Integrated Elderly Community Care

3 weeks ago

Amersham, United Kingdom Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust Full time
Job overview

We are looking to recruit two term time only School Health Assistants. to work with the Wycombe School Nursing Team, covering schools in the surrounding areas. 

You may be required to travel to other sites as service needs require. You will help deliver a comprehensive service for school age children and their families under the supervision of the Specialist Community Public Health Practitioner; School Nursing. You will be required to support the BHT Immunisation Team at times and will be given full training.

Experience of working in the community and /or 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 within the National Childhood Measurement Programme, Vision screening for 4-5 year olds and occasional hearing tests. You will be contributing to local and national targets for school health screening and you will be expected to communicate findings to parents.

There may also be opportunities to deliver some health education in schools to whole classes or small groups. Good IT skills will ensure accurate data collection and record keeping are essential. We use online tools to undertake our screening programmes. You will also support the teams during the delivery of nasal flu immunisations in schools.

With internal training, you will be expected to understanding aspects of safeguarding children whilst being supported by a high level of professional support, clinical supervision.

Working for our organisation

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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.

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.

Person specification

Education, qualifications and training

Essential criteria

Good level of general education, including GCSE English Language at pass level Numeracy skills. e.g. GCSE Maths or equivalent

Desirable criteria

Level (3) NVQ or equivalent Further education qualification relevant to health or children

Special circumstances

Essential criteria

Access to car daily to travel to various community sites

Experience

Essential criteria

Previous NHS/Social care /Education/Voluntary organisation experience Experience of working in schools with children IT skills on a variety of applications Experience of working with groups of children Experience of working with families Can demonstrate experience of working in an area which promotes healthy lifestyles

Skills, Knowledge and Abililites

Essential criteria

Able to work as part of a team Awareness of diverse cultural issues Able to handle and move equipment Able to use own imitative Able to recognise grade responsibilities and can report back to senior level of staff Able to undertake delegated duties without supervision Adaptable and flexible Enthusiastic and motivated Can demonstrate accountability Able to maintain confidentiality ad show knowledge of information governance

Desirable criteria

Adaptable and flexible Enthusiastic and motivated

PPE requirements:  Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.

COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.

I f you are successful  at interview, we will require you to complete a Covid-19 risk assessment document.

Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight. If we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before to the closing date.

Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.

Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interview will not be reimbursed.

Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.

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