East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust delivers expert healthcare in people’s homes, community hospitals and local settings across the East of England. Our nurses, therapists, clinicians, support teams and partners work together to provide coordinated care that supports independence, recovery and wellbeing. We believe people are best cared for close to home, in the communities where they live and belong. By combining professional expertise with strong local relationships, we help people stay well, feel supported and access the right care at the right time. Expert healthcare, close to home, trusted by our communities. Different ideas, experiences and backgrounds make us stronger and more creative and applications from all walks of life are welcomed. Our processes ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process. East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust is committed to creating a modern and inclusive work environment. We actively promote flexible working opportunities where possible to meet the needs and wishes of our workforce and maintain and improve their wellbeing. We also offer flexible working patterns and we would encourage you to discuss this with the recruiting manager before or during the application process if this would interest you. We welcome applications from people who share our values and can help us deliver outstanding care in our local community. Before applying for this vacancy, please make sure you’re familiar with ongoing GOV.uk sponsorship eligibility criteria which will impact the organisations ability to provide sponsorship, whether this is currently or in the future. Please note, our selection processes are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right values and skills. Please be advised that the use of AI in applications i monitored. We remain watchful of candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn’t accurately reflect their skills. Job overview Have you ever thought about what skills and experience you could offer. Then look no further, your future career could be with the Health visiting and school nursing team working as a Healthy Child Programme Assistant. We are looking for a self motivating, confident person with excellent communication and personal skills to join our team, providing support and guidance to children and their families in the Bedfordshire area. So if you have a passion for improving lives and outcomes for babies and children then apply today Should we receive a high number of applications we reserve the right to close this vacancy at any point after 27-04-2026 @ 8am Advert To be an active member of the multi-professional 0-19 team, supporting the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme across Luton and Bedfordshire. · Perform delegated clinical tasks independently e.g. weighing and measuring babies in clinic and at home, undertake growth measurements in schools for the National Childhood Measurement Programme, complete newborn bloodspot testing. · Provide care for children and families as directed by the Specialist Community Public Health Nurses or other members of the team and feedback the findings from this contact to the accountable caseload holder. · Provide individualised and group support to families to encourage and support breast feeding and appropriate weaning when required. · Carry clinical and other equipment short distances using light to moderate effort, e.g. infant / child weighing scales when necessary. · Offer support to individuals to enable them to access other services and organisations. Working for our organisation Rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission, we are proud to provide high quality innovative services across most of the east of England that enable people to receive care closer to home and live healthier lives. There’s one reason why our services are outstanding – and that’s our amazing staff who, for the seventh year running, rated us incredibly highly in the national staff survey. If you share our passion for innovative and high-quality care delivery, then please submit your application and join us on our exciting journey as a leading-edge specialist community provider. All are welcome to apply and our promise to you is a culture which prioritises staff engagement and development. Detailed job description and main responsibilities · Act in a manner that is courteous, polite and considerate at all times. · Contribute to the delivery of a high standard of care. · Perform delegated clinical tasks independently e.g. weighing and measuring babies in clinic and at home, undertake growth measurements in schools for the National Childhood Measurement Programme, complete newborn bloodspot testing. · Provide care for children and families as directed by the Specialist Community Public Health Nurses or other members of the team and feedback the findings from this contact to the accountable caseload holder. · Provide individualised and group support to families to encourage and support breast feeding and appropriate weaning when required. · Carry clinical and other equipment short distances using light to moderate effort, e.g. infant / child weighing scales when necessary. · Offer support to individuals to enable them to access other services and organisations. · Work with clients who first language may not be English using interpreting services, when appropriate · Organise health promotion displays and materials for the public health nursing team. · Contribute to effective communications and working relationships within the team and partner agencies including children’s centres. · To be able to identify own areas of professional and personal development. · To work as an independent practitioner when assessed as competent to deliver packages of care. · Plan and organise own clinical/ non clinical responsibilities to ensure effective use of time. · To build professional rapport with service users and their families, communicate with them in a way that respects their views, autonomy and culture. · To communicate effectively with all professionals concerned with the family’s care. · Ensure patient confidentiality is maintained at all times. · To report effectively to the team on child and family’s progress against the care plan in place. · To ensure that up to date written and electronic records and activity data are maintained in accordance with Professional Standards. Equal Opportunities - We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, race or religion. Additionally, people with disabilities that fall under the Disability Confident Scheme will be offered an interview providing they meet the minimum criteria for the post (outlined in the Person Specification). All sites are Smoke Free. If you need this application in an offline format, please let us know. Immigration Status – East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust is a diverse employer and welcomes all job applications. However, potential applicants should note that although the Trust is registered with the Home Office as a sponsor organisation for migrant workers, sponsorship can only be offered against eligible roles. If you are an applicant from outside the UK and do not already hold a self-gained right to work, we recommend you check the Home Office eligibility requirements before making an application. Please note: Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for some job roles, and this will be identified through filtering questions at the start of any job application on the Trac recruitment system. Our safe recruitment pre-employment checks are undertaken before an appointment is confirmed and may include a DBS check. Where the role requires you to drive, we'll ask you to validate your driving licence online via the DVLA. Redeployment - Please note that in the first instance priority for this vacancy will be given to staff who are on the Trusts Redeployment Register. Closing and Interview Dates -This vacancy may close early if sufficient applicants are received. Data Protection - A privacy notice detailing how we will handle your data is attached to this advert as a document. Your application will be transferred to our recruitment management system (Trac) once the advert has closed and you will receive notification then detailing how Trac will handle your data. Our safe recruitment pre-employment checks are undertaken before an appointment is confirmed and may include a DBS check. Where the role requires you to drive, we'll ask you to validate your driving licence online via the DVLA. In submitting an application, you authorise East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process should you be appointed. ALL CORRESPONDENCE will be via the e-mail address on your application form. If you have not been invited to interview within 2 weeks of the closing date, you unfortunately haven’t been successful on this occasion, but keep an eye on our vacancies as a job that’s just right for you may appear!