Job overview

The school nursing service is looking to recruit School Health Assistants  to  work  term time only in both the North and South Bucks teams covering schools in these surrounding areas. The North Bucks team are  based at Stoke Mandeville Hospital and the South Bucks team at Amersham Hospital.  You may be required to travel to other sites based on service needs.

You will help deliver a high quality service for school age children and their families under the supervision of the Specialist Community Public Health Nurses within School Nursing. You will also be required to support the BHT Schools Immunisation Team at times and will be given full training.

Experience of working in the community and /or with children is desirable. You will have excellent interpersonal skills and be able to work independently as well as part of a team.

Main duties of the job

The role of the School Health Assistant involves weighing and measuring children in Reception and year 6 to deliver the National Childhood Measurement Programme in schools.  You will also deliver the vision screening programme for 4-5 year olds and occasional hearing tests. You will be contributing to local and national targets for school health screening and be expected to communicate your findings to parents where excellent communication skills are essential. There may also be opportunities to deliver some health education in schools to whole classes or small groups.

 Good IT skills are necessary to ensure accurate data collection and record keeping as we use online tools to undertake our screening programmes. You will also be asked as needed to support the BHT Schools Immunisation service during the delivery of nasal flu immunisations in schools.

With internal training, you will be expected to have an understanding of your requirements in the safeguarding of children whilst receiving a high level of professional support and regular clinical supervision.

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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

•    As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
•    We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.  
•    We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

Why work for us?
•    We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
•    As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
•    Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve. 

What do we stand for?
•    Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
•    Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
•    Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.