Senior Nursing Assistant - Health Visiting

You will work in the Health Visiting Team to provide a high standard of administrative and clinical support service as delegated by the Health Visitor. The service is provided in health centres and other clinic settings, to assist with the delivery of The Healthy Child Programme.
Although you will be working within a primary Health Visiting locality, this role requires you to be able to work in other sites within and across the two boroughs (Lambeth and Southwark) in the Trust.
You will need to be able to travel within, and able to arrive for the start of the working day within these sites. This requirement will be driven by the needs of the service.
We welcome applicants with customer care experience or health and social care experience with families either within the NHS or other environments. If you have not worked in a healthcare setting before, we will support you to transfer and develop your skills, knowledge and passion to flourish, and fulfil the responsibilities in this role.,

• To provide a comprehensive administrative and clinical support to the Health Visiting


• Team in health centres, Children Centres and other Trust sites as required. This will include answering phone calls from our families and other professionals, booking appointments, liaising with GP practice staff and other services as directed.


• To accompany Health Visitors and other members of the team if required, on home visits and assist appropriately in any developmental reviews.


• To provide an accessible, efficient and user friendly service at all times. You will be setting up and clearing up for child health clinics, and carrying out duties during these sessions such as weighing and measuring of children.


• Post holder will need to have an understanding of child protection and safeguarding of vulnerable children and young people and document and report to the Health Visitor any issues of concern.


• You will be required to order and ensure the safe storage of vaccines if delegated to maintain the 'cold chain', as well as ordering other relevant stationery, equipment required by the team. Report any abnormalities related to the vaccine fridge to the named Health Visitor/Health Visitor Team Leader.


• To observe and report accurately any health and safety incidents in the working environment to the Health Visitor team leader/Health Visitor and other team members as appropriate.


• To monitor the safety and maintenance of equipment used in clinical area e.g. weighing scales and length/height measuring equipment.


• To assist as appropriate with setting up and facilitating group work for children and parents in conjunction with the Health Visitor / Child Development Worker and assisting in supervising children during health promotion sessions if required.

Please see attached Job Description for full details of Duties and Responsibilities.
Guy's and St Thomas' celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study's at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.
Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.
As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.
Flexible working
We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual's personal circumstances as well the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process.
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Guy's and St Thomas' is among the UK's busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy's is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas' has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children's Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King's Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King's College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of 'good'. Our adult community services achieved a rating of 'outstanding'.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS., Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.
We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and - as part of King's Health Partners - we are one of England's eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research's biomedical research centres, established with King's College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.
We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.