Health & Social Care Worker Apprentice

Are you caring and compassionate? Would you like the opportunity to develop your skills in a Health and Justice setting? You could be a key part of our multi-disciplined healthcare team, providing individualised care for our patients in a prison environment.

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

Responsibilities

• The post holder will support, implement, and provide high standards of care to patients under the supervision of a qualified nurse/practitioner
• Undertake clinical observations of patients e.g., blood pressure tests
• Develop appropriate and professional relationships with service users, which will promote effective communications and recovery
• Ensure consent is obtained at every intervention
• Promote patient engagement and personal responsibility to manage their health, providing the necessary support to do so
• To support the development of appropriate care plans and contribute to the review and evaluation
• To carry response radio and respond to emergencies with qualified nurse undertaking relevant interventions as directed
• Deliver 1:1 intervention as agreed within care package
• Support patients presenting to the service in crisis, ensuring appropriate onward referrals and flag immediate risks
• To have a good understanding of System1 and complete electronic documentation using the agreed read codes where appropriate
• To record, use and store information in accordance with Caldicott and GDPR

Requirements

• Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
• Training provider: DYNAMIC TRAINING UK LIMITED
• Training course: Senior healthcare support worker (level 3)
• Core learning includes:
  • Work in line with legislation, policies, standards, local ways of working and codes of conduct that apply to own role.
  • Work within the scope of practice, the limits of own knowledge and skills, escalating and reporting to others when needed.
  • Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide safe and non-discriminatory person-centred care and support with individuals’ established consent.
  • Implement a duty of care, recognising and responding to safeguarding and protection concerns and acting in the best interest of individuals to ensure they do not come to harm.
  • Support individuals to make informed and positive lifestyle choices.
  • Actively seek out and act on opportunities to support individuals to maximise their health, well-being and positive lifestyle choices.
  • Recognise and respond to changes in an individual’s health and wellbeing.
  • Recognise and respond to the signs and symptoms that an individual is in pain, distress or discomfort to maximise comfort and well-being.
  • Promote and monitor access to fluids and nutrition in line with an individual’s care plan.
  • Communicate with individuals, their families, carers and others in the workplace using techniques designed to facilitate understanding.
  • Recognise and respond to limitations in an individual’s mental capacity.
  • Maintain a safe and healthy working environment, using infection prevention and control techniques including hand washing, sanitisation, disinfection and personal protective equipment (PPE).
  • Maintain the safe supply, storage, use and disposal of supplies and equipment.
  • Move and handle equipment or other items safely and assist individuals.
  • Take appropriate action in response to concerns, risks, incidents or errors and near misses arising in the workplace.
  • Perform basic life support techniques.
  • Recognise and respond to potential conflict, challenging behaviour or an escalating situation.
  • Undertake own training and development activities and contribute to the training and development of others.
  • Participate in appraisal to support professional development.
  • Reflect on and develop your own practice.
  • Record and store information related to individuals securely, including the safe use of technology.
  • Report and share information related to individuals securely and in line with local and national policies, maintaining confidentiality, duty of confidence and disclosure.
  • Participate in and support others with quality improvement activities in the workplace.
  • Use investigatory techniques to source evidence to validate and improve the delivery of care and support within own scope of practice.
  • Critically appraise sources of information and apply to practice.
  • Provide leadership and act as a role model for others within the scope of own role.
  • Contribute to mentoring and supervision of others in the workplace within the scope of own role.
  • Undertake physiological measurements, selecting and using the correct tools or equipment.
• Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.