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Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
About
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible.
Contact
- Address
- Trust Headquarters
- Warneford Hospital
- Warneford Lane
- Headington
- Oxford
- Oxfordshire
- OX3 7JX
- Contact Number
- 01865 901000
Healthcare Support Worker (Term time only)
Accepting applications until: 08-Apr-2026 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 08-Apr-2026 23:59
Key details
Location
- Gwefan
- Orchard Health Centre
- Cyfeiriad
- Cope Road
- Tref
- Banbury
- Cod post
- OX16 2EZ
- Major / Minor Region
- Oxfordshire
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent: Term time only
- Oriau
- Term time hours - 22.5 hours per week (Term Time Only)
Salary
- Cyflog
- £25,760 - £27,476 pro rata
- Cyfnod cyflog
- Yearly
- Gradd
- (Band 3)
Specialty
- Prif leoliad
- School Aged Immunisation Service
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.
We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
We actively support anti-racism, equality, diversity, and inclusion so, if you’re excited about this job opportunity and you meet our Trust values, but feel unsure about applying, then please get in touch and we will be happy to have a conversation with you.
We are also committed to increasing diversity in the workforce, that is why we actively encourage applications from those groups of people who are currently under-represented, which include amongst others: people with disabilities; men from all socio-economic backgrounds; people from diverse ethnic backgrounds; and people from the LGBTQIA+ community.
Good luck and we hope to hear from you.
Trosolwg o'r swydd
Looking for a varied and rewarding term-time only role?
We’re recruiting a part-time Healthcare Support Worker (22.5 hours/week, term-time only worked over three 7.5 hour shifts) to join our School Aged Immunisation Service, based in Orchard Health Centre, Banbury, working flexibly across the Banbury and Witney areas of Oxfordshire.
We’re looking for a proactive, adaptable, and motivated individual with strong administration and clinical skills. We are also looking for experience working with children or young people, ideally in schools.
Flexibility is essential, with some early starts (from 07:30), evening/weekend work, and travel across Oxfordshire as needed.
To be eligible, applicants must meet at least one of the following:
- Trained and worked as a vaccinator in a COVID/vaccination centre
- Level 3+ on the NHS Careers Framework with a minimum of 2 years clinical experience working in NHS/Primary Care/Dental or Community Health Care settings
- Level 3+ and recent immunisation role experience
Please explain in your supporting statement how you meet one or more of these criteria.
Applicants applied in the last 3 months need not apply.
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Your role will be to support the School Aged Immunisation team in organising, managing and delivering the school-based immunisation programme in all schools.
You will be required to attend immunisation sessions in schools and community clinics to provide administrative support and within your role as Healthcare Support Worker you will be required to administer the Flu vaccinations to young people following the supply of the vaccine by an appropriately Registered Healthcare Professional.
You will also be required to attend vaccination sessions to observe students who may feel unwell post vaccination. Full training will be provided.
The role requires travel to schools and community venues, so you need to be a car driver with access to a car. If necessary, adjustments can be considered in line with the Equality Act 2010. Mileage from base will be paid.
Gweithio i'n sefydliad
Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application you are encouraged to read the “candidate guide to making an application” which is attached to all roles. Please include details around qualifications (including years these were gained particularly if we need to assess for clinical roles that these are still valid) and ensure that the supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses the essential criteria found in the JD.
As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”
Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”
At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
- Excellent opportunities for career progression
- Individual and Trust wide learning and development
- 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
- NHS Discount
- Pension scheme
- Lease car scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Mental Health First Aiders
- Staff accommodation (waiting lists may apply)
- Staff networking and support groups
Swydd-ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl
This role will support the service in achieving a high uptake of vaccinations within a safe environment and includes liaison with schools and families to arrange vaccination sessions and to provide information to parents to enable them to give informed consent for vaccinations.
The postholder will support with the storage, transportation and delivery of vaccines and equipment (e.g. collect and return vaccines to storage areas, and ensure correct disposal of used clinical equipment).
The post holder will ensure strict data and patient record confidentiality.
Good communication and organisational skills are essential.
We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.
The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.
We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support their application. We kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of their experience and must take care to ensure the use of AI tools does not generate an application that does not accurately reflect their knowledge, skills and values.
- All new starters have a thorough induction process, both local and Trust wide, which aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.
- Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.
- We’re advocates of flexible working and many of our roles offer a range of employment options to help you balance your work and personal life.
- Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
- We are ambitious in our pursuit of excellence, driven by the belief that a fair, just and fully inclusive organisational culture enables our teams to deliver the best quality of care and services possible and we work hard to ensure that our diverse workforce reflects the communities that we serve.
- We welcome applications from all sections of the community, are an Equal Opportunities employer with a number of internal networking groups to support our employees and where possible will always look to make reasonable adjustments in order that you can fulfil the role to recognise your full potential. All our employees are committed to demonstrating through their behaviour our core values – safe, caring and excellent.
- We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
- Oxford is a world-renowned centre of excellence for research. Oxford Health works closely with the University of Oxford department of Psychiatry and the Department of Primary care, has a Biomedical Research Centre dedicated to improving mental health and the NIHR Clinical Research Facility at the Warneford site. The Trust also hosts the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) which carries out applied research that directly impacts patient health and wellbeing
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Question 1: Academic/skills/professional
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Can you provide an example of how you meet one of the following employment criteria and how this experience has provided you with the skills required for this role? Trained and worked as a vaccinator in a COVID/vaccination centre or Level 3+ on the NHS Careers Framework with substantial clinical experience working in NHS/Primary Care/Dental/Community Health Care settings or Level 3+ and recent immunisation role experience
Question 2: Experience
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Can you describe a situation at work where you faced a challenging conversation with a Child or Parent/Carer? What skills did you use to manage the situation? What was the outcome?
Question 3: Personal Qualities
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Describe a time when you supported a nervous or anxious patient during a medical procedure. How did you show compassion?
Further details / informal visits contact
- Enw
- Rachael Conlan
- Teitl y swydd
- County Team Lead
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
- Rhif ffôn
- 07833 236906
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