Please note that this advert may close early should sufficient applications be received, so early application is advised. Please include a cover letter with your application, outlining how you feel you meet the requirements of the role.
Closing date: Tuesday 30th June 2026
Join our team as a Healthcare Assistant at HMP Lincoln
Our HMP Lincoln service are looking for a Healthcare Assistant to join them in providing high quality recovery care to a diverse client group. If you are an enthusiastic and creative individual and are passionate about changing people’s lives for the better, we’d love to hear from you.
As a leading charity supporting people with drug, alcohol, and mental health challenges, we operate over 80 services across England and Scotland, providing free and confidential support to more than 100,000 people each year. Find out more about us
As a Healthcare Assistant you will assess clients, develop a care plan that will work for them and then, with the support and guidance of the clinical team, provide the necessary treatment. We are here to support anyone who needs help with substance misuse, and you will be part of our clinical team delivering this important service. We work as one team across the service to ensure our clients get the best possible care, referring them on to other specialist teams where needed.
You will work in the prison, medicating prisoners on the wings daily, arranging clinics, running a bloods/ECG clinic. Keeping medication rooms tidy and stocked up, working in reception accessing clients when the arrive in the prison.
As part of this Healthcare Assistant role, you will also help clients to take a holistic approach to their overall health and recovery journey by helping them to understand the importance of their physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing too.
This is a full time, permanent role, working on site at HMP Lincoln. The working pattern for this role will be 37.5 hours per week over 4 days (working 1 weekend in 3), as follows:
Day 1 - 13 hours
Day 2 - 7.5 hours
Day 3 - 8.5 hours
Day 4 - 8.5 hours
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28 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
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An extra day off for your birthday or a special occasion of your choice
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Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
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2 days paid volunteer leave per year
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Auto-enrollment into We Are With You’s pension scheme
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Access to a Blue Light Card - giving you great savings on big high-street and online brands
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Flexible working opportunities and access to a range of services and resources to support you with your wellbeing
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We have an excellent Refer a Friend scheme which offers you a £500 bonus for any recommendations, any role! Our scheme allows you to recommend your friends and family to work with us and earn a £500 bonus payment for every successful referral you make. Please note, the Refer a Friend scheme is only applicable if your recommended friend completes their 6 months probation period
To be able to carry out this Healthcare Assistant role successfully, you will:
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Evidence of continuous professional development Maths & English GCSE Grade C or above or equivalent qualification NVQ level 3 in healthcare
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Ability to undertake cleaning, checking and auditing of clinical areas and equipment.
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Medication administration, attention to detail, knowledge of controlled drugs, knowledge of treatment options available to our clients.
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Relevant experience of working with client group, knowledge of substance misuse.
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Physical health screening, phlebotomy, BP's and ECG's.
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Be able to manage your time at work, prioritising effectively and dealing with competing demands on your time
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Have excellent written and verbal communication skills
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Be comfortable using IT and digital media
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Be able to be flexible with working times and able to travel to other locations from time to time
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Hold a UK Driver's License.
As an organisation, we continue to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports and celebrates the diverse voices and experiences of our staff. We know that representing the communities we serve is key to us meeting our vision of a future where everyone lives a life free from the harm associated with drugs and alcohol. We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring and we encourage people from underrepresented communities and backgrounds to apply to join our team, including people with lived experience, people with disabilities, people from racialised communities, LGBTQ+ people, people of all ages and armed forces veterans.
As part of our commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant we provide a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates that are veterans and meet all the essential criteria for a role. With You is also a Disability Confident Employer and we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with a disability and meet all the essential criteria for a role.
If you have a disability, a learning difficulty such as dyslexia or a medical condition which you believe may affect your performance during any aspect of our selection process, we’ll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to enable you to perform at your best.
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