Health Visitor Assistant

Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

The role of Health Visiting Assistant has been developed to support the health visiting teams with various administrative workstreams that are essential to ensure the smooth running of the service. This includes the planning and allocation of work, arranging appointments and diary management. It is a liaison role between the families and the staff, dealing with enquiries and signposting to relevant professionals. You will be key member of a dedicated health visiting team for Bradford District Care Trust.

Closing- 15th November 2023

Shortlisting- 16th November 2023

Interview- 23rd November 2023

Main duties of the job

The Health Visitor Assistant will support the health visiting teams by undertaking clerical and clinical duties as directed, to support the delivery of the health visiting service to children and young people and families.

The post holder will work under the direction of the team leaders, using their skills and expertise to ensure safe and effective delivery of the health visiting service.

They will work with local statutory, private and voluntary providers, and service users to develop and promote practice that is accessible and responsive to all sections of the local community, ensuring that services are targeted, and work is prioritised.

The health visitor assistant is responsible for completing appropriate delegated tasks and escalating any risks or concerns.

About us

Everything we do is underpinned by our core values: -

We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference

We Listen - We understand people's views and respond to their individual needs

We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners

We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including :

Increase mileage rates for > 3500

A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages

A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities

Plus many more.

We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.

BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities

Date posted

02 November 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£22,816 to £24,336 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

453-23-5767105

Job locations

Bradford District Foundation Care Trust

New Mill

Saltaire

BD18 3LD

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please read the attached Job description and the person specification for more details about this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please read the attached Job description and the person specification for more details about this role.

Person Specification

Essential

Evidence of transferable skills
Evidence of IT skills

Desirable

Understanding of the role
IT skills System 1 experience

Essential

Evidence of transferable skills
Evidence of IT skills

Desirable

Understanding of the role
IT skills System 1 experience

Person Specification

Essential

Evidence of transferable skills
Evidence of IT skills

Desirable

Understanding of the role
IT skills System 1 experience

Essential

Evidence of transferable skills
Evidence of IT skills

Desirable

Understanding of the role
IT skills System 1 experience

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information