Job Description

Are you interested in working with children to ensure healthy outcomes for all? Would you like to be part of a friendly, innovative Public Health Nursing team 5-19? We have a fixed term post available for a healthy Child and Young Person Assistant, based at The Avenue Clinic in Watford.



This post is suitable for people with NVQ level 3 in Early Years or Childcare (BTEC, NNEB, CACHE Diploma) or previous experience as a Healthy Child and Young Person assistant.



This position advertised will be to assist in the delivery of the universal Healthy Child and Public Health Nursing Programme as part of the Hertfordshire Family Center Service. You will be working under the supervision of a Public Health Nurse in helping to improve the health & well-being of our school population. The main role is to plan, organise & undertake routine screening of hearing & vision of reception children plus participating in measuring children in reception class & Year 6 as part of the National Child Measurement Programme.



Proposed interview date: 02-Oct-2025

Our service:

Is committed to delivering a high quality service to our children and families as an integrated model with Family Support Services

Is an innovative service that embraces the use of technology

Delivers the Healthy Child Programme by using an electronic health needs assessment process to identify individuals requiring early intervention pathways

Uses Chat health text messaging service

Has implemented two health websites for use by children, young people, families & professionals

The successful candidates will:

Be a team player and also be able to work independently

Have excellent communication skills to use with children and young people plus a variety of clients, professionals & staff

Have experience of electronic record keeping (this would be an advantage although full training will be given)

Have a full valid driving licence and access to a car to use for business purposes is essential (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).



We are looking for a candidates that can work 22.5 hours a week



Informal discussions are welcome



A big thank you for considering joining us at Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust

You'll find it a great place to work with many benefits offered to you as a member of our staff

We put our patients, their families and carers at the centre of our vision - Outstanding Services and Healthier Communities

Our staff are proud to be Innovative, Caring and Agile in their work to help achieve the Trust vision

We welcome diversity in our workforce and are interested in applicants from all backgrounds and ages

We don't want you to miss out so we'd like you to know that if we have a high level of interest in this role, the vacancy may close prior to the advertised closing date, so please make your application as soon as possible - Apply now

You've made a great decision to apply to join to HCT - we're looking forward to taking the next steps of the journey with you.



Please see Job description attached for additional information



Whilst it is not a legal requirement, Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust encourages and supports all staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.



We are committed to supporting flexible working options for staff, wherever possible, and welcome discussions on flexible working patterns to support our staff to maintain a healthy work life balance.