. We are seeking an individual who is enthusiastic, compassionate, flexible, and creative in their approach and can work alongside nursing staff and the wider multi-disciplinary team to provide high quality and effective nursing support. Yarl's Wood IRC is an immigration removal center with a total operational capacity of 410. This role is to work as a healthcare assistant as part of the Healthcare team, providing nursing care and support to residents and the healthcare team, ensuring safe working practice in a secure environment in accordance with the IRC and Home office rules, detention service orders (DSO). Please note that the home office has applied restrictions to obtain clearance to work in a secured setting . Therefore applicants will only be considered if they have been resident in the UK for more than 5 years, The post holder will:

• Undertake clinical observations, report abnormalities and document on System One accuratelyFollow appropriate infection prevention and control guidelines in order to protect themselves, colleagues and residentsAssist in the provision of clinics including phlebotomy, ECGs and smoking cessation in line with their skills & proficienciesParticipate in resident screenings with healthcare colleaguesBe able to maintain accurate, timely and legible records of resident's care, including data input and statistical information, as requiredTo contribute to the ordering, distribution, stock control and maintenance of Healthcare equipment and resourcesWill participate in booking appointments, assist in the scanning of resident's information and to participate in all aspects of Healthcare admin dutiesParticipate in health promotion events
  
  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.