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Health Visitor Assistant
Grade
Band 3
Contract
Permanent: 37.5 hours
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (1.00 WTE)
Job ref
220-WHT-2001-A
Employer
Whittington Health NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Tynemouth Road Health Centre
Town
London
Salary
£27,129 - £28,649 per annum inclusive of HCAS
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
08/05/2024 23:59

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Health Visitor Assistant -Universal Services

Band 3

Covid-19 Vaccination 

Getting vaccinated, and getting a booster, remains the best defence against COVID-19.
We encourage and support  staff to get  COVID-19 vaccine and a booster dose as and when they are eligible. 

Please note in order to progress your application, your data will be processed by our 3rd party recruitment providers – North London Partners Shared Service, who conduct recruitment activities on behalf of Whittington Health NHS Trust.

For our current apprenticeship vacancies, please go to https://www.gov.uk/apply-apprenticeship and use Keyword ‘Whittington’

By applying for this role, you accept in the event you are successful that your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which is aimed at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers.

 


 

Job overview

Health Visitor Assistant - Band 3

Contract :  Permanent. Full-Time 37.5 hours per week 

We are seeking to employ a full time  Health Visitor Assistant to join our team at Tynemouth Road Health Centre.

We are looking for person with a flexible approach to team working, with the ability to use their own initiative and have enthusiasm for work with children, young people and parents.

Main duties of the job

Working in partnership with a supportive integrated team, you will have the opportunity to develop skills in health promotion.  All new staff undergo a thorough induction programme with regular supervision and training provided. IT skills are essential requirements for this role.

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working in our Trust.

Working for our organisation

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff.  We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief.  The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The job primarily involves data entry and analysis, clerical and administrative duties, booking appointments for the health visiting teams. It also includes assisting Health Visitors in running child health clinics.

For more information regarding the main responsibilities of the role, please refer to the attached Job Description.

 

 

Person specification

Education/qualifications

Essential criteria
  • • Experience working in the community and/or with children and families

skills and abilities

Essential criteria
  • • Excellent communication skills: IT, written and oral
  • • Organisational skills
  • • Ability to prioritise workload and seek advice when needed
  • • Willingness to support management of change.
  • • Ability to manage time, priorities and stressful situations
  • • Ability to work as part of a team.
  • • Commitment to the development of excellent services, which focus on improved outcomes for children.
  • • IT skills and the ability to record care accurately and contemporaneously
  • • Knowledge of infection control standards.
  • • Experience of working in a health care setting

Personal qualities

Essential criteria
  • • Demonstrates ability to work as part of a team as well the ability to work without direct supervision and within time constraints
  • • Shows empathy and sensitivity to the needs of patients carers and families
  • • Committed to improving services
  • Committed to hitting targets.
  • • Treats other as would like to be treated. Committed to 6 C’s.
  • • Good Interpersonal Skills.
  • • Able to work individually and as part of a team.
  • • Flexible approach to meeting service & client needs.
  • • Time management skills and ability to prioritise.
  • • Leadership qualities.
  • • Self-motivated and keen to develop self and team Willing

Other

Essential criteria
  • IT literacy and information technology

Employer certification / accreditation badges

No smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleDisability confident leaderInvestors in PeopleImproving working livesCare quality commission - GoodDisability confident committed

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Comfort Ofosuhene-Ofei
Job title
Locality Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07827271351
Additional information

For informal enquiries please contact  Comfort Ofosuhene-Ofei Locality Manager  on 

Email:[email protected]

Mobile Number:07827271351

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