Healthcare Assistant - Surrey Downs H&CNHS AfC: Band 2

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust; Carshalton; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity at a leading healthcare provider for a Healthcare Assistant to join a Specialist Nursing Team. This role involves working with children and young people with neuro-disabilities, contributing to their health and wellbeing while collaborating with a multidisciplinary team. The successful candidate will benefit from great learning opportunities and professional development.

Benefits

Excellent learning and development opportunities

Tailored personal development plans

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with experience working with children and young people.
• Knowledge of healthcare standards and risk management.
• Ability to work both independently and within a team.

Responsibilities

• Promote health and wellbeing of children with neuro-disabilities.
• Support Community Paediatricians during clinics and home visits.
• Co-ordinate care through MDT meetings.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication

Teaching ability

Organizational skills

Time management

Education

Registered Nurse – Child

Degree in relevant health subject

Job description

Social network you want to login/join with:

Healthcare Assistant - Surrey Downs H&CNHS AfC: Band 2, Carshalton

col-narrow-left

Client:

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

Location:

Job Category:

Other

-

EU work permit required:

Yes

col-narrow-right

Job Reference:

9563f24d5c8f

Job Views:

8

Posted:

22.06.2025

Expiry Date:

06.08.2025

col-wide

Job Description:

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated, experienced nurse / health visitor / school nurse to join our Specialist Nursing Team to be an integral part of a team providing care for children/young people with a neuro-disability . You will be a core member of the community paediatric multi-disciplinary team (MDT) to promote the health and wellbeing of children and young people and be an expert resource for children, young people and parents/carers with a neuro-disability providing specialist nursing input to a defined caseload of children.

This role is independent to the Children's Community Nursing Team, however some of the children may be on both caseloads.

Main duties of the job

The Specialist Nursing roles require individuals to develop expertise in the speciality, be able to teach and support staff in the clinical areas, undertake research and audit as required and consider how to gain patient feedback to review and improve services. You should be an effective communicator, motivated and self-directed and willing to continue to develop professionally.

You will be working alongside Community Paediatricians, supporting them in clinics, undertaking home visits / nursing/school visits etc and co-ordinating their care through setting up MDT/TAC meetings.

Opportunities will be available to training.

Working for our organisation

Epsom and St Helier children’s services have been rated by the Care Quality Commission as ‘Good’ in all five of the main domains of safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led, giving an us overall rating of ‘Good’ as well as being given great feedback from the London Healthy Partnership peer review. Queen Mary’s Hospital for Children is based at the St Helier site. Children are seen in the dedicated Paediatric A&E which sits alongside the adult ED; Outpatient clinics, Ward and assessment unit. The post holder will work with the Paediatric team consisting of Consultant/s with Special interest and the post holder with secretarial support by one of the Patient Pathway Co-ordinators (PPC).

We recognise that our team members are our greatest asset – it’s their hard work and effort that really makes a difference. That’s why we encourage our staff to fulfil their full potential. We’ll do everything we can to support you, along with offering excellent learning and development opportunities. You will be supported by our enthusiastic Divisional Children’s Team. We have in-house training, links to a range of London Universities and their accredited courses. Every nurse has a tailor made personal and professional development plan to support their career development.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more information or an informal visit please contact Nadine Mitchell - Associate Director of Nursing for Neonates, Children and Young People

Person specification

Qualifications and training

• •Registered Nurse – Child or •RN Learning Disabilities with relevant experience of working with children and young people with complex health needs and physical disabilities. Or •Registered Nurse – Other with a Specialist Community Public Health Nursing qualification •Degree in relevant health subject
• •Specialist Community Public Health Nurse – Health Visiting, School Nursing, Community Children’s Nursing •Mentorship Course •Qualification / module or significant relevant experience within a specialist area •Masters qualification – working towards or equivalent experience

Knowledge

• •Of undertaking clinical audit and evaluation •in contributing towards service and policy development and review •Clear understanding of the current national and local agenda and current issues relating to delivery of community neurodevelopment care •of change management and service development •Care Quality Commission and able to demonstrate an understanding of quality and risk
• •Participating in clinical supervision •writing reports for and attending child protection conferences •Child development assessment tools

Knowledge and Skills

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and ability to deal with situations of conflict in a professional manner
• Proven teaching ability
• Ability to work independently and demonstrate an ability to make autonomous decisions
• Good organisational and time management skills
• Ability to build effective relationships with patients, carers, colleagues and stakeholders internal and external to the organization
• Presentation and facilitation skills.
• Previous experience of audit / data collection
• Previous research knowledge, or be willing to undertake

Skills

• •You have knowledge & awareness of diversity and human rights as appropriate to your role •You are able to communicate effectively to ensure high standards of care, treatment, service or support as appropriate to your role, •Patient facing roles -be able to understand an individual’s communication, physical & emotional needs; recognise their needs and preferences •Able to provide a customer focussed service Must be able to demonstrate; •Good understanding of non-verbal communication and physical well-being & emotional needs •evidence based clinical practice •excellent clinical leadership skills •that they are Flexible and innovative •an ability to influence, negotiate and problem solve •Competent IT skills •An ability to produce reports using statistical data •Commitment to personal and professional
• •Be able to prioritise workload and meet deadlines

Your application : Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.

References : You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.

Closing date : In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.

Shortlisting : You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.

DBS : We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.

______________________________________________________

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated, experienced nurse / health visitor / school nurse to join our Specialist Nursing Team to be an integral part of a team providing care for children/young people with a neuro-disability . You will be a core member of the community paediatric multi-disciplinary team (MDT) to promote the health and wellbeing of children and young people and be an expert resource for children, young people and parents/carers with a neuro-disability providing specialist nursing input to a defined caseload of children.

This role is independent to the Children's Community Nursing Team, however some of the children may be on both caseloads.

Main duties of the job

The Specialist Nursing roles require individuals to develop expertise in the speciality, be able to teach and support staff in the clinical areas, undertake research and audit as required and consider how to gain patient feedback to review and improve services. You should be an effective communicator, motivated and self-directed and willing to continue to develop professionally.

You will be working alongside Community Paediatricians, supporting them in clinics, undertaking home visits / nursing/school visits etc and co-ordinating their care through setting up MDT/TAC meetings.

Opportunities will be available to training.

Working for our organisation

Epsom and St Helier children’s services have been rated by the Care Quality Commission as ‘Good’ in all five of the main domains of safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led, giving an us overall rating of ‘Good’ as well as being given great feedback from the London Healthy Partnership peer review. Queen Mary’s Hospital for Children is based at the St Helier site. Children are seen in the dedicated Paediatric A&E which sits alongside the adult ED; Outpatient clinics, Ward and assessment unit. The post holder will work with the Paediatric team consisting of Consultant/s with Special interest and the post holder with secretarial support by one of the Patient Pathway Co-ordinators (PPC).

We recognise that our team members are our greatest asset – it’s their hard work and effort that really makes a difference. That’s why we encourage our staff to fulfil their full potential. We’ll do everything we can to support you, along with offering excellent learning and development opportunities. You will be supported by our enthusiastic Divisional Children’s Team. We have in-house training, links to a range of London Universities and their accredited courses. Every nurse has a tailor made personal and professional development plan to support their career development.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more information or an informal visit please contact Nadine Mitchell - Associate Director of Nursing for Neonates, Children and Young People

Person specification

Qualifications and training

Essential criteria

•Registered Nurse – Child or •RN Learning Disabilities with relevant experience of working with children and young people with complex health needs and physical disabilities. Or •Registered Nurse – Other with a Specialist Community Public Health Nursing qualification •Degree in relevant health subject

Desirable criteria

•Specialist Community Public Health Nurse – Health Visiting, School Nursing, Community Children’s Nursing •Mentorship Course •Qualification / module or significant relevant experience within a specialist area •Masters qualification – working towards or equivalent experience

Knowledge

Essential criteria

•Of undertaking clinical audit and evaluation •in contributing towards service and policy development and review •Clear understanding of the current national and local agenda and current issues relating to delivery of community neurodevelopment care •of change management and service development •Care Quality Commission and able to demonstrate an understanding of quality and risk

Desirable criteria

•Participating in clinical supervision •writing reports for and attending child protection conferences •Child development assessment tools

Knowledge and Skills

Essential criteria

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and ability to deal with situations of conflict in a professional manner

Proven teaching ability

Ability to work independently and demonstrate an ability to make autonomous decisions

Good organisational and time management skills

Ability to build effective relationships with patients, carers, colleagues and stakeholders internal and external to the organization

Computer literate

Desirable criteria

Presentation and facilitation skills.

Previous experience of audit / data collection

Previous research knowledge, or be willing to undertake

Skills

Essential criteria

•You have knowledge & awareness of diversity and human rights as appropriate to your role •You are able to communicate effectively to ensure high standards of care, treatment, service or support as appropriate to your role, •Patient facing roles -be able to understand an individual’s communication, physical & emotional needs; recognise their needs and preferences •Able to provide a customer focussed service Must be able to demonstrate; •Good understanding of non-verbal communication and physical well-being & emotional needs •evidence based clinical practice •excellent clinical leadership skills •that they are Flexible and innovative •an ability to influence, negotiate and problem solve •Competent IT skills •An ability to produce reports using statistical data •Commitment to personal and professional

Desirable criteria

•Be able to prioritise workload and meet deadlines

Your application : Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.

References : You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.

Closing date : In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.

Shortlisting : You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.

DBS : We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.

______________________________________________________ Disability Advice Line: SWL Recruitment Hub is committed to promoting equity and equal opportunities for individuals with disabilities. We believe that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even more positive impact on the people we serve. For support with job opportunities and reasonable adjustments contact our Confidential Disability Advice Line at: Telephone: [phone] Text: 07501066267 Email:@. Our confidential answering service is available after 5pm.______________________________________________________

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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

NameNadine MitchellJob titleAssociate Director of Nursing - Neonates & CYPEmail addressTelephone number07769640472Additional information

Informal visits welcomed