• Job Description

  Req#: C9270-25-0935?language=en&page=514&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  This post is a rare and exciting opportunity to work somewhere completely different - an immigration removal centre.

  This post involves working within a multi-disciplinary team providing primary care, but with a difference.

  We are seeking an experienced healthcare assistant to work within an integrated healthcare team. The successful candidate will be an excellent team player who works closely with residents, the health care multidisciplinary team and the immigration service to ensure comprehensive care is provided to residents.

  • The post holder will work as part of the Healthcare team, providing care and support to residents within Yarl's Wood IRC in accordance with both NHFT and security guidelines
  • The post holder will work in closely with other teams within the centre and with external agencies in meeting the holistic needs of the residents.

  • The post holder will, at times, 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 centre staff and resident's

  Main duties of the job

  • Display a professional behaviour and attitude at all times in line with NHFT values
  • Be able to organise own workload and manage time effectively, under the supervision of the qualified nurses.
  • Support the implementation of the Trust's policies and procedures within the healthcare area.
  • Undertake clinical observations, report abnormalities and document on System One accurately.
  • Follow appropriate infection prevention and control guidelines in order to protect themselves, colleagues and residents.
  • Run a variety of clinicsincluding phlebotomy, ECG, smoking cessation, chlamydia screening, NHS health screening clinics.
  • Conduct resident reception screenings.
  • Be able to maintain accurate, timely and legible records of resident's care, including data input and statistical information, as required
  • To conduct ordering, distribution, stock control and maintenance of Healthcare equipment and resources.
  • Participate in health promotion events

  About us

  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.

  Details

  Date posted

  16 December 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 4

  Salary

  £27,485 to £30,162 a year pro rata

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  270-TG579-MH

  Job locations

  Yarl's wood immigration removal centre

  Twinwoods Business Park, Thurleigh Road

  Milton Ernest, Bedfordshire

  MK44 1FD

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  • The post holder will work as part of the Healthcare team, providing care and support to residents within Yarls Wood IRC in accordance with security guidelines

  • The post holder will work in closely with other teams within the centre and with external agencies in meeting the holistic needs of the residents.

  • 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 centre staff

  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.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  • The post holder will work as part of the Healthcare team, providing care and support to residents within Yarls Wood IRC in accordance with security guidelines

  • The post holder will work in closely with other teams within the centre and with external agencies in meeting the holistic needs of the residents.

  • 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 centre staff

  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.

  Person Specification

  application

  Essential

  • Demonstrate excellent communication skills with both colleagues and residents utilizing various translation methods to ensure effective communication
  • Maintain resident confidentiality
  • Be flexible and open to change

  Desirable

  • Encourage ideas and creativity

  both

  Essential

  • experience of working as a band 3 or 4 HCA elsewhere
  • be able to work without direct supervision, undertaking delegated tasks and reporting back to the Registered Nurses.
  • Display a professional behaviour and attitude at all times in line with NHFT values
  • oUndertake clinical observations, report abnormalities and document on System One accurately.
  • oTo conduct ordering, distribution, stock control and maintenance of Healthcare equipment and resources.
  • able to maintain accurate, timely and legible records of resident's care,

  Desirable

  • Have Participated in health promotion events
  • will actively participate in the on-going development of positive working relationships with centre staff
  • Conduct resident reception screenings

  interview

  Essential

  • Display a professional behaviour and attitude at all times in line with NHFT values
  • Organise own workload and manage time
  • Assist in the provision of clinics including phlebotomy, ECGs and smoking cessation

  Desirable

  • Help lead in health promotion events

  Person Specification

  application

  Essential

  • Demonstrate excellent communication skills with both colleagues and residents utilizing various translation methods to ensure effective communication
  • Maintain resident confidentiality
  • Be flexible and open to change

  Desirable

  • Encourage ideas and creativity

  both

  Essential

  • experience of working as a band 3 or 4 HCA elsewhere
  • be able to work without direct supervision, undertaking delegated tasks and reporting back to the Registered Nurses.
  • Display a professional behaviour and attitude at all times in line with NHFT values
  • oUndertake clinical observations, report abnormalities and document on System One accurately.
  • oTo conduct ordering, distribution, stock control and maintenance of Healthcare equipment and resources.
  • able to maintain accurate, timely and legible records of resident's care,

  Desirable

  • Have Participated in health promotion events
  • will actively participate in the on-going development of positive working relationships with centre staff
  • Conduct resident reception screenings

  interview

  Essential

  • Display a professional behaviour and attitude at all times in line with NHFT values
  • Organise own workload and manage time
  • Assist in the provision of clinics including phlebotomy, ECGs and smoking cessation

  Desirable

  • Help lead in health promotion events

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

  Address

  Yarl's wood immigration removal centre

  Twinwoods Business Park, Thurleigh Road

  Milton Ernest, Bedfordshire

  MK44 1FD

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.nhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

  Address

  Yarl's wood immigration removal centre

  Twinwoods Business Park, Thurleigh Road

  Milton Ernest, Bedfordshire

  MK44 1FD

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.nhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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