Public Health Assistant Practitioner

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

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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

Some of the benefits of working for Bolton Hospital NHS Foundation Trust include:

27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS service)
NHS Car lease scheme
NHS Technology Scheme
NHS Cycle to work Scheme
Access to on-site Gymnasium
NHS Discounts
Vivup

Working for our organisation

Here at Bolton our patients are at the heart of everything we do. We ensure our patients receive the highest quality of Care and are guided by our trust Values. We are proud that our Trust is a centre of excellence formaternity, neonataland care for children, and that it has been rated as Good by the Quality Care Commission (CQC). This is in recognition of the patient experience and quality of care that our staff provide to patients. It is also supported by our Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professional Framework for Professional Practice

The aims of this Trust are to improve the health of and provide the best possible care to the population in which we serve and ensure that our staff has joy and pride in their work. We are striving to recruit a workforce that reflects the communities in which we serve. We value our staff and can offer excellent opportunities for further training and development. We are keen to reflect our local population and therefore applications from all sectors of the community are welcomed.

Date posted

27 March 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£25,147 to £27,596 a year pa pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

241-259FC-24

Job locations

0-19 Neighbourhood teams, across Bolton

Bolton

BL3 5HP

Job description

Job responsibilities

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

Job description

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

Evidence of NVQ Level 3 in Child care

Essential

NVQ Level 3 or equivalent
Evidence of working with children & young people
Organisational skills & effective communicator

Desirable

Evidence of working in a public health field.
Evidence of IT skills

Commuication

Essential

Evidence of effective communication (written, verbal, electronic)

Good knowledge of Bolton 0-19 & locality

Essential

What do you know about the 0-19 service?
What transferable skills do you hold?

Person Specification

Evidence of NVQ Level 3 in Child care

Essential

NVQ Level 3 or equivalent
Evidence of working with children & young people
Organisational skills & effective communicator

Desirable

Evidence of working in a public health field.
Evidence of IT skills

Commuication

Essential

Evidence of effective communication (written, verbal, electronic)

Good knowledge of Bolton 0-19 & locality

Essential

What do you know about the 0-19 service?
What transferable skills do you hold?

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).

Additional information