BANK Healthcare Assistant/Support Worker
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Bank
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 31/07/2026
- Closes
- 30/08/2026
Sponsorship verdict
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Role summary
This is a Bank Healthcare Assistant role within the Specialist Children and Young People's Services (SCYPS) in Newham, specifically within the Child Development Service and CHAND team. The postholder will provide clinical, administrative, and stock maintenance support, including patient contact for growth monitoring and pre-clinic information collection. The role also involves ensuring clinical areas are tidy and adhere to infection control procedures, as well as some clerical duties like report formatting and appointment booking. This position supports ASD diagnostics and provides ad-hoc cover.
Essential criteria
- Minimum of 5 GCSE or equivalent to grade C or above, to include English and Maths
- NVQ Child Care Award - Level 3 or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Nursery Nurse qualification
- Experience of working with children/young people
- Experience of undertaking child growth measurements in an outpatient clinic
- Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Experience of working with children and young people with special needs
- Experience of working in a community multidisciplinary Child Development Centre
- Experience of checking patient health information in a clinic setting
- Knowledge & Skills
- Knowledge and understanding of the child with health needs
- Knowledge and understanding of a racially and culturally diverse population
- Understanding of importance of patient confidentiality
- Understanding / awareness of what provides a quality service
- Good verbal skills and ability to write in a clear style, with legible handwriting
- Ability to type and use NHS IT systems
- Other
- Good communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to recognise own limitations
- Ability to speak in more than 1 language
- Education
- Minimum of 5 GCSE or equivalent to grade C or above, to include English and Maths
- NVQ Child Care Award - Level 3 or equivalent
- Nursery Nurse qualification
- Experience of working with children/young people
- Experience of undertaking child growth measurements in an outpatient clinic
- Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Experience of working with children and young people with special needs
- Experience of working in a community multidisciplinary Child Development Centre
- Experience of checking patient health information in a clinic setting
- Knowledge & Skills
- Knowledge and understanding of the child with health needs
- Knowledge and understanding of a racially and culturally diverse population
- Understanding of importance of patient confidentiality
- Understanding / awareness of what provides a quality service
- Good verbal skills and ability to write in a clear style, with legible handwriting
- Ability to type and use NHS IT systems
- Other
- Good communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to recognise own limitations
- Ability to speak in more than 1 language
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 3 at £24,625 – £25,674 a year, across England.
This advert: £30,630 – £32,346 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a BANK Health Care Assistant to join the Specialist Children and Young People's Services (SCYPS) in Newham.
SCYPS are a range of busy, forward thinking and thriving child health services. This BANK post sits within the Child Development Service, working in the CHAND (CHildren with Autism in Newham Diagnosis) team but may also support across other teams as needs arise.
The postholder will work within the Specialist Children and Young People's Service (SCYPS) in Newham based across SCYPS sites. The role will involve patient contact including growth monitoring and collection of pre-clinic information, stock ordering and management, collection of patient feedback and maintenance of infection control procedures within the clinical setting whilst ensuring a child friendly environment such as maintaining toy cleaning schedules. The post holder will undertake some admin/clerical duties as part of the role such as report formatting, appointment booking/confirmation calls, reception duties out of core hours.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will be expected to work as part of a team to provide clinical, administrative and stock maintenance support in clinical areas in the Child Development Centre across SCYPS locations in Newham and potentially in other areas of ELFT.
The postholder will be expected to carry out clinical a
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