Healthy Child Programme Assistant
Go back Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust.
The closing date is 04 November 2025
To provide a comprehensive administrative and clerical service and to provide support and assistance to staff in the Healthy Child Programme team (including Health Visitors, School Nurses, Community Nursery Nurses) and other clinicians. To work within clinic or community settings, group work, health promotion, including the ability to promote and safeguard the welfare of Children, Young People, and their families. Reviewing messages and emails, documenting and sharing key information, creating letters and following processes. The ability to prioritise workloads and communicate effectively is essential.
Main duties of the job
* Working within a team to prioritise workloads.
* Maintaining confidentiality.
* Following processes for the health visiting and school nursing services.
* Signposting service users.
About us
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children. Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.
We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:
* Compassion
* Accountability
* Respect
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ and Disabled people.
Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.
Job responsibilities
The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specifications focusses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded.
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Important Notice on Visa Sponsorship Eligibility
Please note that whilst the trust does offer sponsorship this role is not eligible for visa sponsorship under the UK Health and Care Worker visa route. This is due to the position not meeting the minimum salary threshold of £25,000 per annumand/or the required skill levelset by UK Visas and Immigration.
We appreciate your interest in this opportunity and encourage applications from candidates who already have the right to work in the UK.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Good functional literacy (spoken and written) and numeracy skills
* Educated to GCSE standard or equivalent (passes at Grades A - C)
Experience
* Understanding of confidentiality issues
* Knowledge of child development
Skills and Knowledge
* General office and clerical experience
* Working as part of a team
* Working with customers/clients/public
* Familiar with Microsoft Office
* Ability to organize own workload, prioritise and work to deadlines
* Ability to travel to various locations around Tameside and Glossop
* Experience of working with children and young people
* Experience of specialist health management software
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.
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