Public Health Assistant Practitioner

Children's Hospice South West; Bolton; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for a Specialist Community Public Health Assistant Practitioner (Band 4) to join the Bolton Children’s Integrated Health and Wellbeing Service. You will work in the community, focusing on children and families, delivering the universal public health offer and working within a 0-19 integrated neighbourhood team.

The role offers development opportunities with a dedicated personal development plan to support career ambitions, across Bolton and

Qualifications

• Ability to communicate clearly with children, families and colleagues.
• Experience engaging with children, young people and families in community settings.
• Willingness to undertake training and professional development.
• Ability to plan and prioritise work to meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Provide community-based public health support for 0-19 age group.
• Contribute to universal offer delivery within a 0-19 integrated neighbourhood team.
• Collaborate with other agencies to protect and improve health outcomes for children and families in Bolton.

Skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Organisational skills

Training willingness

Flexibility

Mobility across borough

Education

NVQ Level 3 or equivalent

Job description

Job summary

Are you a passionate and caring, and want to join our Community based team?

Bolton Hospital NHS Foundation Trust have some fantastic opportunities for you.

Bolton Children’s Integrated Health and Wellbeing Service (0-19/25 )are looking for passionate individuals to join our team.

If you are committed to providing a high quality service to improve outcomes for children, living in the Bolton, Greater Manchester Area, then we would like to hear from you.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic Specialist Community Public Health Assistant Practitioner (Band 4).

We are passionate about the support and development we give our employees and as a member of the Trust and Children’s Integrated Health and Wellbeing Service we are committed to your development and will create a dedicated personal development plan for you, to make sure you are fully supported in all your career ambitions.

The sky is the limit for you here in Bolton!

Main duties of the job

As a Specialist Community Public Health Assistant Practitioner, you will have excellent communication skills and knowledge of working in the community with children and their wider family.

You will be a solution focused team player who will support the delivery of the universal offer, in a 0-19 integrated neighbourhood team.

You will work collaboratively with other agencies, to ensure protection and the best health outcomes for children and families in Bolton. As a Specialist Community Public Health Assistant Practitioner, you will work within the community, dealing with clients from diverse backgrounds and with varying levels of need.

About us

We have a long and proud history of caring for generations of local people and can trace our roots all the way back to 1814 with the first hospital in Bolton – the Bolton Dispensary in the town centre.

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust was formed in 2008 and, in 2011, we became an integrated provider with community health services joining the trust. Covering a catchment area that also incorporates parts of Bury, Wigan and Salford, we deliver hospital and community based services from the Royal Bolton Hospital in Farnworth and from 20 health centres across Bolton, to a catchment population of 310,000+ people.

The Royal Bolton Hospital is a major hub within Greater Manchester for women’s and children’s services and is the busiest single ambulance-receiving site in Greater Manchester. We’re structured in four clinical divisions – Community Services, Families and Diagnostics, Medicine, and Surgery and are led by a Board of Directors. As an NHS Foundation Trust we’re accountable to our members and have a Council of Governors to represent the views of patients, public, staff and partners.

Buildings, names and models of care have changed over the centuries, but one thing has remained constant and is prevalent among our 6,718 staff members: the enduring commitment to providing the best health and care for the people of Bolton.

Job responsibilities

For detailed job description and main responsibilities please see attached job description and person specification, alternatively please see contact details below.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• NVQ Level 3 or equivalent
• Evidence of working with children & young people

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in the local community.
• Experience of working with children, young people and families.
• Experience of delivering to groups
• Experience of producing resources to support public health messages.
• Experience of networking with community partners.
• Experience of managing resources.

Skills

Essential

• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Good interpersonal skills/ability to communicate with a diverse range of individuals.
• Good organisational skills and ability to prioritise and work to deadlines
• Willingness to undertake training.
• Ability to work flexibly according to service need.
• Ability to travel with ease across the borough to deliver the service.

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of the health improvement initiatives for children, young people and their families.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

Address

0-19 Neighbourhood teams, across Bolton

Bolton

BL3 5HP

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://www.boltonft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)