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Health Visitor Assistant; HVA Jobs in Stockport, UK at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
Position: Health Visitor Assistant (HVA)
Health Visitor Assistant – Band 3 – 22.75 hours
The role involves providing comprehensive clerical support to the Start Well Health Visiting teams, including handling spreadsheets, word processing, emails, and retrieving information. It also includes organising caseloads, supporting team members with administrative tasks, scheduling appointments, filing correspondence, and ensuring effective communication within the team. Additionally, responsibilities extend to arranging group activities in community settings to facilitate the Healthy Child Programme, supporting the delivery of child health clinics and supporting service delivery across Stockport.
Please note this is a community post and the base may vary across Stockport.
Main duties of the job
Provide a full range of clerical duties for the Start Well Health Visiting teams and as directed by the Start Well Health Visiting team and Information and Clinical Support Co-ordinator; this will include tasks such as spreadsheets, word processing, e-mails and retrieval of information using a variety of systems preparing and processing outputs from clinical sessions.
Provide the Start Well Health Visiting teams with organisational systems and processes to support the organisation of the neighbourhood area caseload.
Carry out duties as directed by the Team leader, HVs or The Information and Clinical Support Co-ordinator to enable them to make the most effective and efficient use of clinical time.
Organise group activities, in clinics and other community venues as delegated to enable the teams to deliver the Healthy Child Programme.
Make appointments, file correspondence and ensure communication is well documented and shared by whole team in line with caseload holders and other team members requests.
Work across Stockport to support start well teams and the advice line team to support service delivery.
About us
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.
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 you.
If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.
We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.
Benefits we offer to you
- Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
- Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary finance – for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
- Stockport Credit Union- for local financial advice
Job responsibilities
Main Duties and Responsibilities
Provide a full range of clerical duties for the neighbourhood teams and as directed by the Start well Health visiting Team and the Information and Clinical Support Co-ordinator; this will include tasks such as spreadsheets, scanning, word processing, e-mails and retrieval of information using a variety of systems preparing and processing outputs from clinical sessions. Updating quality and information on team white boards.
Communicate with all members of each team in a timely manner regarding administrative duties, messages received, appointments, liaising within the team and between the service and other services. This will include answering the phone in the office to support team working.
Set up activities in clinics and where required meet and greet families.
Assist teams under the supervision of a Health visitor or Staff Nurse with…
Title: Health Visitor Assistant; HVA
Company: Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
Location: Stockport, UK
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