Healthcare Assistant Immunisation Team - London, United Kingdom - Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

beBee Recruiter

Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and enthusiastic health care assistants to join the School Health Service Immunisation
previous experience of working with children in the community setting with good understanding of public health.

The role is administrative, other duties will include assisting the team with the delivery of the Childhood Nasal Flu Programme as part of a safe and effective immunisation programme.

Assisting the nurse with calming the children down during immunisation session
Liaising with school to request comprehensive class list for delivery
Communicating with parents regarding all school age immunisation
Supporting the nurses with the general preparation for all session and cleaning work area before and after sessions.

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, secondary schools and other community settings under the guidance and supervision of a School Health Nurse.

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 focused 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 online forms 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 5-19 year Team in general to deliver against key performance indicators and maintain quality of the service