Public Health Assistant - School Health Screening Team (North Kent)

Job overview

We are looking for an enthusiastic and adaptable Public Health Assistant to join our caring and progressive School Health service. You will work closely with a range of colleagues within the team to deliver the Healthy Child Programme.

You will need to be a confident and flexible practitioner, passionate about improving the health and well-being of children through delivery of the healthy child programme.

Activities are predominantly delivered within a school setting. Community venues are utilised during school holidays for children who are not enrolled within a school or to provide accessibility.

Main duties of the job

What does the role involve?

• National and local screening programmes (such as vision and hearing)
• Delivery of the National Child Measurement Programme

We provide full induction training, regular coaching and the support and encouragement needed to get you off to the best start. We have full and part time opportunities ranging from a minimum of 22.5 hours to a maximum of 37.5 hours per week between 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday. This role is a community-based role so the majority of your duties will be carried out between your base and community settings.

We also offer a generous NHS pension, annual leave entitlement and a competitive pay framework to progress through.

So, if your enthusiastic and enjoy working with families and up for a new challenge then we would love to hear from you.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

As a community Trust many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. As such you will be asked to confirm you have a full UK driving licence where driving is a requirement of the role to be able to proceed with your application.  We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities into employment, if you are unable to drive due to a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team via [email protected] quoting the vacancy reference number so we can support you further.

The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.

Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.

We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.

At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.

Find out more about the community difference here.

Good luck! We can’t wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.