Job summary
Employer heading
Public Health Assistant Practitioner
NHS AfC: Band 4
Job overview
Are you a passionate and caring, and want to join our Community based team?
Bolton Hospital NHS Foundation Trust have some fantastic opportunities for you.
Bolton Children's Integrated Health and Wellbeing Service (0-19/25 )are looking for passionate individuals to join our team.
If you are committed to providing a high quality service to improve outcomes for children, living in the Bolton, Greater Manchester Area, then we would like to hear from you.
This is a fantastic opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic Specialist Community Public Health Assistant Practitioner (Band 4).
We are passionate about the support and development we give our employees and as a member of the Trust and Children's Integrated Health and Wellbeing Service we are committed to your development and will create a dedicated personal development plan for you, to make sure you are fully supported in all your career ambitions.
The sky is the limit for you here in Bolton!
Main duties of the job
As a Specialist Community Public Health Assistant Practitioner, you will have excellent communication skills and knowledge of working in the community with children and their wider family.
You will be a solution focused team player who will support the delivery of the universal offer, in a 0-19 integrated neighbourhood team.
You will work collaboratively with other agencies, to ensure protection and the best health outcomes for children and families in Bolton.
As a Specialist Community Public Health Assistant Practitioner, you will work within the community, dealing with clients from diverse backgrounds and with varying levels of need.
Working for our organisation
Some of the benefits of working for Bolton Hospital NHS Foundation Trust include:
- 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS service)
- NHS Car lease scheme
- NHS Technology Scheme
- NHS Cycle to work Scheme
- Access to on-site Gymnasium
- NHS Discounts
- Vivup
Working for our organisation
Here at Bolton our patients are at the heart of everything we do. We ensure our patients receive the highest quality of Care and are guided by our trust Values. We are proud that our Trust is a centre of excellence for maternity, neonatal and care for children, and that it has been rated as Good by the Quality Care Commission (CQC). This is in recognition of the patient experience and quality of care that our staff provide to patients. It is also supported by our Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professional Framework for Professional Practice
The aims of this Trust are to improve the health of and provide the best possible care to the population in which we serve and ensure that our staff has joy and pride in their work. We are striving to recruit a workforce that reflects the communities in which we serve. We value our staff and can offer excellent opportunities for further training and development. We are keen to reflect our local population and therefore applications from all sectors of the community are welcomed.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For detailed job description and main responsibilities please see attached job description and person specification, alternatively please see contact details below.
Person specification
Evidence of NVQ Level 3 in Child care
Essential criteria
- NVQ Level 3 or equivalent
- Evidence of working with children & young people
- Organisational skills & effective communicator
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of working in a public health field.
- Evidence of IT skills
Commuication
Essential criteria
- Evidence of effective communication (written, verbal, electronic)
Good knowledge of Bolton 0-19 & locality
Essential criteria
- What do you know about the 0-19 service?
- What transferable skills do you hold?
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jayne Monaghan
- Job title
- 0-19 Governance Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01204 463578
- Additional information
Angela Downham - Practice Educator - 01204 463463
Helen Percival - Practice Educator - 01204 463463
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