Health Care Assistant London, England
Job description
Children’s Community Health Care Assistant
Band 3 Full-time position
Looking for an exciting challenge with an opportunity to expand your skills and knowledge whilst enjoying your job? Specialist Children and Young People’s Services in Newham are expanding and we have the perfect opportunity for you to join us in the role of Children’s Community Health Care Assistant. Working within the Child Development Service at West Ham Lane you will be responsible for supporting the service and relevant clinics. You will be joining an integrated community children’s nursing service which aspires to provide care of the highest quality, in collaboration with those who use our services. We embrace continuous improvement and learning.
The postholder will be expected to work as part of a team to provide clinical, administrative and stock maintenance support in clinical areas in the Child Development Centre at West Ham Lane Health Centre.
The postholder will be expected to; carry out clinical and administrative tasks, assist the clinicians in the outpatient clinic to obtain health information and child growth measurement, collect other necessary information before the patients are seen by the clinicians, support with recording clinical activity and with collecting patient feedback.
The postholder will also have a responsibility to ensure that the assigned clinical areas are tidy and ordered at all times, maintaining the hygiene and cleanliness of the environment in the outpatient clinic setting according to trust infection control procedures.
We provide a range of services to support children who reside within the London Borough of Newham. Newham is culturally the most diverse of all London boroughs, with people from a rich variety of ethnic, religious, and linguistic backgrounds.You will need to be highly motivated and have excellent organisational and interpersonal skills. We are looking for a candidate that is caring and passionate about improving the healthcare and wellbeing of children and young people in Newham.
Please read the Personal and Job specifications carefully. You should provide evidence in your application of the essential qualities required and why you would be an asset to our Service. We put children, young people and their families at the heart of all we do.
For further information please contact: Hazel Dean, Head of Nursing on 07435733946 or Floss Cobb on 07435734034
