Healthcare Assistant - Band 3

Location Suffolk
Job type Contract
Salary £19.13 - 19.13 per hour
Reference 165734

Sanctuary Personnel, a leading recruitment company within the private and public sector has a locum role for a Band 3 Healthcare Assistant to work full-time based in Suffolk.

The pay rate for this locum Healthcare Assistant job is £19.13 per hour (Assignment rate) and is a 3-month contract.

Main Duties:

  • Promote and support the health of school aged children via the delivery of the School Aged Immunisation Service in schools and community locations.

  • Facilitate the influenza programme as part of the School Aged Immunisation Service.

  • Communicate with schools in order to achieve delivery of an effective and efficient nasal flu immunisation programme for school age children to meet the contract KPIs.

  • Undertake some aspects of the immunisation session such as administration of the nasal flu vaccine under the direction of registered nurses and registered health professionals.

  • Accept delegated duties from the Immunisation Coordinator and/or Senior Immunisation Nurse.

  • Report to Immunisation Coordinator any appropriate management issues which arise regarding contract compliance, service delivery, and client safety.

Requirements of the Healthcare Assistant:

  • Recent experience working as a Healthcare Assistant, including experience of working in a community setting and/or working with children and young people.

  • Able to demonstrate team working.

  • Good level of general education including English and Maths at GCSE/O Level.

  • Current immunisation training/update or willingness to undertake.

  • Evidence of CPD.

  • Knowledge of immunisation schedules in accordance with national recommendations.

  • Understanding of the principals of consent for children and young people, and the principles of assessment of children and young people.

Benefits of working for Sanctuary Personnel:

  • Free DBS and compliance service

  • Daily payroll

  • Access to exclusive roles that aren't available with other agencies

  • Your own dedicated consultant with extensive nursing knowledge

  • Refer a Friend bonus - get £250 for each candidate you refer who we successfully place

  • Find your own job bonus - Receive £250 for bringing your own position to us

  • Clinical governance support

  • In house payroll system

  • Revalidation

  • Industry leading shift booking system

  • Nationwide coverage including the Channel Islands

Contact:

This Band 3 Healthcare Assistant job is advertised by the Shift Booking Team; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.

As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award.

Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).

With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best-placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.

Reasonable Adjustments:

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.