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Public Health Assistant

3 months ago

Thanet District, United Kingdom Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job overview

Public Health Assistants from the School Health Screening Team support the delivery of the Healthy Child programme as directed by local government. These activities include:

• national and local screening programmes (such as vision and hearing)
• delivery of the National Child Measurement Programme

Activities are predominantly delivered within a school setting. Community venues are utilised during school holidays for children who are not enrolled within a school or to provide accessibility.

As well as the delivery of screening programmes, Public Health Assistants may provide telephone support to families/carers to understand the screening results, and/or to identify other relevant routes of support and advice. They may also assist with other relevant school or community based health promotion events to support child/family health and wellbeing.

Main duties of the job

Delivering screening programmes to primary school-aged children in school and community settings.

Supporting families and the wider School Health team with child health and wellbeing.

Please note, this vacancy does not meet the criteria for skilled worker sponsorship. Therefore, we are unable to accept applications from candidates that cannot provide documentary evidence of right to work in the United Kingdom.

Working for our organisation

Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent

We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences

We ask for information about your protected characteristics on our application forms. This isn’t visible to anyone involved with shortlisting or interviewing you, except when you choose to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme due to disability. Short listers will see two ticks alongside your application to ensure they apply the principles of the scheme to your submission

The data we collect helps us to ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work

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. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won’t involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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 in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.

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

We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.

At KCHFT we strongly encourage 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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Good luck We can’t wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Relevant level 3 qualification (NVQ / QCF Diploma or certificate of care / Advanced apprenticeship) or equivalent Functional Skills at Level 2 (Literacy and numeracy/ GCSE grade A-C or equivalent in English and Maths)

Experience

Essential criteria

Minimum of 2 years’ experience as a Healthcare Assistant / Worker in a health,social care or education setting Experience of working as part of a team Experience with the use of Microsoft Office and a variety of IT packages (E-Pay / E-roster / AT-P / CIS)

Desirable criteria

Experience within community healthcare or education setting

Knowledge

Essential criteria

Awareness of developments in the NHS Knowledge of up to date clinical practice Understands the role and remit of Unregistered worker

Skills & abilities

Essential criteria

Sound communication and interpersonal skills (verbal and written) Ability to organise own work Ability to cope with change Ability to use own initiative Moderate IT skills.

Personal attributes

Essential criteria

Empathetic Supportive Ability to work under pressure Flexible and adaptable

Ability to manage

Essential criteria

Ability to prioritise care delivery in a professional manner, taking into account Trust policies and procedures Ability to manage own time effectively.

Additional requirements

Essential criteria

Full UK Driving Licence

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