Healthcare Assistant

School Healthcare Assistant will provide a mixture of general and specific care to a group of children in primary, secondary schools and other community settings under the guidance and supervision of a School Health Nurse. The post holder will be expected to become proficient and competent in their area of practice by undertaking competency assessments specific to the area of clinical practice. The School Healthcare Assistant will promote optimum independence and individualised child focussed care that will support the delivery of the healthy child programme. The post holders role will support the School Health Childrens 519-year Team in general to deliver against key performance indicators and maintain quality of the service. The post holder will be responsible for supporting the school entry screening programme, including the National Child Measuring Programme (NCMP) and undertake vision and audiology screening using the School Screener Computer Software when required. Training will be
provided, and competency-based assessment will be completed when required to support other parts of the service.