# Healthy Child Assistant > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/healthy-child-assistant/18dfe775-f857-4016-b66e-dc97d5988706 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/healthy-child-assistant/18dfe775-f857-4016-b66e-dc97d5988706.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Rampton Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Assistant - **Grade:** Band 3 - **Salary:** £25,760 - £27,476 per annum (pro rata for part time) - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 30 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-14T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-01T08:30:51.369Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Nottinghamshire/Warsop_Mansfield_Notts/Nottinghamshire_Healthcare_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Healthy_Families/Healthy_Families-v8238472 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8238472?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.nottinghamshirehealthcare.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Care closer to home is becoming integral to the future of the NHS and the Community Health Services (CHS) Division of NottsHC are at the forefront of this exciting journey. Working with our system partners in creating collaborative ways to improve physical health care services, activities and interventions in local communities, which meet the needs of our patients in the places they call home. The division operates under three Units of Management providing an extensive portfolio of children’s, adults and specialist services, covering a vast geographical area. We offer various clinical and non-clinical roles, working within supportive teams that encourage us all to work to the best of our abilities to provide the highest quality care. Being part of an organisation as diverse as NottsHC provides you with great career development opportunities, to be innovative and gives you permission to grow both professionally and personally and really make a difference. ### Main duties of the job Our integrated teams of Nursing and Allied Health Professionals deliver care to people who present with significant physical health care needs in various settings including clinic based, community inpatient, hospices to care in the patient’s own home, including care homes, enabling them to be independent, self-caring and live their optimum lives, reducing hospital admissions. Services range from community nursing, including specialist practitioners, to public health and health promotion such as school nursing and health visiting, with many specialist community services designed to support care pathways such as Physiotherapy, OT, Speech and Language, Dietetics and Podiatry. Supporting the efficient running of these services are administrative and managerial roles. All roles, at all levels, are vital in transforming community health services, ensuring high quality care is provided both now and into the future based around the needs of our patients - together we all make a difference. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities An opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated Healthy Child Assistant. The post is based at Warsop PCC, team is Mansfield HFT to deliver universal health reviews and breast-feeding support and other duties as part of the 0-19 Healthy Child Programme. Proven experience of working with children and families in some capacity is essential as a major part of this role will involve lone working with parents and their children when completing development reviews. You will possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to act on your own initiative but to be able to escalate any issues to the Specialist Public Health Practitioners who lead and manage the Healthy Families Team on a day to day basis. You will need to be flexible to meet the service needs of the children and their families, have good time management and IT skills and be able to work on your own initiative as well as within a team. The team work closely with Partners to deliver high quality services to Children and Young people. In return we offer an excellent induction with abundant training and ongoing professional development, regular clinical and safeguarding supervision and an opportunity to contribute to the team’s development. Successful candidates should also be aware of Safeguarding policies and procedures. A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010. Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies. Please note that this post does not meet the pay level required for a Skilled worker visa. Successful applicants with no prior NHS experience would normally be placed at the bottom of the band in line with Agenda for Change. This salary is below the minimum salary required for sponsorship for a Skilled Worker / Health & Care visa. In these circumstances the Trust would not, therefore, be able to sponsor for a Skilled Worker / Health & Care visa. Applicants requiring a Skilled Worker Visa can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship against the relevant criteria here https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Good interpersonal and communicational skills - Use of initiative - Organisational skills - Time management - Record keeping - Ability to prioritise - Flexibility - Proven IT skills ### Knowledge **Essential** - Knowledge of Safeguarding policies and procedures. - Knowledge of child development ### Experience **Essential** - Working within a childcare setting - Group work - Working in a customer-facing role - Working within a team - Working with families, children and young people - Planning and delivering targeted activities **Desirable** - Experience of using SystmOne - Experience of delivering breast feeding support ### Qualifications **Essential** - GCSE level qualifications or evidence of study to a similar level - NVQ level 3 in Early years or Childcare (BTEC, NNEB, CACHE Diploma) or equivalent experience in relevant field ### Physical Requirements **Essential** - Has the physical ability to perform the full range of duties ### Contractual Requirements **Essential** - Flexible to meet the needs of the service - The ability to travel between locations. - A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010. ## Documents - [about the trust (pdf, 6.4mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2983) - [colleague benefits (pdf, 16.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2913) - [about nottinghamshire healthcare (pdf, 1.5mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2079) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 256.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10549116) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.