Children's Clinic Assistant
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 11/09/2026
- Closes
- 20/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
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Role summary
The Community Paediatric Service is looking for an enthusiastic Children's Clinic Assistant with an awareness of children's disability. The role involves promoting the smooth running of community paediatric clinics across the city, ensuring patient information is available for doctors. You will support children with various disabilities and their families, including those attending child protection and initial health assessment clinics. Responsibilities also include weighing and measuring children and assisting with paperwork, alongside regular administrative support.
Essential criteria
- GCSE or functional skills in English
- NVQ Level 3 in Early Years Care and Education or equivalent
- Knowledge and skills
- Good IT skills
- Knowledge of safeguarding legislation pertaining to children
- Ability to understand the needs of children and families with additional needs and disability
- Ability to communicate effectively both orally and written
- Ability to work under own initiative as well as part of a team
- Ability to work flexibly
- Previous experience of working with children/young people
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience of working in the community
- Experience and knowledge of safeguarding children
- Previous experience of working in a health care setting
- GCSE or functional skills in English
- NVQ Level 3 in Early Years Care and Education or equivalent
- Knowledge and skills
- Good IT skills
- Knowledge of safeguarding legislation pertaining to children
- Ability to understand the needs of children and families with additional needs and disability
- Ability to communicate effectively both orally and written
- Ability to work under own initiative as well as part of a team
- Ability to work flexibly
- Previous experience of working with children/young people
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications
- Previous experience of working in the community
- Experience and knowledge of safeguarding children
- Previous experience of working in a health care setting
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 3 at £24,625 – £25,674 a year, across England.
This advert: £25,760 – £27,476 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Children's Clinic Assistant
The closing date is 20 September 2026
Job summary
The Community Paediatric Service is seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Children's Clinic Assistant, with an awareness of children's disability, to join their team.
Your role will be to promote the smooth and efficient running of all community paediatric clinics across the city, ensuring all necessary patient information is available to support the doctors in the clinics.
You will be required to support children with a range of disabilities including complex disability and challenging behaviour, and their families/carers, whilst attending community paediatric clinics. You will be required to support the child protection clinics and initial health assessment clinics for cared for children, held at the Coral Suite, Moss Side on a regular basis. You will undertake the weighing and measuring of all children and young people prior to the consultation with the doctor and assist families to complete any relevant paper work.
The post includes regular administration support for the child protection and initial health assessment clinics for cared for children, so you must have a good IT skills with a working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications.
You must be able to travel across the city to support locality clinics.
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