Healthy Child Programme Assistant

Overview

Have you ever thought about what skills and experience you could offer? Then look no further, your future career could be with the Health visiting and school nursing team working as a Healthy Child Programme Assistant.

We are looking for a self-motivating, confident person with excellent communication and personal skills to join our team, providing support and guidance to children and their families in the Bedfordshire area.

So if you have a passion for improving lives and outcomes for babies and children then apply today.

To be an active member of the multi-professional 0-19 team, supporting the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme across Luton and Bedfordshire.

• Perform delegated clinical tasks independently e.g. weighing and measuring babies in clinic and at home, undertake growth measurements in schools for the National Childhood Measurement Programme, complete newborn bloodspot testing.
• Provide care for children and families as directed by the Specialist Community Public Health Nurses or other members of the team and feedback the findings from this contact to the accountable caseload holder.
• Provide individualised and group support to families to encourage and support breast feeding and appropriate weaning when required.
• Carry clinical and other equipment short distances using light to moderate effort, e.g. infant / child weighing scales when necessary.
• Offer support to individuals to enable them to access other services and organisations.

Rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission, we are proud to provide high quality innovative services across most of the east of England that enable people to receive care closer to home and live healthier lives.

There’s one reason why our services are outstanding – and that’s our amazing staff who, for the seventh year running, rated us incredibly highly in the national staff survey.

If you share our passion for innovative and high-quality care delivery, then please submit your application and join us on our exciting journey as a leading-edge specialist community provider. All are welcome to apply and our promise to you is a culture which prioritises staff engagement and development.

For further details / informal visits contact:
Name:
Sarah Dixon;

Job title:

0-19 Team Manager;
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