Overview
This post requires you to work under supervision as part of a small skill mix team that includes Health Visitors, Staff Nurses, Community Nursery Nurses and Team Assistants.
The role involves predominantly administrative duties supporting the Health Visiting Team to ensure clients receive appropriate intervention and support in a timely manner. Good IT skills are required as the successful candidate will be required to access and input onto health databases.
Responsibilities
* Experience of carrying out clerical duties.
* Knowledge of the role of the Team Assistant.
* Experience of working within a team.
* Computer literate.
* Use of a car or access to a means of mobility to travel across the Trust footprint in line with service needs.
* Successful applicants will primarily work within one team, but may be required to work at other locations to ensure equitable service delivery.
* Core service hours are Monday to Friday 08.30 to 17.00.
* Trafford Local Care Organisation brings together NHS community health and social care services; aiming to improve the health of local people in Trafford by working across organisational boundaries.
* Community healthcare teams are employed by MFT and deployed to us, linking closely with Manchester Local Care Organisation.
* Teams work as one and together to make a difference to the health of people in Trafford.
* MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of over £3bn and is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts.
* We are creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
* Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals.
* We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you\'ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
* We\'ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
* We\'re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes.
* We\'re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
* At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Qualifications & Requirements
* Good interpersonal and team-working skills; excellent verbal and written communication; ability to work on own initiative and be responsive to change.
* Awareness of safeguarding issues and a broad understanding of children and young people\'s health issues both locally and nationally.
* Motivated, keen to learn, and able to work with minimal supervision.
* Good organisational and prioritising skills; computer literate and able to access and input onto health databases.
* Use of a car or access to mobility to travel across the Trust footprint in line with service needs.
* Experience of carrying out clerical duties and knowledge of the role of the Team Assistant.
Benefits & Additional Information
In return we offer a thorough induction programme and support with continuing professional development.
Core service hours are Monday to Friday 08.30 to 17.00.
Successful applicants will primarily work within one team but may be required to work at other locations to ensure equitable service delivery.
Trafford Local Care Organisation brings together NHS community health and social care services; aiming to improve the health of local people in Trafford by working across organisational boundaries.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
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