Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT)
Healthcare Assistant
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12 Month Fixed Term Contract
Based in Child Development Centre, City Care Centre, Peterborough on Monday to Friday basis. To support Community Paediatricians undertaking a range of health clinics, requiring basic observations of children and young people, play and support during clinic appointments.
As the first point of contact for parents/carers and children coming to the CDC for appointments, the Healthcare Assistant is responsible for providing a friendly welcome and carrying out clinical observations as required. The applicant will have excellent communication skills and be able to support children and young people with a range of complex medical needs.
- Ensuring the clinical areas in line with Infection control policies - preparing clinical spaces, providing appropriate equipment and toys every day.
- Completing routine infection control checks of CDC is an essential responsibility of the Healthcare Assistant to maintain compliance with CQC standards.
- To carry out duties to ensure the smooth running of clinics in the child development centre.
- To deliver specific nursing interventions, social and play tasks.
- The post-holder will also be expected to undertake some clerical duties.
- To act under direction of qualified professionals.
- Work alongside other Child Development Centre (CDC) staff to provide both a quality and child friendly service.
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About Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead fulfilling lives.
Our clinical teams deliver a wide range of NHS services across inpatient, primary care and community settings, including children’s, adult and older people’s mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, and research and development.
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To achieve our goals, we recruit high calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities’ employer, we welcome applications from all sections of the community, particularly under represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.
All appointments for new employees to CPFT are subject to the successful completion of a probationary period.
Please note we reserve the right to close adverts early should we receive sufficient applications.
Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all roles. If you apply for a post that does not attract sponsorship, your application will be withdrawn from the process.
For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at https://www.cpft.nhs.uk
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Kat Simmonds
- Job title: Team Manager
- Email address: katharine.simmonds@cpft.nhs.uk
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