Health Visiting Support Worker

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust; Bury; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Health Visiting Support Worker to provide essential administrative support within the Health Visiting Service. Responsibilities include maintaining databases, supporting team operations, and liaising with various agencies to ensure effective service delivery for children aged 0-5. Candidates should have strong IT skills and experience in a team environment. This role offers opportunities for flexibility and a competitive benefits package.

Benefits

Competitive benefits package

Flexible working opportunities

Protected hours for health and wellbeing activities

Qualifications

• Experience of working to deadlines.
• Experience of working within a team.
• Knowledge of Health Visiting.

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative support to the Health Visiting team.
• Liaise with other agencies, schools, and parents.
• Support the delivery of health and wellbeing to children (0-5).

Skills

Highly competent IT skills

Good telephone manner

Ability to work effectively without direct supervision

Ability to generate ideas and put them into practice

Education

Level 1 Literacy and Numeracy (GCSE English and Maths Grade D-G)

ECDL or equivalent

Job description

Health Visiting Support Worker

The closing date is 08 October 2025

The post holder will provide comprehensive, administrative support within the Health Visiting Service. This will include creating and maintaining databases, inputting onto clinical systems, providing administrative support to the team including filing and taking telephone messages and working to agreed policies, protocols and standards. The role may also include supporting within a clinic setting.

Unfortunately, this role does not meet the criteria required to qualify for sponsorship. Previous applicants need not apply

Main duties of the job

• The main purpose of the job:
• Provide administrative support to the Health Visiting
• Work to support the delivery of health and wellbeing to children (0-5)
• Contribute to locality teams performance and data capture
• Support the team using IT & Administrative skills
• Occasional clinic support may be necessary
• Liaise with other agencies/ schools/ parents etc

About us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we\'re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Learn more about us in ourCandidate Information Pack (opens in existing window)

Job responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Level 1 Literacy and Numeracy (GCSE English and Maths Grade D-G)
• ECDL or equivalent

Knowledge, Training & Experience

• Experience of working to deadlines
• Good telephone manner
• Knowledge of Health Visiting
• Experience of working in a team
• Experience of working across sites within the community

Skills & Abilities

• Highly competent IT skills
• Ability to travel to different geographical locations across the Trust footprint in line with service needs
• Ability to work effectively without direct supervision
• Ability to generate ideas and put them into practice

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust