Public Health Assistant

7 months ago


Royal Tunbridge Wells, United Kingdom Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust Full time

As a Public Health Assistant, you will be a valued and welcomed addition to the workforce. This new and exciting role brings an opportunity for those with experience of working with children aged 0-5 years and their families to develop their skills and knowledge. By working as part of a team you will contribute to successful outcomes for children and families. We offer excellent internal and external training to support your development. Please feel free to contact us for an informal discussion.

You will be required to understand and identify healthy growth and development in children aged 0-5 years, which is monitored through health and well-being reviews and promoting the ages and stages questionnaire. You will understand child development and the importance of play in children’s lives and learning, language development, special educational needs and disability. You will participate in the care of children and families in community settings under the direction of a more senior member of the health visiting team. Daily workload will be varied with a range of activities to enable you to support children and young people, families and carers to improve their health and well-being.

One of the largest community NHS trusts in the UK, KCHFT are rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC. We’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of care to patients and deliver excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our valuesCompassionateAspirationalResponsiveExcellent

We’re committed to equality, diversity and inclusion, which leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. So, all our colleagues have equal access to career opportunities.

We’ve signed up to be a real UK living wage employer. The real Living Wage is the only UK wage rate voluntarily paid by 7,000+ UK businesses who believe their staff deserve a fair wage. Committing to the real UK Living Wage is one way we’re delivering our pledge to be the best employer

Flexibility is another way we do this. In the NHS, we’re reminded every day how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement without having to sacrifice time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both

Looking for professional development? We can support that too Ourcareer pathwayswill help you achieve your aspirations

The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this.

Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.

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Good luck We can’t wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity

Although vaccination against COVID-19 is not mandatory, we are strongly encouraging colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.



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