Clinical Support Worker

The NELFT Children’s Integrated Universal & Early Intervention Services in Waltham Forest is looking to recruit to the post of Clinical Support Worker, Band 3. This position is fixed term to cover a period of maternity leave.

The role of Clinical Support Worker is to support the 0 -19 Universal & Early Intervention Team (Health Visiting & School Nursing) in the delivery of the service to children and young within the borough.

The post holder will ideally have previous experience of working children and young people. The role will involve preparing for, support provision and tidying after all child health clinics, weighing babies and young children, completing required screening-height, weight, vision and hearing for children in schools, and maintaining accurate records and input data.

You should have well-developed communication skills with patients/ colleagues and be able to provide an initial response to patient and other agencies queries, concerns and sign post/direct as appropriate. You will also be able to prioritise your work, be a team player, use your initiative and meet deadlines.

**Probationary Period**

**Assessment/Interview info**
At NELFT we set very high standards to ensure we provide quality services. We require prospective employees to carry out an online literacy and numeracy test, equivalent to NVQ Level 2. For more information regarding our assessments, please visit our website. If you are shortlisted, invited for interview and successfully offered the post, you will be required to undertake an assessment for these skills during the pre-employment checks.

**Starting with NELFT**
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction.

**High Cost Area Supplement - London**
This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £3,898 and a maximum payment of £4,967).

**COVID Vaccinations**
The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. To comply with our duty of care, we require our staff to have the COVID vaccine and we will ask for proof of vaccination during the recruitment process. Vaccination will be a condition of employment unless an exemption applies.

**For further details / informal visits contact**:
Claire Hern

07769645129

As an employee of NELFT, you will receive the following benefits:

- Excellent working environments
- Agile working with outstanding ICT support
- A award-winning approach to Equality and Diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities and LGBT staff
- Staff Benefits including NHS Pension, Tusker car scheme, discount schemes, cycle scheme and Annual Leave Sale / Purchase scheme, trade union membership
- A focus on staff health and wellbeing featuring subsidised gym membership, access to Mindfulness, walking groups and other wellbeing support.

We have signed the skills pledge and are an accredited Improving Working Lives organisation. We are committed to staff development and offer opportunities which include a wide range of training options and an active Quality Improvement Programme

**Correspondence with us**

In the event of a high number of responses to any advert, NELFT reserves the right to close the vacancy early..