Healthcare Assistant in Developmental Paediatrics Team

NHS; Chertsey; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Chertsey is seeking a compassionate Healthcare Assistant to join their Developmental Paediatrics Team. This role involves supporting children with developmental needs and their families by assisting in high-quality care and engaging with health professionals. Ideal candidates will have experience with children, strong administrative skills, and the ability to manage sensitive situations. Competitive salary starting at £24,486 and various employee benefits are offered.

Benefits

Access to group pension

Free tea, coffee and milk

Member discounts through My Reward Hub

Access to wage as you earn

Support for mental and physical wellbeing

Continuing professional development opportunities

Innovation funding support

Qualifications

• Must have a Care Certificate or willingness to achieve.
• Experience in care, education, or health settings required.
• Understanding of child development and play is essential.

Responsibilities

• Support Developmental Paediatricians and multi-professional teams.
• Manage child protection and safeguarding processes.
• Assist in clinical duties during assessments and clinics.

Skills

Experience working with children or young people

Strong administrative and IT skills

Effective team player

Emotionally resilient

Fluent in written and spoken English

Education

Good general education with a Care Certificate

NVQ Level 3 in Health, Care, or related field

Tools

Microsoft Office

Familiarity with clinical systems (e.g. EMIS)

Job description

Healthcare Assistant in Developmental Paediatrics Team

We are seeking a dedicated and compassionate Health Care Assistant to join our Developmental Paediatrics Team. This rewarding role supports children and young people with developmental needs and their families, working closely with paediatricians, therapists, and other health professionals.

You will assist in the delivery of high-quality care, contribute to assessments and clinics, and help ensure every child receives the support they need to reach their full potential. This position offers an excellent opportunity to develop your skills within a supportive, multidisciplinary environment focused on improving outcomes for children across Surrey.

Main duties of the job

Support and liaise effectively with Developmental Paediatricians, Specialist Nurses, and multi-professional teams.

Manage the child protection and safeguarding process, including liaison with Paediatricians and Social Workers, report preparation, data entry, and chaperoning during medicals.

Welcome and support children and families attending medical assessments, providing reassurance during times of stress.

Assist in Paediatrician and Specialist Nurse-led clinics, including clinical, administrative, and chaperone duties.

Carry out clinical observations such as height, weight, and blood pressure measurements; engage children in play to support assessments.

Perform phlebotomy (following training) in line with policy.

Undertake administrative tasks including appointment booking, record management, data entry, correspondence, and stock control.

Access, record, and distribute clinical results and test information.

Support collection of patient feedback, data capture, audits, and infection prevention compliance.

Participate in regular safeguarding and clinical supervision and maintain up-to-date mandatory training.

About us

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care.

Established in 2006, we are one of the UK’s leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year – guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2

Job responsibilities

As a Healthcare Assistant in our Developmental Paediatrics Team, you will be part of our valued team within our Surrey Child and Family Health Services, with access to:

• Starting salary from £24,486 (FTE) with access to our group pension
• Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well as career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open and just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year.

Job description

Job responsibilities

As a Healthcare Assistant in our Developmental Paediatrics Team, you will be part of our valued team within our Surrey Child and Family Health Services, with access to:

• Starting salary from £24,486 (FTE) with access to our group pension
• Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well as career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open and just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year.

Ideal Candidate

Essential

• Good general education with a Care Certificate (or willingness to achieve).
• Experience working with children or young people in care, education, or health settings.
• Understanding of child development, play, and interaction.
• Strong administrative and IT skills, including Microsoft Office.
• Flexible, adaptable, and able to manage changing priorities.
• Emotionally resilient and able to work with sensitive or distressing situations.
• Effective team player with good communication and time management skills.
• Professional, reliable, self‑motivated, and driven to achieve.
• Fluent in written and spoken English.

Desirable

• NVQ Level 3 (Health, Care, or related field).
• NHS or safeguarding experience.
• Familiarity with clinical systems (e.g. EMIS, Accurx, ICE, PACS).
• Proficient in Excel and data analysis.
• Innovative with a commitment to service improvement.
• Phlebotomy training or willingness to train.

Other requirements: the successful applicant will need to be a car driver and access to car insured for work purposes.

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Person Specification

General Requirements

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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.