Healthy Child & Young Person Assistant - School Nursing

Are you interested in working with children to ensure healthy outcomes for all? Would you like to be part of a friendly, innovative Public Health Nursing team 5-19? We have two posts available for a healthy Child and Young Person Assistant, one post based at Queensway Health Clinic in Hatfield and one post based at Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishops Stortford.
This posts are suitable for people with NVQ level 3 in Early Years or Childcare (BTEC, NNEB, CACHE Diploma) or previous experience as a Healthy Child and Young Person assistant.
The two positions advertised will be to assist in the delivery of the universal Healthy Child and Public Health Nursing Programme as part of the Hertfordshire Family Center Service. You will be working under the supervision of a Public Health Nurse in helping to improve the health & well-being of our school population. The main role is to plan, organise & undertake routine screening of hearing & vision of reception children plus participating in measuring children in reception class & Year 6 as part of the National Child Measurement Programme., Our service:
Is committed to delivering a high quality service to our children and families as an integrated model with Family Support Services
Is an innovative service that embraces the use of technology
Delivers the Healthy Child Programme by using an electronic health needs assessment process to identify individuals requiring early intervention pathways
Uses Chat health text messaging service
Has implemented two health websites for use by children, young people, families & professionals
The successful candidates will, + Planning, organising and undertaking measurement of height and weight of children in school years reception and Year 6 (National Child Measurement Programme) with accurate charting and recording of results using SystmOne.
+ Planning, organising and undertaking vision and audiology screening procedures for reception aged children, as per Trust Clinical guidelines. For children moving into the area, vision and hearing screening will be carried out as per Trust Clinical guidelines.
+ Communicate results of health surveillance/health screening to parent/carer using the S1 template letter and report back to PHN as necessary. Respond to telephone queries from parent/carer as appropriate and report back to PHN as necessary.
+ Maintain an awareness of indicators of child or adult abuse. Follow Trust and County Child Protection procedures, reporting all concerns regarding clients to the PHN.
+ Assist and participate in organising and preparing health promotion materials, displays and events.
+ Data entry / changes onto SystmOne to support own practice. Ensure up to date information is available via SystmOne reports and maintenance of appropriate records. Provision of administrative duties as appropriate.
+ Be responsible for ongoing personal development and take an active part in identifying own training needs and attending training as necessary.
+ Be aware of the need for, and maintain, confidentiality in all areas of work.
+ Carry out other tasks suitable for job role as requested by the manager
Please see Job description attached for additional information
Whilst it is not a legal requirement, Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust encourages and supports all staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.
We are committed to supporting flexible working options for staff, wherever possible, and welcome discussions on flexible working patterns to support our staff to maintain a healthy work life balance.

Be a team player and also be able to work independently
Have excellent communication skills to use with children and young people plus a variety of clients, professionals & staff
Have experience of electronic record keeping (this would be an advantage although full training will be given)
Have a full valid driving licence and access to a car to use for business purposes is essential (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).

A big thank you for considering joining us at Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust
You'll find it a great place to work with many benefits offered to you as a member of our staff
We put our patients, their families and carers at the centre of our vision - Outstanding Services and Healthier Communities
Our staff are proud to be Innovative, Caring and Agile in their work to help achieve the Trust vision
We welcome diversity in our workforce and are interested in applicants from all backgrounds and ages