Health Care Support Worker (Schools)

Truro, England, United Kingdom

8/5/2025

We encourage applications from all with protected characteristics and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted through the medium of Welsh will not be treated less favourably than applications made in English.

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If you are successful at interview for this post you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are short listed for this post, you will be contacted via your email account you used to apply for this post, therefore please check your account regularly.

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Aneurin Bevan University Health Board support flexible working.

The salary scale above has been agreed as part of the NHS Agenda for Change pay award for 2025/2026 and will be implemented in August 2025 with arrears backdated to 1st April 2025 where applicable.

Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process

Job Overview

We an have exciting opportunity for a Health Care Support Worker (Schools) to join our School Nursing Team, working 20 hours per week, all year round based at Pantside Flying Start building.

This role is to work under the supervision of the Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (School Nurse) by contributing to the delivery of the Healthy Child Wales Programme, Child Measurement Programme, Vision Screening programme within the allocated team/ borough and supporting the school based immunisation programme Gwent wide.

It is essential that the successful candidate has a level 3 qualification in Health and Social Care or equivalent demonstrable Health and Social Care qualification. Experience of working in a similar role is desirable, however, full training will be given. Experience of working with children and /or community experience is also an advantage.

The successful candidate must be flexible to the needs of the service and able to meet the geographical defines of the role.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Main duties of the job

This role is to work under the supervision of the Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (School Nurse) by contributing to the delivery of the Healthy Child Wales Programme, Child Measurement Programme, Vision Screening programme and health promotion activities within the allocated team/ borough and supporting the school based immunisation programme Gwent wide.

Working for our organisation

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your speciality or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy opening in November 2020.  Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.

Experience And Skills

Essential criteria

• Ability to work alone and part of a team
• Good organisational and planning skills
• Effective communication skills to engage with children and young people
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Effective I.T skills
• Awareness of importance of confidentiality
  
  

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• NVQ/QCF level 3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent demonstrable Health and Social Care qualification
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Previous experience of working with children
• Previous experience of working within the community
• Previous experience in similar duties
• Participation in vaccination sessions as an immuniser