Health Care Assistant - London, United Kingdom - Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

School Healthcare Assistant will provide a mixture of general and specific care to a group of children in primary school 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 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.

Training will be provided and competency based assessment will be required.

The post holder may be required to provide support to the immunisation team; this will include the completion of appropriate paperwork for all school based immunisation programmes and with administration of the childhood flu vaccine programme.

The post holder's role will support the School Health Children's 019 year Team in general to deliver against key performance indicators and maintain quality of the service.
To contribute to the ongoing assessment of a child by completing the appropriate paperwork for allocated children, recording and reporting all clinical and behavioural information to the school nurse for action and planning purposes.
To undertake, and report back on delegated clinical activities that have previously been signed competent for example

- undertake the measuring of children ie height and weight for NCMP in schools, complete the hearing and vision assessments in primary schools and refer on appropriately for follow up, provide health promotion advice and guidance to school children, parents and teachers.

To enable children and parents to make most effective use of resources within the service by ensuring they receive uptodate information, responding to any questions constructively.
To pass on and seek assistance from other colleagues, promptly, any questions that you are unable to resolve.
Support 519 year teams in the delivery of the healthy child programme.
Be competent in using the School Health computer based Screener software system for Vision and Audiology screening for school and lateral entry children.

We are looking for a confident and personable team players, with a keen eye to accuracy and attention to detail as you'll be dealing with confidential, sensitive information.

School Healthcare Assistant will provide a mixture of general and specific care to a group of children in primary schools and other community settings under the guidance and supervision of a School Health Nurse.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities 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.